The Originals

The movie Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is heavily based on the Shakespearian play Hamlet. The movie has many similarities to its source material; however, there are very noticeable differences between the two. These differences create two completely different interpretations of the events of the play: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead takes away the Shakespearian glamour and tells a more realistic tale. There are many similarities between Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead…

aesthetic relates to a flattening between high and low culture, a flattening that he is very conscious and purposeful about (Weigand). With a range of of artworks or products set at various prices, he makes a point of allowing anyone to be able to own an original Murakami (Weigand). Both as an artist and curator, he pushes for art to just be art, not high or low (Ly). Also seeking to bridge the gap between high and low culture, Hot Art Wet City aims to be a friendly, accessible gallery space…

Augustine of Hippo and Pico della Mirandola hold opposing positions on what they believe the human potential is. Augustine believes a human beings potential is predestined, at God's will, because of original sin. Whereas Pico believes the human potential is unlimited, because God created us to be “Sovereign craftsman” because he the “Greatest craftsman” had nothing new he could give to us (pp. 117). Augustine and Pico although they do not agree on the issue of a person's potential, do…

between the original fairytale La Belle et la Bete by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont, and the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast. While the tale is considered one of the first tales to transcend female stereotypes, there are a still a lot gender roles to be considered in both versions. In the original tale, the Beast is kind and thoughtful. He was not turned into a beast for being ungrateful and selfish, like in the Disney version. The gender role here is different in that in the original the…

The prune in Beaker A, the control group and room temperature water, increased in weight approximately 110%, from an original weight of 6.8 grams. The water in Beaker A also remained the most consistent in temperature, ranging from about 19.5-22 degrees Celsius over the span of a day. The prune in Beaker B, the cold water, increased in weight by approximately 93%, and the original weight was 6.6 grams. The temperature in Beaker B was also the second most…

where her and Prince Charming meet. In contrast to the original fairytale, Prince Charming has an absence of intelligence and comes off a bit aggressive. Sexton’s version mocks the original fairytale by putting a focus on behavior of the characters. Both the father and Prince Charming in Sexton’s story are portrayed as inept men. Sexton chooses to illustrate them as such because she is…

has been popularized for ultraviolence and gore involving vampire characters. It is based on the original manga, Hellsing, written by Kouta Hirano, which was published from 1997 to 2001 through Young King OURs magazine, while the collected chapters published by Shonen Gahosha. Hirano published Hellsing: The Dawn from 2001 to 2009, as a prelude to Hellsing to provide additional backgrounds to the original work. Hellsing is the story about Alucard, the vampire, who serves the Helsing family to…

Adaptation vs 1990 Film Adaptation Lord of the Flies, with its important moral, that there is a beast inside everyone, has received two film adaptations; one in 1964 and one in 1990. Although the 1963 film adaptation does not stray away from the original plot, the 1990 film adaptation does a better job at portraying the novel’s moral. For instance, the way in which the characters are represented and develop in the 1990 film adaptation is more closely tied with the story’s main theme of savagery…

famous poem, “Sonnet 18.” The original sonnet is spoken to an unknown beloved, in which Shakespeare compares the beloved’s beauty to a summer’s day, and because he has written this poem, their beauty will last forever and never die (as long as people are around to read the words). The voice within the poem that Bervin uncovers retains the essence of the original…

the topic of original sin. During the early Church period, the concept of original sin developed and its importance for the imago Dei has been debated ever since. Moreover, how one views the relevance of sin for the imago Dei, whether sin damages the image, destroys it completely or does not affect it at all is important for one’s theology of the imago Dei. In traditional theology, there are several reasons that original sin is important for the discussion the imago Dei: 1) original sin is…