Since the Battle of Hastings, England was quickly conforming under the Norman rule of a lion-hearted Crusade fighter, King Richard. ... This song could represent a curse she put on the villain or it could simple be the author adding a bit of mystery to the novel. ... Robin Hood and his merry men were brought into Ivanhoe to excite more adventures and reveal the unfailing loyalty of a witty thief to his land and to his true king, Richard. ... The story emphasizes the conflict between the Saxons and the Normans, and Ivanhoe emerges as a model of how Saxons could adapt to life under Norman rule i...

• Word Count: 1187
• Approx Pages: 5

A man named Christian, who's a penniless writer, comes to Paris in 1899 from England to find a better life away from his father. ... The costume design is very unique; women wore vibrant and flashy dresses, men with larger costumes than themselves were full of shine and vividness. The language use in this film was of a romantic, in which the men talked with much passion and love in their voices and women talked with elegance and sophistication. Due to it being a musical, songs were added. Some of these songs came from present day songs transformed into a Moulin Rouge dialogue and sett...

• Word Count: 959
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School