This is evident throughout the film Witness, directed by Peter Weir as the audience can see the awkwardness of the relationships between not only John Book and Rachel Lapp, but also between the mainstream society and the Amish. ... Rachel Lapp embodies the Amish, whilst John Book signifies the mainstream society. ... Throughout the whole film the relationship between Rachel Lapp and John Book is relatively awkward, as they do not understand each others way of life which makes then unable to communicate with each other, therefore leading to cultural clash. ... Weir used dark lighting in this p...

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The jury focused mainly on her "romance " with William Wolfe. ... Martinez argues that Bailey's interests in writing a book on the case, together with his constant attempts to keep himself and the trial in the news, conflicted with his duty to give Hearst the best defense possible. ...

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Mary Shelley was not aware of just how far her book would end up going. ... Ray Bradbury states that, "The irony underlying all these statistics is that which informs Mary Shelley's gothic romance, Frankenstein: like the naive scientist Frankenstein, we may create technological wonders with the best of intentions, but our most ingenious artifacts of "progress" can destroy us if we don't comprehend their powers and limitations....

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"Dracula," written by Bram Stoker in 1897, a fantastic book partially based upon the congenital fears of a people in the Victorian era; the night, perverse sexuality, compulsion, blood lust, aggression and impurity. ... It is not wrong that the church tries to preserve what is left of love and romance in modern society by encouraging men and women to get to know one another, remain chaste and fall in love by serving one another. ... I think it was Carl Jung who put it best, "I would rather be whole than good."...

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