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    Remembering Babylon

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    To what Extent can Gemmy be regarded as Representing a Paradigm Shift in the Mind Set of the Settlers? In the novel Remembering Babylon by David Malouf‚ the character Gemmy causes the settlers to change their attitudes towards Australia. At first‚ the settlers have a very negative view of the land that they had colonised‚ but when Gemmy joins them he makes them realise that it is not so bad after all. He teaches them some of the things that he learned from his time living with the Aborigines. These

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    Sequence Analysis for Casablanca “Play it again Sam” Shot 1 - Establishing shot shows Selective focus on Sam as piano wheeled in focus‚ within Ricks bar - Black and white color scheme with hard lighting and low-key illumination effectively recreates bar image - Sam face fronting camera‚ well lit‚ Ilsa back to camera - Background out of focus‚ thus centering the scene around Sam and Ilsa - Diegetic sound of conversation between sam and Ilsa - 2 planes of action -Sam and Ilsa conversation

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    Casablanca and The Classic Hollywood Era Casablanca exhibits the Classical Hollywood cinema in which its focal point is the resurgence of mankind. General focus points in Classical Hollywood era are narration‚ aspects of space and time‚ cutting (“invisible style”)‚ and lastly the characters. Classical Hollywood narration progresses always through psychological motivation‚ i.e. by the will of a human character and its struggle with obstacles towards a defined goal. In Casablanca‚ Richard “Rick”

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    has been drinking a lot‚ feeling sorry for himself and is unpleasant to Ilsa‚ who‚ we learn in the later market scene (see below)‚ came to explain why she left him in Paris. She is upset and tearful at his harsh talk – “Why did you have to come to Casablanca? There are other places”. He describes himself as a guy whose “insides had been kicked out”. He is cynical towards here: “Tell me‚ who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo‚ or were there others in between?”. We learn more about the relationship

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    The 1942 film Casablanca is not at all a feminist film‚ and neglects to challenge the status quo of the roles of women in cinema‚ and in society‚ at the time. All personnel who worked on the movie were male‚ as were the majority of the characters‚ save for Ilsa (portrayed by Ingrid Bergman)‚ who does little more than flutter her eyelashes. The female characters are all but silenced‚ relegated to being wives and girlfriends whilst the males hold more reputable occupational positions such as bar owner

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    LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE USING HIBISCUS FLOWERS. To maintain a proper heath status‚ it is essential that one’s blood pressure remains controlled and sustained within normal limits. Exercising regularly‚ maintaining a healthy diet‚ and taking prescribed antihypertensive medications are among the most common practices when it comes to controlling our blood pressure. However‚ it can be quite difficult finding medications that do not exhibit unpleasant symptoms on us. Doctors often go through trial

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    Last Mile

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    Introduction Tom the CEO of last Mile Corporation‚ that has been doing well during the past few years .The company its own facility for 2 years was a pioneer in technology for wireless board band access. As the years rolled by technology changed faster and the generation period of new technology has been cutting down. Being that Last Mile is a small company‚ they were not financial stable to keep up with the new technology and build the company market. Tom was given 2 choices/options from Mid West

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    The Color Purple‚ an epistolary novel‚ was written in 1982 by American Author Alice Walker. The epic tale was produced into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. The Color Purple is an American drama film about the life of an African-American woman who survives abuse and bigotry. The protagonist of the story‚ Celie‚ is a young girl who is abused and raped everyday by her own father. Her father‚ Alphonso‚ impregnates her and steals her children. He then marries her off to another abusive man by the

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    In the short story‚ By the Waters of Babylon‚ by Stephen Vincent Benet‚ (April 25‚ 1963) the name seems to be given based on that Babylon was once the largest city in the world for 300 years in 539 b.c.‚ Babylon was a very advanced society for the time of its construction‚ and the name Babylon means Gate of the Gods in the language Akkadian. Babylon was one of the largest cities in the world for one hundred years‚ then it lost most of its valor for a few hundred years then later became the biggest

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    The Green Mile

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    The book The Green Mile‚ written by Stephen King‚ is about a prison guard who works on death row of the Tennessee State Penitentiary. Paul Edgecomb has his work cut out for him every day with this job due to the behavior of the prisoners as well as the immaturity of one of his guards‚ Percy Wetmore. Throughout the book‚ Paul experiences many things‚ good and bad; however‚ when John Coffey arrives on the “E-Block” things change completely for Paul. John has a very different vibe to him than the

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