Alfred Hitchcock, the great mystery and suspense movie director, extensively used a plot device in his films that he referred to as “the McGuffin.” It was usually something like a diamond necklace or a briefcase full of papers, but in actuality, the object itself was of no real importance; what was important was the actions and reactions that the McGuffin […]
Surrealism, Psychoanalysis, and Luis Buuel: Write a paper analyzing the movie “The Exterminating Angel” by Luis Buuel. The paper must include analysis of all these types of shots when they show elements of surrealism and you must analyze the surreal element of the shot. (I will upload scans of my class notes on the shots and on the angles). ALSO. […]
Read:”The futile pursuit of Happiness”by Jon Gertner, page 443-542 and “Memory work”by Susan Choi page 198-208 from The fields of Reading:motives for writing 8th edition St.Martin’s 2007. Question 1.Explain how the ideas of the authors would respond to the ideas of the other author. 2. How does the authors’ ideas affect your understanding of the others ideas. 3.It’s apparent the […]
Prepare a 2-page paper discussing existing trends and challenges in HR management. Address the following in your paper:* one page per topic. o Examine contemporary safety and health management issues in the workplace. o Include a discussion of future trends and challenges in HR management.
What is a person’s responsibility when others human rights are being violated? Discuss
Discuss an issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and explain why it is important to you
Cereus blooms at night: Develop a 500 word essay on major theme of cereus blooms at night by shani mootoo include plot summary and some quotes to support the theme.
Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy vs. Oedipus the King: Aristotle wrote The Poetics long after the deaths of the three great tragic dramatists of the fifth century B.C. In addition, Aristotle’s view of the tragic character, as one who “falls by some mistake” is, in most cases, not easily applicable to the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. How far does […]
Sources are the books: The Quest of the Holy Grail(translated by P.M. Matarasso) & Perceval The Story of the Grail(translated by Burton Raffel). Questions that need to be answered: How are Arthur and/or his knights depicted? To what extent do the texts relate to Arthurian conventions(knights in shining armor, a single worthy knight, Camelot being the ideal kingdom, etc.)?What role, […]
What do Jigs words to her companion in Hemingway’s Hills like White Elephants tell you about the pattern of their lives together? In particular, why does Jig want her companion to please please please please please please please stop talking? That is, why does she want him to stop talking, and why does she say please over and repeatedly? -compose […]
