Star Wars episode IV A New Hope is a 20th century classic which embodies: the socio-cultural dynamic that the power balance throughout the galaxy constantly changes, a show of respect for elders on both the good and bad sides of the force, and a diverse cast of individuals all working together towards a similar goal. The film begins as a Rebel transport ship with Princess Leia finds itself flying into an area within which the imperial starship essentially forces the rebels to cede their territory. Imperial forces invading the rebel transport occurs for two primary reason. Darth Vader wanted to attain the disk to which contained information in regards to the structural design hierarchy of the “mobile planet” referred to as the Death Star.…
Many stories have good vs evil themes, but Beowulf is the one that is most commonly known. In Beowulf,the conflict of good vs evil is the main concept and the most important theme. Some ways are Beowulf (good) vs Grendel (evil) and Beowulf stopping Grendel eat the person (good) rather than letting Grendel eat the person (evil).…
This is when the hero faces dangers and conflict, either internally or externally. Luke and the team are traveling through space when they encounter the death star and get pulled in by it. This is when Han Solo says his iconic line, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Inside the death star, they rescue princess Leia and encounter some other problems like escaping stormtroopers and getting out of the death star. The team barely gets out alive, except for Obi Wan Kenobi, who sacrifices himself and became on with the force so the rest can escape.…
Midterm Report Imagine being in a situation where you are undecided but feel an intense pressure to come up a decision. Moreover, that decision is pertaining to family and the cultural values within. When being a Chicano you face obstacles like no other person because you live in the middle of two different cultures. Throughout the novel “Bless me, Ultima” the main focus is moral independence.…
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that” (A Testament of Hope, Martin Luther King Jr.). George Lucas is a filmmaker and entrepreneur best known for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. After reading Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Lucas wanted to write a story mixing mythology, science fiction, and archetypes. The trilogy begins in media res, following the story of Luke Skywalker, an orphan on the planet of Tatooine who lives with his aunt and uncle.…
A long time ago in a galaxy quite near, many intelligent minds have changed the way we here Star Wars to create many contrasting versions. Verily, A New Hope is a Star Wars play, it is written in Shakespearean. The movie is the original 1977 film produced by George Lucas, A New Hope. For the final Star Wars comparison, the radio drama. The radio drama, much like the movie/screenplay, involves a newer, more easily understandable conversations.…
The Galactic civil war portrayed in the original Star Wars trilogy is one of the most well known, if not the most well known fictional conflict in science fiction. You can ask anyone who the good guys and bad guys are, and what each side was fighting for, and most everyone will be able to give the canonically correct answer: The Rebel Alliance fights to destroy the evil Galactic Empire, and to reinstate the republic. The Star Wars story has become so popular that even football and baseball fans have dubbed certain teams as "the Evil Empire," or "the Rebel Alliance." But delving deeper into this epic saga shows us that the Good versus Evil trope portrayed in Star Wars isn't as black and white as we would like it to be. In fact, The Jedi and…
Luke was a character that was presented to the audience as someone whom they could relate to. He was an everyday, normal person that was placed into a world unbeknownst to them, and was portrayed to be as human, relatable and flawed as possible. “But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters! The protagonist complains to his uncle Owen, as Owen retaliates, “You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done.” One of the defining traits of Luke was how ordinary and human-like his character was.…
The movie, The Princess Bride, is a perfect example of a Medieval Romance. A Medieval Roman consists of seven main components which are: a near perfect hero, an evil enemy, a quest, test of the hero, supernatural elements, good vs. evil, and female figures. All of these are found in the movie and some even more than once. Throughout the movie there are many specific examples of good vs. evil.…
World hunger, nuclear weapons, and rising sea levels, these are all world problems that serve as evil today. As ISIS and North Korea try to cover the globe in their darkness, national powers attempt to cleanse the world of their evil presence. Good vs Evil is everywhere today, but in some places there seems to be only evil and hardly any good. The world can be a scary place, however there is some good like the geniuses that make daily breakthroughs. These are the people that bring good to people and help to fight evil.…
“the color white typically symbolizes innocence and purity,” many characters may use white to show innocence and purity but truly not being innocent and pure. Daisy and Jordan Baker are seen wearing white and are connected to the color white. "They were both in white" (p. 13), Daisy is seen as innocent and youthful when wearing white. Although these women may use the white as a reason to act childish and irresponsible. “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together…”…
Works of literature are a reflection of the time period they were written in; they explore the inner workings of the society and examine the most prominent issues of the time. Therefore, as time passes and humanity changes, the issues addressed evolve accordingly, with the exception of one issue, which endured the tests of time and remained one the most recurring themes in literature, the battle between good and evil. The theme made its first appearance in creation stories and while the stories differ between one culture and another, the theme of good and evil remained intact. To illustrate, in the Abrahamic religions’ version, Adam and Eve’s fall from heaven is caused by Satan, the very root of all evil. Centuries later, the battle between good and evil continues to be tirelessly fought whether in literature or other creative mediums.…
but they were not expecting it. Through all of the acts 1-5, of William Shakespeare's Star Wars the theme statement is “death.” The theme is death because it explains the whole persace of the story and death explains the underlying message of William Shakespeare's Star…
Similarly, after Jyn and Cassian are forced to climb a shaft in the data vault, the entirety of the vault itself was white, blatantly highlighting their dark uniforms and focusing the attention on…
Episode IV - A New Hope unfolds as princess named Leia is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and a smuggler named Han Solo team together with the lovable droid duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the…