Georges Melies: Movie Magic

Arts & media   |   Film studies   |   School essay   |   11/19/2007   |   .doc   |   2 pages
Document abstract : « That said, the visual tricks Méliès created deserve a Méliès life, he was given a free apartment by cinema often employs the term movie magic to describe ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The creation of the Cinematographe. The life of Georges Melies. Georges Melies' fantasy films . The movie Melies' La Voyage dans la lune . Conclusion. Works cited....»

Courtly Romances: Literature or Theatre?

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Research papers   |   04/25/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « as entertainment, and in what pursuits they passed their free time together. He could sing, play instruments, recite poetry, perform magic tricks, juggle, and ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Why is performance so often ignored as a subject of cultural study? . Records of performance . Scope. The professional minstrel. Narrative patterns. Works cited....»

Ariel's Levels of Consciousness

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   School essay   |   10/09/2007   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « Once Prospero sets Ariel free at the end to create extravagant illusions and perform complex tricks. or autobiographical self since his magic serves Prospero s ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Ariel's superhuman abilities . His weak core self . Prospero's relationship with Ariel . Conclusion. Works cited....»

Shakespeare in vegetable underpants: Peter Stein and Peter Zadek's opposing approaches to Shakespeare

Arts & media   |   Film studies   |   Presentation   |   10/07/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « and Desdemona de-centralized, the audience became free to focus first night offered fencing exercises, acrobatics, juggling, magic tricks, traditional English ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The moral and bodily demolition which World War II left behind.. Multi-media images of cult icons once regarded as heroes and the reinforcement of the idea of a culturally-made and marketed ?hero.?. Zadek's commitment to taking...»

Wuthering Heights - The Ending (An Attempt at a Commentary)

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « up his initial observation that ghosts are now free to haunt we thought we had surmounted ; he tricks us by unexplained it is a transformation as if by magic. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The nature and direction of our interpretation.. The ending of Wuthering Heights: A direction which slightly deviates from the Gothic proper. . Expansion into the Fantastic through the experience of the small boy.. Lockwood's...»

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