Woody Allen

Actions are based on either love or fear. In Erich Fromm's book, Sigmund Freud's Mission, he expresses that people repress their true thoughts because they worry that they will be cast out by others for being different. Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen), the main character of Woody Allen's mockumentary, Zelig, takes this repression to another level because he has the ability to change his physical and mental characteristics to match those around him. Dr. Eudora Fletcher, a female psychiatrist, was…

Having read the play “A Streetcar named Desire” by Tennessee Williams and watched the film “Blue Jasmine” directed by Woody Allen, I have come to feel more sympathy for Williams ‘ character Blanche than Allen’s character Jasmine. “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Blue Jasmine” similarly tell the story of a socialite who faces an epic downfall in life. Woody Allen’s film manages to parallel Tennessee’s original “A Streetcar Named Desire” whilst adding a modern twist and subtle adaptations. Despite…

restaurants, and painting houses. After the long days ended for Ellen she went to coffee houses and night clubs to do stand-up comedy. When Ellen turned 23 she became the emcee at Clyde’s Comedy Club in New Orleans. Ellen said her inspirations were Woody Allen and Steve Martin at the beginning of her comedy career. After becoming the emcee at the Comedy Club she began to go on tour all across the country and was named Showtime’s Funniest Person in America in 1982. Four years later she had her…

The Kugelmass Episode In Woody Allen’s story “The Kugelmass Episode” shows how having hidden desires can be the death of you. In the story, Mr. Allen introduces a couple of characters Kugelmass, Daphne, Persky, and Emma. Kugelmass is introduced as a man who is unhappy in his marriage. "I need to meet a new woman," he went on. "I need to have an affair. I may not look the part, but I'm a man who needs romance.” (1) Kugelmass has grown disgusted on how his wife gained weight over the years and…

The film Purple Rose of Cairo (dir. Woody Allen, 1985) is based around the dynamic relationship between Cecilia (Mia Farrow), Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), and Gil Shepherd (Jeff Daniels). Cecilia is torn between 2 men that look almost identical if it was not for their attire, but whom of which differ in personalities. In a historical context, the film takes place in the midst of the Great Depression era which adds to the complexity of Cecilia’s love triangle. Through a combination of deep focus…

Good Enough Essay Kloe Anderson Warren Buffett, American business magnate, once stated, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” An author, Rachel Vail, uses the price of a shirt and the value of love to show a message in her short story Good Enough. This is about a girl, named Dori, who wants something from her mom for her birthday that is expensive. She knows her family doesn’t have a lot, so she didn’t want to mention it, but she did. The author uses dialogue and symbolism to show…

Eric Wilson argued in his article, Against Happiness, that only by experiencing sadness can people experience the fullness of the human condition (Wilson 456). Many artistic geniuses such as Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickenson, Charles Schulz, and Woody Allen have all experienced life through a dark glass. Studies show that “when you are in a negative mood, you become more analytical, more critical, and more innovative,” (Diener 456). Negative emotions, such as sadness, have a purpose; to direct…

A wise Hollywood actor Woody Allen once said, “Life is full of misery, loneliness,and suffering-and it’s all over much too soon.” Loneliness is one of the main themes in Of Mice and Men, the novel written during The Great Depression by John Steinbeck. In this essay, I am going to explain how the characters George, Lennie and Curley’s wife are all impacted by loneliness. Although George is a smart guy, he is lonely. He relies on his relationship with Lennie to feel better about his loneliness.…

most recent film version, The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann in 2013, Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, and Daisy Buchanan are brought back to life in the 1920’s, but with a modern music soundtrack. In the 2011 film Midnight In Paris, directed by Woody Allen, modern characters reflect the themes and symbols of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in a variety of ways. Both films bring to…

did it because they had to not cause they wanted to. They continue to live in there fake and unhappy marriages instead of just being happy and married with each other. That part of the film was very confusing I still don’t understand the point Mr. Allen was trying to…