Pretty Woman is an appropriation of the play by Bernard Shaw called Pygmalion, because it's characters, plot and central theme can all be closely linked. ... Men begin in Kentish Town with 280 pounds a year, and end in Park Lane with a hundred thousand. ... As she searches for her room-mate Kit, on Hollywood Boulevard, the viewer can see that the area is accustomed to prostitutes, drug-dealers and, as Vivian happens to stumble on, dead bodies. ... Pinned up on the wall of Eliza's small room is a portrait of a popular actor and a fashion plate of ladies dresses torn from newspap...

• Word Count: 3802
• Approx Pages: 15

This essay investigates how far "The Importance of Being Earnest" reflects this view on life. ... Jack sums it up from his point of view. ... Cecily sums up the main theme in the play when she says to Algernon: "I hope that you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. ... The name is central to the plot regarding marriage to women with money and status. ... (Act 1 p16) Among the views expressed by Wilde's characters is that romance and happiness is hindered within the bounds of marriage and once marriage is proposed romance en...

• Word Count: 2564
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Sanderson fell in love with the simplicity of the landscape and decided he wanted others to "fall in love with New York's original landscape (Eric Sanderson, National Geographic 2009).... (Peter Miller)" The results echo Mushabac and Wigan's historical view that I presented on the previous page. ... Public drinking water pumps were erected and carts with barrels filled with the sparkling water traveled the dirt and cobbled streets to homes and taverns alike. ... "Disgusted, local authorities initiated a project to fill the sewer with earth from an adjacent hill. ... Th...

• Word Count: 3406
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate