Good versus evil is one of the main themes in the play. ... In the play, Shakespeare has portrayed the theme of good versus evil by using different dramatic and literary techniques. ... Image is a technique used to convey the theme of good versus evil. ... Blindness is another main theme in the film. ... In conclusion, the composers of these texts, effectively convey the themes of good versus evil and blindness using various film, dramatic and literary techniques. ...

• Word Count: 760
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• Grade Level: High School

Not all adaptations fare as well; in fact, critics literary and popular, often resort to the following complain: "it wasn't like that in the book". ... Over half of all commercial films have come from literary originals. ... In the process of dramatization, there is inevitably a certain amount of re-accentuation and refocusing of themes, characters, and plot. ... The amount of light and its style express the theme and mood of a film. ...

• Word Count: 3105
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Focusing principally, though not exclusively, on the film, television and music industries, in this course we will study literary and cinematic narratives dealing with fame and notoriety alongside academic and popular studies of celebrity in America in order to relate these many functions to each other in terms of both historical continuity and historical change over the course of the last century. ... Borrowing from the themes and style of the French New Wave and responding to the social changes in the United States, directors such as Martin Scorcese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Robert Altm...

• Word Count: 761
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are literally hundreds of fictional or documentary-drama pieces about the Holocaust with a number of themes in use. ... Themes popular throughout this era were the depiction of Jews in hiding and Jews as successful, accomplished individuals who were unfairly persecuted. ... A poignant feature of the literary version of Anne Frank's Diary centred around the point that Anne's childish innocence was to be shattered by the events of the world around her. ... This could explain why the Vietnam War, with its moral ambiguities, invoked renewed interest in the Holocaust in the...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, the themes of Expressionism were integrated into later films of the 1920s and 1930s, resulting in an artistic control over the placement of scenery, light, and shadow to enhance the mood of a film. ... Expressionism was a major force in German culture - in theater and painting as well as film-during the 1920's, just as during the same period, Formalism marked the burgeoning cultural life-both literary and cinematic-in the Soviet Union. ...

• Word Count: 2143
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. ... The blending of Christian themes and Marxist humanism ideals were also common place. ...

• Word Count: 995
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. ... The blending of Christian themes and Marxist humanism ideals were also common place. ...

• Word Count: 995
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The creepy, Grimm Brother's tale, "Rumpelstiltskin," was said to have taken place a long time ago at the site of an old, sewing mill. A poor miller found himself in contact with the King of the village and claimed that his daughter could spin straw into gold. The King was under the impression that t...

• Word Count: 1050
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• Grade Level: High School

When we look at Stephen Crane's Maggie: Girl of the Streets, we are able to explore a bit this of primal human condition and compare it not only to our own lives but to other literary works from different times and different settings. ... The negative side of entertainment is a big theme in Fred Ebb/Bob Fosse's movie Chicago. ...

• Word Count: 1628
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The studios not only controlled most of the people and talent of the American film industry, they also regulated artistic vision, theme, content, and subject. ... The auteur system of evaluation frames the entirety of a film's literary and visual content as a reflection of the director's personality, his personal agenda and assorted obsessions lurking below the surface of a given entertainment. ...

• Word Count: 2032
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate