“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot is a poem I would not recommend anyone still trying to hang on to his or her youth. T. S. Eliot’s poem‚ about a man named J. Alfred Prufrock‚ is a pessimistic poem looking at the seemingly wasted life of an aging man. The poem is told from the viewpoint of a very sad man named J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem takes place in the city of St. Louis‚ which T. S. Eliot does not portray in a very good light. T. S Eliot’s creation of a depressing mood‚ powerful
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For Britain‚ the early 1920’s and 1930’s was a time for cinema. After not reaching the level of success that was desired‚ Alfred Hitchcock returned to Gaumont British‚ a picture corporation and distribution company. Upon his arrival‚ Hitchcock set out to create a feeling of paranoia‚ fear‚ and even guilt in his films; creating hits for Germany in the years of 1925-1939. His return to British cinema was well sought after‚ as he returned as one of the highest paid directors at that time. While the
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Alfred Prufrock”. This poem was published in June 1915 in the “Poetry: A Magazine of Verse” with the help of his close friend Ezra. The epigraph of the poem is a quotation from Dante Alighieri´s Divine Comedy‚ from the first of the three canticas‚ Inferno. The reason for that is Eliot´s obsession and extensive reading of Dante at that time. Eliot´s poetry‚ including “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is the combination of past and modern time
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The world of everyday life is known as the life-world in Schutz’s sociology. People are oriented to the life-world in the natural attitude‚ in which the world is taken for granted until a problematic situation emerges. Schutz maintained that the life-world is defined by six characteristics. First‚ it is characterized by wide-awakeness in which the actor gives full attention to life and its requirements. Second‚ the world is taken for granted; actors suspend any doubt of the existence of the life-world
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Psycho (1960) is not only one of Hitchcock’s most notable films‚ but it’s one of the most notorious films of the 1960’s. The 60’s were a decade of change (especially in film). Similar to this decade‚ Psycho paved the way in terms of horror films‚ despite the fact that it doesn’t abide by the genre itself. Psycho defined‚ inspired‚ and changed the horror genre in the 1960’s through the use of sound‚ visuals‚ and narrative. This type of inspiration is apparent in horror films such as Blood Fest (1963)
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out‚ many blacks were just being given some new found freedom. They were in full support of the Union army‚ but were not allowed to join the forces yet. Speeches such as the one given by Alfred M. Green inspired African Americans to strive to be enlisted to the ranks of the Union army. The way that Alfred M. Green brings up all the struggles they have faced and the hope for the future is what really makes the speech inspirational. Green does a beautiful job of highlighting the struggles that African Americans
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Rear Window is a 1954 suspense film‚ which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was written by John Michael Hayes. The film starts James Stewart‚ Grace Kelly‚ Wendell Corey‚ Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. The plot of the film is about a photographer who confined to a wheel chair after being in a racecar accident because he was trying to take a picture. Jeffries is the main character the one confined to a wheel chair is also in love with Lisa Fermont his girlfriend. However‚ Jeffries does not want
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During his speech Alfred M. Green uses various methods of persuasion in an attempt to get his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces during the Civil War. Alfred bases his speech on persuasion using an emotional connection‚ because he and his fellow African Americans were not allowed to fight in the war. At his core Alfred was calling on all Americans to take up arms and join the Union forces that were fighting to abolish slavery. He spoke specifically to people of Color‚ but he spoke
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The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufock Analysis Love is a powerful emotional drive that many authors write about. Many seek to obtain love‚ but never do. In the poem The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufock by T.S Elliot‚ this is true of Alfred Prufock. The meaning gathered from this poem is that‚ Prufock isn’t skilled at engaging in social intimacy because of his negative perceptions of the world. Three shifts in the poem amplify this meaning are shown in his dark descriptions of his surroundings‚ his
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In Alfred Hitchcock’s The Rear Window‚ we’re introduced to L.B. Jefferies‚ a middle-aged man‚ injured in a photo-shoot accident. Because of his limited mobility‚ he passes time observing his neighbors through a window‚ overlooking his apartment lot. Through L.B.J.’s lens‚ the audience is introduced to a recently moved in‚ newly-wed couple. One day‚ L.B.J. sees the husband peering out of his window‚ wearing a white tank-top‚ with a cigarette in one hand‚ smoke already in his mouth. He appears to
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