Alla Nazimova Essays

  • The Life of Rudolph Valentino

    1072 Words  | 3 Pages

    Back to 1895 was when a star was born a man that loved to act and dance, but his life was over way to soon. On May 6, 1895 Rudolph Valentino was born in Castellaneta, Italy (Rudolph Valentino Encyclopedia par.1). Rudolph Valentino was born to a French mother and an Italian father but, his father died when Rudolph Valentino was at a young age (Biography par.2). Valentino was spoiled, even kicked out of different school, but in the end he got a diploma farming (Rudolph par. 1). Since Valentino’s father

  • Summary Description Of Sant Ivo Alla Sapienza

    1974 Words  | 4 Pages

    Summary Description Sant’Ivo Alla Sapienza (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza) is a Roman Catholic Church in Rome built in 1642-1660 by architect Francesco Borromini. It is considered the most innovative of architect Francesco Borromini’s churches. The church starts as a chapel of the University of Rome palace. Borromini was forces to adapt his design to the already existing palace.1 The church took more than 20 years to build, spanning the reign of three highly influential popes from noble

  • Character Analysis Of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler

    2041 Words  | 5 Pages

    Hedda Gabler, the main character in Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play titled Hedda Gabler, presents a unique role that many aspiring young actresses have been drawn to for decades. She was a woman before her time, her repellent personality can be argued as evil incarnated or simply due to a misunderstood and misplaced life. Regardless of the motives, it is no doubt that Hedda’s actions throughout the play are fascinatingly malevolent. This seemingly unmerciless character can be portrayed on the screen

  • Djuna Barnes's The Diary of a Dangerous Child

    7477 Words  | 15 Pages

    Djuna Barnes's The Diary of a Dangerous Child "By this I mean that I am debating with myself whether I shall place myself in some good man's hands and become a mother, or if I shall become wanton and go out in the world and make a place for myself." -Olga, "The Diary of a Dangerous Child" In Djuna Barnes's short story "The Diary of a Dangerous Child" (1922), the narrator, an adolescent girl named Olga, ponders her destiny on the occasion of her fourteenth birthday: should she marry, settle