SYPNOSIS: A bitter tension between the jets‚ a self-styled “American” street gang‚ and the Sharks‚ a group of young Puerto Ricans opens the scene. The leader of the jets‚ Riff swears to drive the Sharks‚ led by Bernardo‚ from the streets. Riff determines to challenge Bernardo that night at a dance in the gym‚ and prevails upon his old friend and the co-founder of the Jets‚ Tony‚ to help him. Tony has been growing away from the gang‚ and feels the stirrings of other emotions but reluctantly agrees
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dignity. Troy Maxson’s downfall was caused by his response to the challenge that racism posed to his personal dignity. Although Troy was able to knock a baseball out of the park like it was nothing‚ he constantly "missed the mark" in his personal life. Troy had a tragic flaw‚ which was that he did whatever he thought was right without thinking of the consequences. In an attempt to respond to the indignities he suffers‚ he distorts history‚ denies facts‚ and lies. The circumstances that shaped Troy to the
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Prince Paris of Troy‚ shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta‚ meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks‚ he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war. The Greeks are plotting to invade Troy to steal the treasures of the Trojans. Meanwhile Prince Paris is assigned by his wise father and King of Troy to travel to Sparta and shows the peaceful
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exploited. - In the Iliad Paris is mortally wounded by Philoctetes. In Troy Paris lives. - Ajax and Agamemnon were also men that survived the Trojan War according to the Iliad‚ but were killed off in Troy. - In the Iliad Priam has a daughter named Cassandra that is a prophetess. She tried to warn the people of Troy about the Trojan Horse‚ though her prophecy fell on deaf ears. Cassandra plays no role in the movie Troy. - In the Iliad there were several great and powerful men on both sides
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Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen 2004 The movie Troy is about the conflict between the Greek city-states‚ led by Agamemnon‚ and Troy‚ ruled by Priam. These two have this conflict because Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ fell in love with Helen‚ wife of Menelaus who is Agamemnon’s brother and king of Sparta‚ and took her back to Troy against the wishes of his brother‚ Hector‚ who‚ with his father‚ had been trying for years to make peace with Sparta and had finally gotten that peace. Agamemnon had recently
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movie‚ Troy‚ has proven to be a very loose adaptation of Homer’s original‚ as are almost all stories that are made into movies‚ unfortunately. With its timeless storyline‚ amazing scenery‚ gorgeous actors/actresses and most of all‚ its reported two hundred million dollar budget‚ it is easy to see why Troy was hyped up to be a box office hit. However‚ the film critics were harsh on this movie‚ as they had every right to be‚ and it ended up being a total flop. Compared to Homer’s Iliad‚ Troy is rather
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Archaeological Site of Troy Brief Description Troy‚ with its 4‚000 years of history‚ is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations at the site were undertaken by the famous archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1870. In scientific terms‚ its extensive remains are the most significant demonstration of the first contact between the civilizations of Anatolia and the Mediterranean world. Moreover‚ the siege of Troy by Spartan and Achaean warriors from Greece in
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A Comparsion Between The Epic Poem The Iliad And The Modern Film Troy The film Troy is a movie released in 2004 and was directed by Wolfgang Petersen‚ and has been influenced by the classical epic poem‚ The Iliad which has been credited of the Greek poet Homer. Both texts deal with the same subject‚ the siege of troy which was ended with the trickery of the wooden horse. However the characters themselves are shown with different actions between the two texts which revels different motives and
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The character I chose to render a costume design for is Troy Maxson from the play Fences by August Wilson. Troy is the family’s main source of income and his character is a very strong willed and stubborn 53-year-old man. Troy relentlessly told his son‚ Cory‚ multiple times that his football recruitment was a waste of time and that he should get “…recruited in how to fix cars or something where he can make a living” (8; ch.1‚ sec.1). Therefore‚ from Troy’s actions‚ I knew that his costume should
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The movie Troy written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen was inspired by The Iliad‚ an ancient Greek poem about the time of warrior Achilles argument with King Agamemnon during the Trojan War. Some events the film where taken straight from the Iliad‚ and is at times the two stories are very similar to one another. However there are several major differences between them‚ as Troy the movie was made to appealing to twenty first century audiences‚ where as the Iliad was meant to appeal
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