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A Movie Review of Casablanca, a Timeless Classic Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (604 words, 1 pages)

"Casablanca" is a picture starring Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman. Bogart is playing the cynical Rick, and Bergman is the amazingly beautiful Isla. The setting for the picture is the unoccupied French Morocco city of Casablanca, during World War II. Thousands of refugees have fled Europe and many pass through ... Read More

Emotional Responses in Two Books Reviewed by Robert Penn Warren (1077 words, 2 pages)

Robert Penn Warren The Book of Job and Oedipus the King A great man, by the name of Robert Penn Warren once said, "One of our deepest cravings is to find logic in experience, but in real life, how little of our experience comes to us in such manageable form. ... Read More

A Review of William Blake’s Poems The Lamb and The Tyger (2948 words, 4 pages)

A Romantic as he was, William Blake created his rather simple songs as an opposition to the poetry the eighteenth-century poets tried to impose, the so called ornated word,poetry of beautiful words saying very little. Songs of Innocence and Experience are about the "two contrary states of the human soul" ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Joining Theater Class (629 words, 1 pages)

Ok, so the only reason I joined theater class was because I needed an easy A. A blow-off class of some sort, to balance out the rest of my schedule. I got much more than that. I am taking with me a sense of self-worth, and confidence. I acquired the ... Read More

Realism and Its Influence on Theater (1103 words, 2 pages)

W HAT IS REALISM? WAS ITS ARRIVAL GOOD FOR THEATRE? Realism is the movement toward representing reality as it is, in art. Realistic drama is an attempt to portray life on stage, a movement away from the conventional melodramas and sentimental comedies of the 1700s. It is expressed in theatre ... Read More

A Review of Jane Tompkin’s Indians: Textualism, Morality and Problem of History (1118 words, 2 pages)

Jane Tompkins, author of "'Indians' Textualism, Morality, and Problem of History," questions the validity of every history book and most facts that have been written. She first writes her perspective as a small child and her own young understanding of American Indians. She imagines herself as an Indian playing in ... Read More

Varieties of Bodily Experience: A Review of Mary Douglas’s Natural Symbols (1382 words, 2 pages)

Varieties of bodily experience Introduction Mary Douglas (Natural Symbols, 1970) described the human body as a microcosm of society. This is not a new idea, the word "microcosm" being derived from the Ancient Greek mikro-kosmos meaning "little world", a term first used by Plato (Schweitzer, Anchor Bible Dictionary, 1992). Plato ... Read More

A Review of Salinger’s Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut (1460 words, 2 pages)

In "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" Salinger presents us with a woman, Eloisa, who seems careless because she did not marry Walt, the man she loved. Throughout the story Eloisa constantly criticizes her daughter's actions, insults her old college roommate, Mary Jane, and is extremely inconsiderate towards her maid, Grace. She ... Read More

A Review of the Second Chapter in Robert Edmond Jones’s Book Towards a New Theatre (661 words, 1 pages)

In the second chapter of his book "Towards a New Theatre", Robert Edmond Jones explains the loss of art in American theatre. Although American theatre puts on the best show, has beautiful sets, and can do a good job "faking it", what we as American actors are practicing is far ... Read More

Accepting the Realities of Life: A Review of Arthur Miller’s Drama All My Sons (1212 words, 2 pages)

In Arthur Miller's drama, All My Sons, the characters of Jim Bayliss, Frank Lubey, Chris Keller and George Deever, all have difficulty in accepting the realities of life, and the possibilities of the future. Though all different in nature, they all willing to settle instead of striving for what they ... Read More

A Review of Shakespeare’s Play Two Noble Kinsmen (890 words, 2 pages)

Two Noble Kinsmen Why do you think Shakespeare has all the other characters in the play treat the jailer's daughter the way they do? How is the jailer's daughter commodified by the jailer? What is the reason the jailer's daughter goes mad? In the play the Jailer's daughter is treated ... Read More

Awareness Beyond Oneself: A Review of James Joyce’s Araby and Doris Lessing’s A Sunrise on the Veld (1597 words, 2 pages)

Two Short Stories Of Awareness Beyond Oneself"Araby" And "A Sunrise On The Veld""Araby" by James Joyce and "A Sunrise On The Veld" by Doris Lessing are both short stories in which theprotagonists gained a consciousness that was beyond themselves. The main characters are both initiatedinto new realities and truths of ... Read More

A Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Two Tramps in Mud Time (523 words, 2 pages)

Two Tramps in Mud Time- On the surface, "Two Tramps in Mud Time" seems to display Robert Frost's narrow individualism. The poem, upon first reading it, seems incongruent, with some of the stanzas having no apparent connection to the whole poem. The poem as a whole also does not appear ... Read More

Review of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or What You Will (747 words, 1 pages)

In William Shakespeares Twelfth Night, Or What You Will many relationships are forged or sabotaged for and by the protagonists, and as a result these relationships are made comical. The use of disguise causes deception and misunderstanding which leads to love where it is not meant to be. Foolery leads ... Read More

A Review of the End of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn (523 words, 1 pages)

Ernest Hemmingway once said he felt "cheated" by Mark Twain's ending to Huckleberry Finn. I would agree. The last several chapters show an expensive change in the tone and message of the book. They also seem to diminish the growth of Huck's character. I also feel that the backdrop of ... Read More

Families Reviews About Horror Movies (644 words, 1 pages)

Going over the same ground as the original 1975 cult classic and its many derivative offspring, this "Amityville Horror" provides enough of a shiver for novice horror fans to guarantee an opening-weekend audience but, for more well-versed fans of the genre, will feel like a redundant round of recycling. The ... Read More

A Review of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brian (910 words, 2 pages)

NOTE Parenthetical Citation is used. Selection came from an anthology, thus making the page numbers irrelevant. Please modify page numbers to coincide with your text. Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" presents the central idea that amongst society, it is normal to react to atypical situations in an atypical way. ... Read More

A Review of Arthur Miller’s The Death of a Salesman and Its Characters (1245 words, 2 pages)

The beginning of "The Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller has many themes that he has worked into it. Weather apparent or hidden, some of the important themes are tempers, disappointments, irony and capitalism. Miller's uses his writing as a tool for expressing his political views, mainly on the ... Read More

Christina Wall’s Review of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (316 words, 1 pages)

Christina Wall Theme of Frankenstein One of the themes that a reader may interpret by reading Mary Shelleys Frankenstein is that the quest for knowledge can lead to a self-destruction. We can definitely see how Victors thirst for knowledge leads to his downfall throughout Shelleys story. Victors own aspects of ... Read More

A Review of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death (787 words, 1 pages)

"The Masque of the Red Death" is an elaborate allegory that combines objects in the story with visual descriptions to give focus to the reader's imagination. In the story, a Price named Properso tries to evade the red death through isolation and seclusion. He hides behind the impenetrable walls of ... Read More

A Review of Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (648 words, 1 pages)

In Bronte's, Wuthering Heights, the first chapter is a mixture of three dominant themes that are apparent throughout the novel. The themes of mystery, atmosphere and character attitude, are all set in the first chapter. The first chapter introduces themes and dominant elements that are displayed in every character during ... Read More

A Paper on the Theater of Dionysus (1116 words, 2 pages)

The Theater of Dionysus The Theater of Dionysus was Europe's first theater, and stood immediately below the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was originally built in the late 5th century B.C. The theater was an outdoor auditorium in the shape of a great semicircle on the slope of the Acropolis, ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story of a Woman (751 words, 1 pages)

This short story is not necessarily about a crazy woman, at least not at first, but about a woman longing for liberty. This story is a narrative about the feelings, and depressions arising from the tensions of societal norms on an 18th century woman. The wallpaper design is an expression ... Read More

A Review of Kafka’s The Judgement (696 words, 1 pages)

P.J. O'Rourke of Rolling Stone magazine once wrote, "One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license." ... Read More

A Review of Neil Postman’s Book Amusing Ourselves to Death (1118 words, 2 pages)

Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business was published in 1985. The theories and concepts described in the book could easily apply to today's world. Postman goes to great detail in his book about the development of public discourse (verbal and written communication) ... Read More

A Review of the Movie What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (773 words, 1 pages)

Gilbert (Johnny Depp) is a young man who lives in Endora, Iowa, population 1,091. "Describing it", says Gilbert, "is like dancing to no music, "Gilbert lives with his mother (Darlene Cates), whose five hundred pound frame is slowly destroying the fragile Grape homestead. Gilbert also lives with his brother, Arnie ... Read More

Review of the Movie Crimson Tide: Politics and Popular Culture (659 words, 1 pages)

Politics and Popular Culture Movie Review "Crimson Tide" In "Crimson Tide," the primary political issue being presented to the general audience is whether a United States nuclear submarine should strike a Russian target during a very tense, Cold-War like time. The Russians are basically facing a civil war in their ... Read More

A Review of Odysseus Travels (1832 words, 3 pages)

Odysseus is trapped on Kalypsos island being punished for not thanking the gods for his victory. Odysseus has been away from home for about twenty years now. Zeus called a meeting for the gods to decide that Odysseus is now allowed to return to Ithaca. Athena, the gray-eyes goddess, disguised ... Read More

A Review of Albert Camus’s Novel The Stranger (922 words, 2 pages)

The world we live in is occupied with diverse religions and beliefs referring to how the world operates and the definitions of life itself. People of various cultures all possess different views upon life, yet the importance of the matter is dealing with the individual's viewpoint. People constantly attempt to ... Read More

A Review of Hilary Henkin’s and David Mammet’s Movie Wag the Dog Based on Larry Beinhart’s Novel (498 words, 1 pages)

The movie "Wag the Dog" is a political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's novel. In this movie, Two weeks prior to re-election, the President of the United States is accused of sexual harassment a firefly girl in the Oval Office. To divert ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013