Mike Nichols‚ the director of The Graduate and Sam Mendes‚ the director of American Beauty both do a great job of including specific framing shots. They also character proxemics to showcase the relationships between the characters. Both directors also use the dominant and subsidiary contrasts very effectively in their respective movies. These mise en scene film elements are vital to a good movie and these directors perfected them. The directors in these two films use character proximity very cleverly
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How does Williams quickly establish Stanley as the plays antagonist? Firstly if we are to establish Stanley as the plays antagonist then we need to begin by looking at the protagonist of the play. Blanche Dubois is the protagonist and as the play develops we can begin to see that Stanley develops in to the antagonist. The two characters are the polar opposite of one another‚ Blanche is described as beautiful and moth like which allows us to see that she is very delicate and by the name ‘Blanche’
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David Copperfield The novel David Copperfield‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ deals with the life and times of David Copperfield. About a century ago in a small town in England‚ David was born on a Friday at the stroke of midnight‚ which is considered a sign of bad luck. David’s father has already died and his aunt comes to stay with him and his mother as this novel gets off to a very slow start. Soon David becomes aware that his mother has relations with another man and asks one of his servants
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In the short story‚ “The Scarlet Ibis‚” James Hurst uses the characterization of the narrator to illustrate that when a person’s choices are driven by pride‚ he may overlook the love around him‚ possibly leading to permanent loss and regret. As the story begins‚ the narrator recalls finding it “unbearable” that his disabled brother “possibly was not all there” and begins “to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” (1) Hurst uses the adjective “unbearable” to express his focus on
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LA9 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Literary Terms Antagonist: A character‚ group of characters‚ or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist or protagonists desires or must contend. The antagonist is usually a person or group of people who oppose the main character(s). Internal Conflict: Conflict that takes place not with another character or object‚ but inside the mind of one of the characters in the story. Unreliable Narrator: A narrator in literature‚ film‚ or theatre
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I will compare Subway and Panda Express. Subway is an American fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwich (subs) and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor’s Associates‚ Inc. Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 40‚229 restaurants in 102 countries and territories as of 11 September 2013. It is the largest single-brand restaurant chain and the largest restaurant operator globally. Subway’s main operations office is in Milford‚ Connecticut;
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Crime and Punishment: Protagonist and Antagonist Essay Crime and Punishment is considered by many to be the first of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s great books. Crime and Punishment is a psychological account of a crime. The crime is double murder. A book about such a broad subject can be made powerful and appealing to our intellectual interests if there is a link between the reader‚ the action‚ and the characters. Doestoevsky makes all these links at the right places. The action takes place between
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Generally speaking‚ an antagonist is a character in a literary work that opposes the protagonist‚ or chief character. The antagonist can be a person‚ animal‚ or force of nature‚ as long as it provides a source of conflict. Juror Eight could at first be viewed as the antagonist of Twelve Angry Men‚ because he opposes the votes of the other eleven jurors. However‚ as the story progresses‚ Juror Eight establishes reasonable doubt and is able to convince and win over more and more jurors. Eventually
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As members of today’s society everyone likes to romanticize about a hero going against the odds and triumphing at the end against a well defined antagonist. However‚ what if the line between antagonist and protagonist is blurred where the hero is made up to be the menace of society while society itself is blind to their own fanaticism of indictment to believe they are above those who they punish. Although the beginning events of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter appear to be bleak and morbid
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Lamb to the Slaughter‚ written by Roald Dohl‚ is a short story about a couple that appears happy and is expecting their first child. This is quickly changed when the husband returns home from work one tonight to inform his wife that he is leaving her. This creates major changes in the characterization of the characters as what appears to be a loving‚ caring and attentive wife‚ turns to a vindictive murderer. A first impression‚ the couple is portrayed as a loving couple in which the pregnant wife
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