Despite the film’s historical inaccuracies‚ it was entertaining because of its ability to oversimplify the plot and its focus on the romance and action of the period. Similar to the first film‚ Cate Blanchett perfectly embodies regal Queen Elizabeth and is attired in splendid costumes that drew my eye almost more than the scene itself. However‚ I couldn’t get over the fact that in order to promote the romantic angle of the plot‚ that Elizabeth appears to be and acts like a woman of 30 years instead
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by great actors like Cate Blanchett as the Queen‚ Geoffrey Rush as Sir Franicis Walsingham‚ and Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh. Both Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush were in the prequel to this movie‚ named Elizabeth. This movie was distributed with excellent commentary and detailed explanations of the costume inspirations on the DVD special features. (Marc Doyle 1) This chronicle of the historic Queen Elizabeth I‚ played by the seven-time Academy Award-nominatee Cate Blanchett‚ is enthralling. In
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The Last Night (from Charlotte Gray) By Sebastian Faulks Sebastian Faulks was born in Donnington‚ a village near Newbury in Berkshire on April 20‚ 1953. He was the younger son of Peter Faulks (1917-1998) and Pamela‚ née Lawless (1923-2003). Peter Faulks was a partner in the local law firm Pitman and Bazett. He had interrupted his legal training in 1939 to enlist with the Duke of Wellington’s‚ a Yorkshire-based infantry regiment. He fought in Holland‚ France‚ North Africa‚ Italy‚ Palestine and Syria
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Louisiana when his father couldn’t bare the sight of him. To Benjamin‚ being old never seemed different to him because everyone he was around him was also old. Nothing extravagant happened for Benjamin until he found the love of his life‚ Daisy(Blanchett)‚ whose grandmother is a friend of Benjamin’s. While Ben grows younger and everybody around him grows older Ben goes on a journey that spans different countries‚ different friends‚ lifestyles‚ war‚ and loss. Nothing compares to what he sees and
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Reaction Paper: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Benjamin Button played by Brad Pitt‚ who was born with a special needs and physical attributes of an old man with all of the side effects of aging. His father could not deal with the birth defects‚ and was not able to handle the sight of this child. As a result of this he abandoned the child at birth‚ leaving him at a home. Young Ben was then raised with the issues of this abandonment‚ being different‚ and feeling different with the thoughts
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‘Who we are is truly tested and proven when we encounter conflict.’ It is intrinsically human to experience conflict; thus‚ we will all be forced to respond to conflict at various times and in various forms throughout the course of our lives‚ and in order to live serenely we attempt to avoid and resolve conflict. Whilst conflict may merely involve two parties disagreeing over minor differences of opinion (the permutations of which being largely insignificant)‚ we have seen throughout history
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The Missing Class In the book “The Missing Class” by Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen. The authors have talked about the missing class‚ which is not the middle class but near poor. The authors describe exactly how the missing class families live in the real life. This book tells the readers about nine missing class families living beside their problems such as: kids‚ the relationship problem‚ and working time problem. The first problem of most missing class families
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Informative/Chronological “Introduction of a Famous Living Person”Cate Blanchett Specific Purpose: To share informative insight‚ based in research‚ about the Life‚ Awards received and Philanthropic efforts given by a specific Famous Living Person INTRODUCTION: Attention Device: Public Service Announcement played (CBS News- 60 Minutes‚ 2014) Cate Blanchett Relate Topic to the audience (Personal Identification of famous person): Cate Blanchett Bio Family Orientation State Qualifications (Awards
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A Real Dominican Man In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz‚ the reader is led through the novel with a lot of uncertain thoughts and questions about the main characters‚ one in particular Oscar Wao. When I first started working on the assignment my topic was what and who is a real Dominican man? What characteristics does a true Dominican man have? Why isn’t Oscar like all the other Dominican Men? I found it strange that as I began to look through passages I was finding more of what
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This presents someone who is able to reach her success in young age. It shows someone who is do nothing and stay still. There are two sentences in this meme‚ they are: 1. The first sentence is “22 years old won an Oscar”. “22 years old” is the range of young-age. “Won an Oscar” means someone’s success to achieve the best achievement in film industry. So‚ it presents someone who is able to reach his success in young age. 2. The second sentence‚ “And I’m just sitting here masterbating”. The word
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