By examining three films of Ray, (They Live by night, On Dangerous Ground, and Rebel Without a Cause), one might conclude that the key idea of the dysfunctional family helps drives each stylistic aspect of all three films. ... To help the theme of dysfunctional families come across Ray uses other elements of the film. ... Both are eager to help the occupants of their inn. ... Although, many film noir elements can be seen in Nicholas Ray's films. ... By using common, stylistic traits in each film, Ray creates an artistic universe. ...

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"Be not as Hermod" The fragment between lines 1724-1769 of Burton Raffel's translation of Beowulf includes many important elements of Anglo Saxon culture and epic poem characteristics. ... The text starts off by making great use of most of the Anglo Saxon stylistic traits. ... It is true that he embodies all the attributes valued by his society, has helped a community from a danger he was not concern about and has not asked for any reward but the ones that were given to him. ...

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Cropsey employs a variety of artistic techniques to create realistic and stylistic elements. ... The large cloud hovering over the valley helps to frame the entire scene by providing an upper bound to the sky. ... One of the most important elements of The Old Homestead, Wyoming Valley is its lighting and how it affects the other objects in the painting. ...

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One can see that this song is one of the elements behind the commercial success of the film as an international hit. ... Besides, Horner was deeply interested to inculcate electronic elements to film music. ... This proves that sound effect is one of the elements behind the success of the film Titanic. ... This helped him to realize that low budgeted films do not help the director to be independent. From a different angle of view, his career as a miniature-model maker helped him to be a perfectionist. ...

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With his careful use of stylistic elements such as visual imagery, simplistic details, and diction, Twain paints the image of a newly free Huckleberry while balancing his feelings and actions upon realizing the desolation of his situation. ... There is no other rationality for his adamant choice to help free Jim at this point. ...

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So, I believe Chagall may have used visual memory to help produce the colorful aspect in his works. ... He incorporated multiple elements from the visual memory of his youth. ... All the combined elements definitely show implied mass, they give the illusion of being massive. ... The various different elements and principles I described combine to form visual unity, personally the complete painting shows the life of the woman incorporating her culture, community, region, family and life experiences. After finding the aesthetic qualities within the paining, I found that identifying the unique s...

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In fact "It's stylistic scope is too broad to be encompassed by any single definition" (Groliers Encyclopaedia). ... Many elements of African American music have been a continuing source of influence on rock music. ... Heavy metal bands were given a huge boost by video clips, but most helped were the popular performers like Michael Jackson, Prince and Boy George. ...

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It came to the point where it was obvious that the man needed help. ... But it didn't last and we had to get help again. ... He needs help and is getting it. ... His drawings also were different in the way he approached them stylistically; some were very accurately drawn showing crisp edges, finished delicately. ... There was something else, a strong bond with the elements. ...

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The technical and stylistic devices in the theater of India, China, and Japan are used to entertain and enlighten the audience member. ... Poetry and song are used to help convey the different rasas. ... In addition to adding to the poetic form of the play, these images also help to create a pleasing aesthetic imagery that is usually lacking on the stage itself. ... Isolation and mortality are the main themes of the play, and the actor communicates this with the help of a lyrical script. ... The actors meditate on the character they are playing, and this helps them to become the figure they...

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This theme is an effective means of illustrating the situation of black men and women in America, who cannot help but struggle with dualistic identities: belonging and not belonging, being both wanted and not wanted. ... That grandmother told him stories which inspired him with a sense of heroism and a desire to help others of his race. ... During his time in other countries he met a number of poets, historians, and others who helped shape his poetry, and even helped him get it published. ... This stylistic choice is a large part of the message. ... These elements of his life that he describes...

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They also helped to plan the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. ... Before he even turned eleven he had lived in six towns in four different states as his father tried to find a better place and job help to raise his family. Frank, during the summer while he was a teenager, had to get a summer job every summer to help with the family. ...

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In the world of hip hop, Tupac Shakur's name is laid among the most infamous to have ever lay their hands on a microphone. Tupac lived a life that was covered in controversy and overshadowed in the gangster lifestyle. Simply, Tupac was the epitome of a gangster rapper. He lived by the gun and he died by the gun. Tupac was a "ladies man" despite being accused of abuse and promiscuity. ...

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