This neutrality in lighting makes the overall scene seem less emotional, and in fact it is. ... The lighting techniques used throughout Casablanca definitely help to set the overall mood of the characters and the story. ... Overall, the varying use of lighting in Casablanca no doubt greatly enhances the overall story, and provides a much more in depth look into the character's emotions than the narrative alone could do....

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Low lighting overall for a natural appearance, not many shadows except for the main characters; for example the Grandfather coming down the stairs, his shadow bounces off the stairwell wall. The overall look is less intense and more conservative by the use of desaturated colors. ... This fits the overall feeling of the Castorini's, an American Italian family, rich in family tradition and history. ...

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Nonetheless, this is not especially surprising given that the overall message of both religious leader's teachings are virtually identical, and that in due course, both teacher's goals were very similar as well. ... Though it can be said that many of the details differ from Jesus to Confucius, the overall messages are ultimately the same. ...

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"Through Athens I am thought as fair as she. But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so. He will not know what all but he do know. And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes, So I, admiring of his qualities. Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks no...

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All things change with time. Whether it's fashion styles, workout fads, or the hottest new diet plan, our way of living is constantly evolving at a speed faster than some of us are even able to keep up with! One of the factors of our ever-changing society that has made the biggest impact on our live...

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"Why Did I Get Married" is a film written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry. This movie is about the difficulty of maintaining a solid relationship in modern times. Eight married couples, Mike and Sheila, Terry and Diane, Gavin and Patricia, Marcus and Angela, whom are all college friends plus o...

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Compare the ways in which poets have used different forms to express a variety of ideas about love. These love poems were all written by men and women expressing a variety of their ideal towards love. The poems are "The beggar woman", "To his coy mistress", "My last duchess", "How do I love thee?...

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"Most people don't have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about." (Kidd 148) In a fictional novel by Sue Monk Kidd, Lily Owens is a white young female that is living with black women during time of racial oppression, who ha...

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A comparative study of Sydney Carton in Dickens" novel, A Tale of Two Cities, and Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, requires the reader to analyze various aspects that the transforming effect love can have on a personality. As we study each character, it is...

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Discuss Representations of Love In One or More Poems Read in Class Many different poets throughout history have represented love, perhaps the most common subject matter chosen in poetry, in many different ways, and many of these ideas certainly do not conform to what the current generation would ...

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Theodore Roethke is a great American Poet who wrote many great works including "My Papa's Waltz" and "I Knew a Woman" which will be compared in this essay. His inventive uses of double entendres create amazing, realistic visuals for the reader. He is a great demonstrator of the meaning of love wheth...

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A New Look The Duke of Buckingham had this to say about literature: "Of all the arts in which to excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well." The production of great literature doesn't lie within the grips of gender or race, yet, instead, it flourishes by the genius behind it. Great writ...

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In The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde uses irony, puns, and humor to show the readers of the follies and social incapability of the acceptance of others different from themselves. Wilde's wit makes itself quite apparent through puns and irony. In the first few chapters Wilde introduc...

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Parents are their children's first influential teachers. From the moment the baby is born, parents make major decisions because they always want what is best for their child, and this might even carry on through the child's adulthood. Sometimes parents should make decisions concerning health or the...

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Sex in the Decameron I do not think it would be too far off the mark if someone said that Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron could be summed up in one word - sex. Sex is found in nearly every one of the seven hundred odd pages it seems, and its depiction varies from humorous to serious. If I were ...

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" Everything I value about him seems to be physical: the rest is either unknown, disagreeable or ridiculous." ( Atwood 57) I feel that this quote best describes the narrators overall feelings towards Joe. ...

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The downfall of Othello can be attributed to many factors and some of these are inter-related. The villainy of Iago is very effective in making Othello believe the lies and deceptions. Othello has many weaknesses in his character which make him very prone to jealousy and becomes very obsessive. Othe...

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I believe therefore, the directors, the Wachowski Brothers, used the fairy tale references to downplay the overall underlying themes of the movie in order to reach the more common audience member's intelligence level. ...

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The downfall of Othello can be attributed to many factors and some of these are inter-related. The villainy of Iago is very effective in making Othello believe the lies and deceptions. Othello has many weaknesses in his character which make him very prone to jealousy and becomes very obsessive. Oth...

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Love, lust, urge, desire, - all descriptions of feelings, wants, needs, etc. I like a lot of other teenagers this past year, have had to deal with it all. The love of one girl, but the desire for the other. Both are beautiful, but one is the kind of girl that every guy would come up to you a...

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In the 1996 film, Sling Blade, a criminally insane man, Karl (played by Billy Bob Thorton) is released from a mental institution and sent into the world to fend for himself. He finds himself back in his small hometown filled with stereotypes and small-minded people. The film does an amazing job at a...

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As I wake up early for my morning jog, I ran past the big stadium with its dim lights on. Shining on small parts of the field. I think to myself I can't wait to get to the next level. My excitement for this game is so astounding that I just can't help but to work hard daily to get the opportunity to...

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Many people would not disagree with the saying that an eye for an eye is justified, however, the distance that some people are willing to go creates a large distinction between justice and revenge. When one seeks justice against another's wrong doings, they must be careful to be rectitude in dealings with others.(Govier 2002, p.4) Or in other words, it is not justified to "step on others toes" in order to satisfy yourself or another. Revenge can often be associated with justice, however vengeance carries with it a sense of cruelty. Revenge encompasses doing whatever in your power to g...

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