It is really hard for me to choose only three films out of my favorites. After a thorough selection, the three winners of my favorite films are Forrest Gump (1994), Memento (2000) and Shutter Island (2010). Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. In the film, Gump is a man with a low IQ but interestingly has appeared i (The Script Lab, 2011)n many historic moments. The story begins with Forrest picking up the feather
Alex Kendricks War Room is an inspirational American Christian Drama film much like Fireproof. War Room is about a family that’s being torn apart due to a strained marriage but mended back together through the faith of God. It is emotionally relatable, charming, and can be seen as influential. Watching War Room for the first time I immediately found the film emotionally relatable from the story line to the characters. To start, the
While reading M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang there were some interesting questions that arose from the story. What if there is a deeper meaning than we are seeing? Some specific points are going to be dug deeper into are: how does Gallimard show his masculinity and why he feels suicide is a better choice rather than admitting that he fell in love with a man. The play is about a man from the civil service in china that falls in love with an oriental actress. They have an affair and his wife leaves
Educating Rita - Love Story To answer the question whether or not Willy Russell actually wrote a love story as he intended to do, I consider certain aspects. I find two totally different main characters in Frank and Rita and therefore will be dealing with completely different ways of behaviour and reaction. By interpreting their statements and actions it might be possible to find some kind of conclusion. To begin with it is possible to say that Educating Rita does not seem to be a love story
The entire structure of Mama Day is fitting to the telling of multiple love stories entertwined. Like the most heartfelt episode of Seinfeld ever Gloria Naylor doesn’t tell a love story, but rather lays out in detail the events of everyday life for all of the central characters. In the process the love stories of the characters are all told at once. The most obvious example is the relationship between George and Cocoa (arguably the main love story). Through the book we see them meet, fall in
My opinion of Much Ado About Nothing is that it is a love story even though it is supposedly a comedy. I thought that all the "funny" bits of the play were hidden and hard to understand and the play seems to centralise greatly on relationships. There are two main relationships in the play, that of Benedick and Beatrice and that of Claudio and Hero. Which of these couple’s relationships is more interesting? Throughout the play Beatrice is shown to be unhappy with the way women are treated in this
“Eveline,” by James Joyce, is a story about a woman who is all alone and can’t escape the life that she is living. She is naïve and wants to move on to have a better life but has many things holding her back. The main thing being her promise to her mother. The whole story she sits in the house alone in a chair surrounded by dust. Eveline is isolated from the rest of the world but can’t leave when she has a man right in front of her that she thinks she loves. Eveline is isolated from the world:
“My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun” In the poem, “My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun,” published around 1863, Emily Dickinson effectively uses metaphorical language in making the speaker compare him/her self to a loaded gun. The speaker speaks as if he/she is a loaded gun waiting to expose their full potential. When reading this poem, one could definitely see religious connotations in that one cannot reach his/her full potential without The Master’s – God’s – help and direction. In “My Life had stood
Media contributes in a way we see our body such as in an attractive or unattractive way such as Rebecca J.Donatelle in “ Enhancing your Body Image” explains. The way we assume about our physical appearance can lead to health problems and other side effects we can come across throughout our lifestyle. For instance the body image myths that the author states in the paragraph shows some effects on how our society feels today. And the changes one can make to become better to be better therefore changing
In the story “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”, author D.H. Lawrence represents a type of love metaphor that is truly an example of how powerful love can be. His two main characters, Dr. Jack Fergusson and Mabel Pervin undergo such a dramatic experience, its almost impossible not to pick up his story and read it for a second time. But can something this imaginative and so farfetched actually happen? Well, love does work in mysterious ways and there have been a number of fascinating events that have happened
War can be defined as “an active struggle between competing entities. It’s truly hard to tell who is right or wrong during a war. Both sides are fighting for what they believe in and what is true to their heart. In the end there is always two things promised – destruction and death. These two objects can explain the result in every facet of war from the physical to emotional. In “How to Tell a True War Story” O’Brien explores the relationship between the events during a war and the art of telling
Genre in film theory is bespoken from literary genre scrutiny as well as founded on a film’s organization and its sequential events. Similarly, films are more often than not categorized according to its mood that is an emotional tone, setting which is its locale, and theme topic that is the issues in the film. Likewise, all these fundamentals come into consideration for the appointment of the film to be properly categorized in a genre. The moment we look narrowly at a film genre, we typically
Romeo and Juliet has been known as the best love story to hit the face of the earth. It is the most known and most talked about Shakespeare play and has become the ultimate classic love story. But is it even all that great? No, I do not think Romeo and Juliet is all that great of a love story. I think that the public who were exposed to the play at the time, which was around the 1600's, had not seen too many other tragic love stories, so they of course loved it. Everybody loves new and original
A major life event is bound to have a strong impact on our person, hence the “major” part. These major life events can change how we deal with society and even change the way we once perceived ourselves as part of society. A major life event that I went through was the death of a close friend while we were at a social event. I was a teenager at the time and did not make the best decisions during high school. This happened to be one of them. It was a Friday and my friends and I had decided that we
fundamental elements of drama being role, character and relationships, situation, voice and movement, focus, tension, space and time, language, ideas, dramatic meaning; mood and atmosphere; and symbol and audience (Dinham, 2014). These foundations shape the drama to captivate the audience so they comprehend the meaning and purpose of the dramatic action (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2015). After viewing and observing the short dramatic film Ripple (Viddsee, 2014)
In the introduction to 100 Years of the Best American Short Story, Lorrie Moore says, “A short story is about love. It is always about love. And yet it is not a love story.” Explain how this statement holds true in one of the stories we have read. How, specifically, is the story about love, but not a love story? The quote from Lorrie Moore says, “A short story is about love. It is always about love. And yet it is not a love story.” Means that even though there is love of some kind in a story
Frozen is about sisterly love. It plays with Disney's well-worn messages of be true to yourself; follow your dreams. Frozen is possibly family entertainment for a new generation, frosted with a few suggestive themes it remains a sweet and heartwarming film.
It is interesting to note that The Dream of red Chamber from the first chapter is presented as a story of enlightenment. It is described by Vanitas as a love story, but that is only a vehicle used to stimulate enlightenment through love. In the novel, Zhen Shiyin and Jia Zheng both become enlightened through their deep-rooted love for their children. However, characters such as Adamantina and Jia Jing illustrate contrasts to them. Neither of these characters attempt to achieve enlightenment through
In 1787, Antonio Canova sculpted a masterpiece crafted around a love story; Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss. A king had three daughters, his youngest, Psyche, the most beautiful of them all. Venus, the goddess of beauty, was jealous of Psyche. She ordered Cupid to avenger her and eliminate Psyche so she would once again be the most beautiful. However, when Cupid saw Psyche he fell in love with her. Every night, Cupid made love to Psyche without ever revealing his identity until one night she lit a
The narrator of the story “The Only Meaning of Oil-Wet Water” by Dave Eggers illustrates how people force themselves onto other people and/or things when it is easier to just simply surrender. Throughout the story the contradictions of force vs. surrender reveal how you have to let go sometimes. An obsessive forced relationship compared to a healthy relationship. Trying to fit in opposed to accepting yourself and your capabilities. Wants and desires in contrast to needs and necessities. Letting things