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Despite salient critiques on the nature and content of postmodernism , there is still little agreement in any field about the aesthetic criteria defining this avant-garde of artistic movements. Indeed, even the notion that postmodernism retains the nom de guerre “avant-garde” is debatable when considering commentary such as Richard Schechner’s Post-Post-Structuralism? in TDR and hghghghghghg. In her introduction to Postmodernism, an analysis of contemporary visual art, Eleanor Heartney…

Theatrical productions have been transformed onto film for decades. Some directors remain faithful to the original manuscript, while others take liberties altering elements of the play to create a new reality of an otherwise classic production. However, the thoughts and strategies utilized behind each director’s decision as to how they will portray the selected works of Shakespeare to a modern-day audience are as unique to the individual director as it is to the production itself. How each…

The difficulty of love is one of the center themes of many of William Shakespeare’s comedy plays. Many ways he emphasizes the theme of the play is by creating doubles through the characters. Doubling in literature is essentially mirroring aspects like plot, setting and characters in the play to emphasize a theme. In A Midsummer Nights Dream by William, Shakespeare doubling is used to show the characters difficulties with love. The instant love seen with the young couples, fatherly love seen with…

Beyond Orientalism: Muslim Donusa and the "English Mastiffs" in Massinger's The Renegado 1. Introduction While Said has pointed out in Orientalism that “the relationship between Occident and Orient is a relation of power, of domination, [and] of varying degrees of complex hegemony” (15), we must recognize the complex, and multifaceted ways in which the East was represented in a multitude of genres of literary discourse. We should recognize as well that the English experienced insoluble…

Dynamic Duo: Burton and Depp When great artist work together what they create often times becomes wonderful classics. In the world of film, when big names work together they can create some of the most magical adventures. One such collaboration that excites the masses with the probability of great time and a wonderfully told story comes from the pairing of Tim Burton and Jonny Depp. With a total of eight films where Burton directed Depp, their combined efforts…

A hopeful writer’s dream is fraught by personal troubles and his feelings of obligation to care for his struggling family. BRIEF SYNOPSIS In a small fishing village in Nova Scotia, a young, hopeful Callum idolizes his fisherman father. An essay about his father highlights Callum’s hidden talent as a writer and his teacher encourages Callum to follow his passion and to write for others. Unfortunately, life hinders Callum’s dream when his alcoholic father quits his job and the family is forced…

The epilogue I put above says exactly nothing related to what I wish to say about “Wuthering Heights” in this paper, but it still shows effectively it needs to take Nelly Dean to its center. David Daiches, the editor of my copy of “Wuthering Heights”, is reluctant to admit Nelly to the group of important characters of the novel without needing parenthesizes, and his very need to separately mention her name to recall her to the reader’s mind as one of the important characters shows that his…

After a violent hazing incident that leads to the death of a teammate, a conflicted hockey hopeful struggles with telling the truth. STORY COMMENTS ON THE FIRST 30 PAGES THE INITIATION is inspired and based on true events. It’s a character driven dramatic story. The script centers on a young, hopeful hockey player Tony. His goal is clear. The tone is consistently dramatic. The story explores themes about respect. The script presents with solid moral dilemmas. Even though the protagonist, Tony,…

The entire point of writing a realistic novel was to prove that reality can be just as interesting as fantasy, and fantasy can often take away from reality. Life is not like novels of terror, because unlike novels of terror, life is unpredictable and unorderly. Life can be far richer than fiction, even when simple. We see this through the way Catherine and Henry met. In no way was Catherine and Henry’s meeting romantic, but it was feasible, authentic, and satisfying to both parties. Yes,…

well as concussions they worry for many athletes is second impact syndrome and the symptoms that come with them as this can lead to comas and death. This paper separates what a concussion is from what to do when an athlete receives a concussion. The subplots…