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Entertainment > Movie Genres Best musicals of all time

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Since the advent of sound, the Hollywood Musical is a genre that has gained great popularity in offering its audience entertainment and a sense of escapism reminiscent of Broadway, with its use of popular songs and the notion of spectacle. Although the genre was at it's peak in the 1930's most notably staring Fred Astaire and... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Explaining the existence of God with the absence of physical evidence

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There are several arguments for the existence and non-existence of god; these comprise of the Ontological arguments, the Cosmological arguments, the Teleological arguments and the Moral arguments. The leading argument against the existence of God concerns the problem of evil. The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegard (1813-185... More..

Arts & Humanities > British Literature Character study for Jane Austen's 'Emma'

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As indicated by the novel's title, Emma is its central protagonist and the focus from which we either see or miss the drama. Chapter one introduces Emma Woodhouse and immediately allows the reader to see many of her faults. We are told that she is handsome, clever, and rich' and seemed to unite some of the best blessings of e... More..

Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Chinua Achebe and Things Fall Apart

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The first chapter of Things Falls Apart introduces the reader to the Ibo society; Okonkwo is described as a man well known throughout the nine villages' for his solid personal achievements'[1] . Immediately the reader realises two things, firstly that Okonkwo is the novel's protagonist and secondly that the tribe appear to h... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Wicker Man (2006)

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Plot- A letter from an old flame lures Cop Edward Malus (Nicholas Cage) to Summerisle, to investigate the disappearance of a missing girl. Malus finds the island community unwilling to cooperate with his enquiries and suspects the girl is going to be scarified. As he races against time to save her, he becomes perilously entan... More..

Entertainment > Movie Analysis Movie analysis: Postmodernism in Blade Runner

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In 1985 Ihab Hassan noted that the term [postmodernism] is an oxymoron'(1)and like the term itself, any attempt to pin down its meaning is problematic. However although Cristina Degli-Esposti points out that the debate over the conception of that which may be considered postmodern [] is far from being exhausted', she goes on ... More..

Entertainment > Movie Analysis Movie analysis: Underlying myths in The Searchers

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'The Searchers' was directed by John Ford in 1956, the film is classified as a western and its ideas were very much a product of its time, yet even recently many of its themes have been revisited in such highly acclaimed films as Martin Scorsese's 'Taxi Driver' and 'The Deer Hunter' by Michael Cimino.The film critic, John Fys... More..

Arts & Humanities > Playwrights & Plays Postmodern theatre

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Post modern idea- there are no grand narratives to draw together our understanding of the world, Lyotard defined Post modernism as an incredulity towards meta narratives'. Any way of having the world explained to us is only a story, a narrative account of meaning. Post modernist's expose the desire for meaning and take pleasu... More..

Entertainment > Movie Genres Art films: Breathless' and Alphaville, by Jean-Luc Godard

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"The art cinema defines itself explicitly against the classical narrative mode, and especially against the cause-effect linkage of events." (David Bordwell)The classical narrative mode refers to the narrative style common in films of the classical Hollywood period from the 1940's to the 1960's. These films came from the studi... More..

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1. Movie reviews: The Wicker Man (2006)
2. Art films: Breathless' and Alphaville, by Jean-Luc Godard
3. Movie analysis: Postmodernism in Blade Runner
4. Movie analysis: Underlying myths in The Searchers
5. Character study for Jane Austen's 'Emma'
6. Best musicals of all time
7. Postmodern theatre
8. Chinua Achebe and Things Fall Apart
9. Explaining the existence of God with the absence of physical evidence

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