If there was one award the film Mad Max: Fury Road deserved at the 2016 Oscars‚ it was Costume Design. Costume designer Jennifer Beavan did an exemplary job of creating a wardrobe for each of the characters that wholly encompassed the gritty‚ war-torn world they inhabited. Not only were these costumes aesthetically pleasing‚ but each one told a unique story about its owner. It is especially important to take note of the costumes worn by the diverse variety of female characters‚ both leading
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A Doll ’s House‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚ is a well written play portraying women ’s struggle for independence and security in the nineteenth century. The drama revolves around Nora‚ a traditional housewife‚ who struggles to find a way to save her husband ’s life while battling society ’s norms. Her decision to forge a check to help her husband‚ Torvald‚ went against the patriarchical laws of that time: her plan was to borrow money and save her ill husband ’s life. Krogstad‚ the antagonist‚ discovers
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authors. The beauty of artistry as seen through literature is a gift to all those who read. It allows us to be anywhere and open up a window and allow our minds to escape from our everyday lives into another world‚ where villains and monsters and damsels in distress really do exist; where our imagination can too exist and be set free. Really in essence‚ the author can create movies inside our minds‚ whether these movies are horror‚ thriller‚ fantasy or feel-good they are all beautiful in the way the images
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Dashing heroes and horrific monsters fill the worlds of Gothic writers. These stories and characters inspired generations of writers to come‚ illuminating the literary world with a haunting light yet to be seen. The morbid curiosity of humanity can only last so long‚ however; especially when such Gothic fiction comes too close to reality. Gothic literature grew in popularity in the 18th century because people wanted an escape from their lives‚ and were able indulge their curiosity with tales of
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Inspiring the famous novels and movies we know today‚ the Gothic first occurred during the Romantic Period in the early eighteenth century. Before making its appearance in literature‚ the style was shown through different English architectures‚ by the work of visionaries such as Horace Walpole. After purchasing Strawberry Hill in 1740‚ Walpole began remodeling the estate into what he described as “Gothick” manner. Adding towers‚ battlements‚ arched doors and windows‚ the mansion quickly became influential
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Have you ever met one of those harmless‚ innocent gentleman or gentlewoman that would never do any real damage to society? In the book‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” there were a few of these exciting characters. Examples would include the never before seen “Boo” Radley‚ the chivalrous Tom Robinson‚ and the prestigious Atticus Finch accompanied by his darling children. The main theme of this suspenseful novel was to teach the reader that you shouldn’t‚ in any way‚ shape
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Critical Analysis of Superman and the Dam Throughout the many years of Superman comics‚ Lois Lane’s presence in them is a constant. While her personality varies over time‚ looking at the earliest version of Lois Lane we see that her characterization is quite progressive and whether intentional or not‚ Siegel and Schuster wrote a feminist character for the time they lived in. As they made Lois a determined‚ career-driven woman who strived to be taken seriously by her boss‚ she stood out against
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Bulfinch’s Mythology: Perceval By Thomas Bulfinch The father and two elder brothers of Perceval had fallen in battle or tournaments‚ and hence‚ as the last hope of his family‚ his mother retired with him into a solitary region‚ where he was brought up in total ignorance of arms and chivalry. He was allowed no weapon but ’a lyttel Scots spere‚’ which was the only thing of all ’her lordes faire gere’ that his mother carried to the wood with her. In the use of this he became so skilful that he could
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and therefore become better people. Another benefit that fairytales can have is teaching young boys to become tough and independent men. In many fairytales‚ there is a strong‚ tough male character that is around to help save the woman‚ or damsel in distress. In Disney’s Sleeping Beauty‚ the female‚ Aurora‚ has a spell cast on her and her kingdom‚ which causes everyone to sleep for 100 years. The only way the kingdom can be awakened is if a prince from another kingdom kisses the princess. During
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From early on in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie‚ the level of influence that Miss Brodie has over the lives of the ‘[girls] who formed the Brodie set’ is revealed through the use of the collective noun ‘set’ as this implies that rather than being individuals‚ they become‚ as Sandy later comments‚ ‘a body with Miss Brodie as the head’. Throughout the course of the novel Miss Brodie repeatedly displays admiration for Adolf Hitler‚ who she likens to a ‘prophet figure’‚ while her treatment of the girls
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