1. A static character is a character which does not change during the course of a story. Sam Spade is a static character because by the end of the book The Maltese Falcon‚ Spade still seeks his own type of justice and he still retains within him a detachment to the world as seen when he has the police take Brigid away at the end. Another character that can be viewed as static is Stevens from Remains of the Day. Although towards the middle and end of the book‚ Stevens appears to start regretting
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The Visceral Politics of V For Vendetta: On Political Affect in cinema. By Brian L. Ott* pages 39-54 Abstract This essay concerns the role of political affect in cinema. As a case study‚ I analyze the 2006 film V for Vendetta as cinematic rhetoric. Adopting a multi-modal approach that focuses on the interplay of discourse‚ figure‚ and ground‚ I contend that the film mobilizes viewers at a visceral level to reject a politics of apathy in favor of a politics of democratic struggle. Based on the
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People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. The right to rule. What gives someone such a power you ask? Well there is a variety of different factors and qualities one must have such as strength and leadership but there is a single item that all need and that is control. Without the obedience and submission of the people governments will fail. The film “V for Vendetta” and the novel “Brave New World” both comment on the issue of misuse of technology
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active participant in various athletics‚ seemed to be on track for this goal. Bertier began his high school career at Hammond High School and joined the football team. He became a key player‚ soon becoming the backbone of the defence. As a sophomore‚ he was starting line-backer‚ a position for which he won many honours. However‚ he was only able to play three seasons‚ when Hammond H.S. was merged with two other Alexandria high schools to form T.C. Williams High School. The consolidation meant there
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Movies in this modern era can make one feel emotions without that individual even noticing. The amount thought put into movies is so overwhelming; the making of every aspect of any given movie is pre-determined. Although movies are not real‚ they can immerse one in genuine feelings and emotions. The movie V for Vendetta projects a very motivational and deep mood by the use of cinematography‚ sound‚ and by the amazing costume design. The camera angles and lighting in the movie V for Vendetta reflect
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Good morning/ afternoon‚ teacher and HSC students‚ Distinctive voices are an imperative device of language as there are various types and functions of voices in texts. The way language is used to create voices in texts and to show how it is used to express the interpretation and to shape the meaning of distinctive voices‚ I will be using examples from crime fiction text‚ “The life and Crimes of Harry Lavender” by Marele Day‚ which both supports and subverts the traditionally male hard-boiled detective
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The Maltese Falcon‚ was not only a detective film‚ but a film that displayed many different aspects of the female and the male character in the movie. The film was more than a story‚ but a story that explored the ideas of the detective genre and the different characteristics of femininity and masculinity. It also brought forth subjects of sexual desires and the greediness of money. The characters and the visual motifs in the film contributed to the developing of the plot and assisted in creating
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Juliya Stafeyeva ENG 3270‚ BMWA Prof. Taylor The Maltese Falcon is the classic hardboiled private-eyed movie that is a great example of prototypical film noir. The main character Sam Spade is undeniably a tough and smart guy whose actions are provoked by a stunning femme fatale Brigid O’Shaughnessy. While everyone in the story eagers to find a priceless artifact‚ the black statuette of a Maltese Falcon‚ and is driven by their greed‚ Spade acts as he
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beaten‚ looked down upon‚ they have recorded chattels‚ where animals were treated better. Therefore‚ to discuss how slave owner James Henry Hammond mastermind absolute control over his slaves by undermining their society and culture through physical and psychological abuse all in order to break their resistance and to prove his dominance and legitimacy. Hammond sets outs to observe and record his slave’s behavior towards work‚ he records that his slaves resisted the oppression of slavery through poor
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empowering education. The idea of educational equality gets its main roots from the 14th amendment of what our nation stands for; “men and women are created equal and entitled to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness” (Hammond‚ page 1‚ paragraph 1). The assumptions Darling-Hammond makes addresses discrimination‚ the failure in the achievement gap‚ and different state tax expenditures that schools depend upon for a good education. In her argument regarding discrimination‚ she believes that the behavior
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