Metropolis

In the beginning of the play, the prologue is said by a news anchor, rather than a chorus. This immediately shows that the time period of the movie is completely different than that of the play. The movie is set in Verona Beach, a modern metropolis. The opening scene takes place at a gas station instead of just in the streets. If that wasn’t strange enough, the characters use guns called “Sword” and “Dagger” rather than the real things. More key components of Middle Age life are modernized also.…

His business of crime eventually spread; he purchased the Iceberg Lounge, a popular club in Gotham that was infested with both the upper classes and criminals. Oswald also invested in Metropolis, setting up a second base there. Using his criminal influence and bribery, he purchased an old museum in the historic district, he refurbished the building into a casino, keeping some of the expensive pieces. While the first six stories were dedicated…

In the first passage, “What is Intelligence? What makes a person smart?” It often talked about what makes someone smart. The narrator often stated that he doesn’t have any special qualities to do anything. “I personally have no education beyond that of High School. I do not hold any special qualifications and think of myself as being average in intelligence (kirstenblog). That there were always smarter and more polish people than him. But then they go into about what makes someone dumb, either…

cinematic techniques and aspects of film, used acting techniques that hadn’t been used previously such as by Stanislavski’s method, and utilized technical aspects of film rarely used previously, and only used in “big budget” films of the day like “Metropolis”. Casablanca used cinematic techniques that had rarely been used before, such as tracking shots, lighting based on day and night, and close-ups. The film has actors channeling genuine emotion rather than pretending that they’re angry or…

I would define men like Rockefeller and Carnegie as “Captains of Industry”. Rockefeller's impact on the American economy demands recognition. He took advantage of the loophole in the Union draft law by purchasing a substitute to avoid military service. In the 19th century. Rockefeller introduced techniques that totally reshaped the oil industry as Kerosene and how can crude oil be converted to it. He used all methods to reduce the price of oil to his consumers as rebates. He gained many…

Of the 1718 municipalities that exist in Japan, 46% are classified as depopulated; despite occupying over half of the country’s total land, a mere 8% of the national population reside in these municipalities (Rural Independence Promotion Union). The problem of depopulation in villages is exacerbated by a shortage of worker population, resulting into a “graying” population, deteriorated agriculture and industry (Warnock). According to the 2005 census conducted by Statistics Japan, Miyoshi city,…

The airplane carrying Josaphat away from Metropolis swam in the golden air of the setting sun, rushing towards it at a tearing speed, as though fastened to the westward sinking ball by metal cords. Josaphat sat behind the pilot. From the moment when the aerodrome had sunk below them and the stone mosaic of the great Metropolis had paled away into the inscrutable depths, Josaphat had not given the least token that he was a human being with the faculty for breathing and moving. The pilot seemed to…

once said, “I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to preserve and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles…” A fabricated character that conveys the message of Reeve’s ideas is Superman. The Man of Steel manages the city of Metropolis and uses his fascinating powers to fight crime and save the world. On the other hand, Odysseus is the King of Ithaca and the son of Laertes. He does not have any special powers, but he does have the Greek gods and goddesses in his favor.…

Think of the city of Sao Paulo as the Brazilian Big Apple, only sweeter. With 15 million people, Sao Paulo rates as the third largest city in the world, complete with all the problems of an ever-burgeoning metropolis - skyscrapers, traffic jams, slums, pollution, and noise. But there is also a certain kind of charm in the residents of the city (called Paulistanos) that somehow makes these problems seem less imposing. Taxi drivers are honest {mais ou menos), waiters gracious, and shopgirls -…

gammas could be happy on the way to their date. They eventually decided that’s what they were conditioned to know and love, so they are in fact happy. But right after that, the author mentions the ‘barracks’ where the lower caste resides in the metropolis, much different from the sprawling forty-floor apartment housing for Henry. Henry and Lenina decide it is fine, because the deltas and epsilons have been conditioned for the…