The Road Warrior (1981‚ dir. George Miller) begins with Max (Mel Gibson) and his dog getting tailed in what appears to be some kind of apocalyptic future.This can be seen through what they drive‚ the styling of the two guys on the bike (mohawks and strange outfits...even for the eighties) and the harsh look of the climate. Max is obviously worried about being tailed and so is his dog‚ which is why the puppy keeps looking back while Max tries to speed up. There’s threatening music too. They then encounter
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A View from the Bridge A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play is set in 1950s America‚ in an Italian American neighborhood called Red Hook near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The main character of the play is Eddie Carbone‚ an Italian American longshoreman‚ who lives with his wife‚ Beatrice and an orphaned niece named Catherine. Eddie is Catherine’s uncle‚ but they are not blood-related. Eddie is very over-protective of Catherine and that he is almost
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Tom is angry because he gradually realizes that Gatsby and Daisy are having an affair. With this knowledge‚ Tom verbally attacks Gatsby after he tells him to leave Daisy alone. As a result‚ Gatsby changes his tone by having a quiet response to a loud‚ feverish response and is prompted to reveal the ongoing affair between him and Daisy. Gatsby affirms to Tom that Daisy never loved him and the only reason their marriage existed was because of his infirm financial state at the time and she was tired
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Reputations‚ to some they mean the world‚ and to others they don’t matter at all. To me reputations are not that big of a deal they are just what others see and sometimes not based on who you really are. In The Crucible it seems that everyone is worried about their reputation and not too worried about the truth. Having a good name doesn’t mean a thing if you hurt others by not telling the truth. I have no idea what my reputation is and I don’t really care to find out. My reputation does not consume
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As we age we seem to prefer things that are slightly sweet or “semi-sweet.” Semi meaning partial. Material with electrical conductivity that is not quite that of a conductor nor that of an insulator‚ is a semiconductor. But if semi means half why is a 80‚000 pound 18-wheeler called a “semi.” It’s more of a maxi. It’s really the trailer part that is referred to a “semi”‚ as in semi-trailer. It’s doesn’t have a front axle and only wheels only at the end. So the truck that pulls it is semi-tractor
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lost the love of his life. This man‚ Jay Gatsby‚ is born poor‚ but he works his way into becoming rich‚ and thus being the symbol of new money. Daisy Buchanan‚ Gatsby’s lover‚ is born as old money and lives in East Egg with her husband Tom Buchanan‚ and is a glamorous person. Gatsby always loves Daisy‚ but was unable to marry her because he was poor and Daisy loves rich men‚ so Tom marries her. Gatsby attempts to stop time and “repeat the past” because he has lost the girl of his dreams. Fitzgerald
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In the novella of The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald the Great Gatsby eventually gets unravels throughout the story. Gatsby does not realize‚ but Daisy was truly showing different sides of Gatsby in how he opened up. “Nobody’s coming to tea. It’s too late!” (Fitzgerald 85). The quote explains how Gatsby is becoming a nervous man when he never use to show this side of himself before. He would always have a barrier up to prove how tough he is. Gatsby over some time had told Nick his true past from
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How does Arthur Miller present family relations at the start of the play? The relationships in ‘A View from the Bridge’ are very complex as because of people’s attitudes back then. There is secrecy‚ suspicion‚ love and concern. Eddie is weirdly attracted to Catherine and his relationship with his wife Beatrice deteriorates. The relationship between Eddie and Catherine is very close‚ although they are not immediate family Eddie has become a surrogate father and thinks of himself as her real
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The issues of power‚ that Arthur Miller ’s The Crucible‚ portrays are concerned with‚ who has the power‚ the shifts of power that take place and how power can consume people and try to abuse it‚ for either vengeance‚ jealously‚ material gain or sexual desire. Who has the Power Salem is an isolated village in Massachusetts where power is one of the main driving forces that contribute to the dynamics of the community and how people interact with each other. Authority and power is dominant in
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The Miller-Tydings Law of 1937‚ which amended the Sherman Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act‚ authorized manufacturers to require distributors of their branded products to sell these products only at specified prices. This law made it possible for manufacturers to enforce their resale price maintenance contracts on non-signers in any state where such contracts were legal. Between 1933 and 1936‚ many states adopted milk control laws‚ which authorized milk control boards or similar agencies
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