Kenneth Branagh

Dangerous Knowledge Knowledge is something necessary in life to understand the world. But too much of anything can be bad and lead to your doom. Knowledge can be as deadly as good to society. This thirst of knowledge is also found in Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Shelley shows that this behavior draws them away from the ones they love, and both men try to attempt to go beyond human limits to receive glory and knowledge. Knowledge can be very…

the secrets of life, which he eventually did. With one look of his creation, Victor ran off and abandoned it. He decided to go home to be with Elizabeth only to find out that younger brother William has been murdered (Frankenstein (the movie), Kenneth Branagh). Since that day, Victor had sworn to kill the beast so no one else were to die because of his experiment. This relentless search led to the meeting with Robert Walton, frozen on…

Aboriginal people became economically marginalized and were exposed to new diseases. The consequence was massive depopulation and extinction for some aboriginal tribes. Land and property rights fueled an important civil rights movement in the 1970s. Aborigines spoke out for equal rights, and specifically for land rights for property that had been forcibly taken by British settlers. The Aboriginal Land Rights Act, passed in 1976, became instrumental in territories with tribal associations. The…

‘Cinderella’. In this time the movie comes as a live-action version that retells about a servant step-daughter who wins the Prince Charming’s heart. This ‘Cinderella’ is an upcoming American live action romantic fantasy movie which is directed by Kenneth Branagh. The movie is planned to be released on March 13, 2015. Also it will be accompanied by Walt Disney Animation Studios short film ‘Frozen Fever’, featuring the characters from ‘Frozen’ (2013). I can say that all fans of Disney princess…

Given the increased access to information in the last twenty years, it is shocking to see that social studies taught in the same way as they were taught thirty years ago. Walk down most hallways during the school day, and you will see the glazed over eyes of students that have to listen to facts that will never obtain any type of relevancy for them. This is not to say that lecture does not have it's place, but we really need to involve students in history. The easiest way to accomplish this is…

Context Shakespeare’s career began in roughly 1589, but his work from this time period was considered to be not at the level of his later work. During the beginning of Shakespeare’s career, Shakespeare mostly wrote history plays and comedies. Toward the middle of his career, when he wrote, “Much Ado About Nothing,” considered Shakespeare’s best comedy play, thus showing how Shakespeare was becoming a great play writer. “Much Ado About Nothing” was written in 1598, during the middle of…

Hamlet’s Foils A foil is a literary device, defined as someone or something that serves as a contrast to another. The play Hamlet is a brilliant example of how foils can be used to reveal the true nature of different characters throughout the play by comparison and contrast. It is very noticeable that there are many obvious character foils in the play that help the audience and readers show the reasons for Hamlet’s decision making, revealing his traits and also are used as parallels to Hamlet.…

The focus on aesthetics, or more commonly known, the admiration of beauty, might seem abnormal when discussing monsters, after all, a monster is known for its lack of beauty. Early myths portrayed the monster as something to be killed, a brute that may have resembled humankind, similarly as their divine beings did, however as opposed to being worshiped, they were consistently kept in the cemetery of crushed enemies. Over the years, the monsters of myths have moved from the iconic literary works…

In Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein, there is a revolving theme of how knowledge is both a curse and a blessing. Victor strives to transcend death by creating a creature that would symbolize man’s desire for knowledge, and of the monster that craves for the acceptance of society. This theme is emphasized throughout the story of how one’s own desire of knowledge can lead to one’s downfall because of humanity’s selfish motives through the use of detailed imagery, sorrowful allusions, and in medias…

"The courtship of Benedick and Beatrice has a beautiful observed reality, a poise and maturity, a refreshing humour which makes the operatic main plot seem absurdly unreal." It is clear that Beatrice and Benedick are in love from the first we see of them; it is not simply through the Prince's intervention that the seeds of love are sown between them. When Beatrice is informed that Don Pedro and his party are coming to Messina, her first thought is for her 'Senior Mountanto'. Within four spoken…