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The Cadillac's ELR Coupe 2014 Commercial embodies the perfect American dream. It starts off with an American man gazing out over his pool right before delivering a thesis on the American Dream. He is playing the role of a self-made man who walks around his two- story modern house and displays his wealth while promoting his version of the American work ethic that made all his wealth possible. In the beginning of the video, the gentleman is dressed in a polo shirt and khaki shorts, but later…

On January 19, 2011, Taco Bell was served a lawsuit, from a law firm, accusing the restaurant chain of using a mixture for taco’s that did not contain enough beef to meet USDA requirements to call the meat ground beef (Roper, Samikkannu & O’Rourke, 2012). The law firm alleged that the restaurant chain was using more filler than beef for tacos and therefore be labeled as taco meat filling. The lawsuit further claimed that seasoning for the beef were misrepresented, when in fact they were not…

At the beginning of Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus is overly confident, and with good reason. He is notorious for being the one who saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and become king virtually overnight. He announces his name proudly as though it were a healing charm to others by saying "my children, I am here, famous Oedipus." Oedipus acts very swiftly, and he seems to be very confident even through the very end of the play where he calls upon his brother Creon and his mother Tiresias.…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Longhorne Clemens, under the pen name Mark Twain, is described as “an extraordinary work….. it is a great novel” by New York Times. The genre of this great American novel is often referred to as satire. This novel is about a young boy named Huck struggling to overcome the internal problem of what his conscience tells him what's right and what society tells him what is right. There are many themes in this book, which makes it leave a long lasting…

The motif of vision, one that is effectively portrayed throughout the story, contradicts the visions of leaders and alternates the results of their impact on the society. Blindness leads to the downfall of any hero, it obstructs their judgements, which therefore, causes them to fail to see temptations and eventually fall into their nadir. However, the narrator witnesses the blindness of Barbee and Brother Jack, which he recognizes, but does not fully acknowledge it to prevent the same from…

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham is a novel that takes the audience on a journey into self enlightenment. This novel takes place in the early 1900s before, during, and after the crash of the American stock market. Within this tale the reader is introduced to several characters that are all acquainted with one another. Among those characters is one of particular depth, Isabel Bradley. Isabel is a complex character because she experiences several conflicts and takes various courses of…

transformation of the gift Gawain receives from Morgan Le Fay, a green girdle. Initially, the girdle is a symbol of protection; however, when Gawain breaks his contract with the Green Knight, it becomes a symbol of personal shame. Once Gawain returns to King Arthur’s court, though, the girdle is adopted as a symbol for the Knights of the Round Table, making it a public symbol of the knights’ code. Despite this public absolution of Gawain’s sin, the knight’s personal shame never self-absolved.…

Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1601. This tragedy is about Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, morning over the death of his father and extracting revenge on his uncle who murdered his father. This essay is evaluating the iconic scene where Hamlet meets his dead father and his father tells him of his uncle's betrayal. These 2 scenes will be evaluated on the quality of cinematography: music, acting, and camera work. In Kenneth Branagh's version of the meeting, the music stands out…

witches, and this prophecy ends up influencing Macbeth’s decisions which will end up affecting his future drastically. First of all, Macbeth should have just ignored the witches when they told him that he was going to be the Thane of Cawdor, and King. Based off of knowledge of the future, if Macbeth would have just ignored the witches he may have not died a cold, blooded, murderer, instead of a…

to gain attention or is paid to entertain. The fool is generally a person who is searching for wisdom, sense, and judgment. In King Lear, a specific type of fool acts as a servant, and a loyal friend of the King. He is marked by his clever word play, witty insults, and his ability to bring down other characters through deception and trickery. The purpose of the Fool in King Lear,…