Harold Brighouse's "Hobson's Choice" In Act two, Alice tells Maggie “I don’t know what you’re aiming at.” She replies, “The difference between us is I do, I always did.” Explain the differences between Maggie and her sisters. ‘Hobson’s Choice’ is set in Salford in 1880, at a time when women tended to occupy largely domestic roles. However, the leading character, Maggie Hobson, is a woman way ahead of her time. Unlike her sisters, she is a demanding and domineering character. She knows
award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a drama series as well as a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor in a series. After receiving these awards he was given top billing for the second season due to his success. In an article with E! online, United Kingdom actor Warwick Davis voiced his opinion on the stereotypes being placed on dwarfs and Peter Dinklage; “My colleague Peter Dinklage won an Emmy for his performance in Game of Thrones, proving that short actors need roles that will not only
an unknown night in 2011, I stopped on the image of a fuzzy, white rabbit pressed close to the screen with what looked to be a talk show stage behind him. This soft-speaking, English-accented bunny, voiced and puppeteered by Scottish comedian-actor-voice artist-author-director Craig Ferguson, rambled on and cussed, leaving me amazed at what I had just seen and heard, leaving me wanting more. More importantly, it was the re-introduction to a man I had seen on television before; however, now he and
both the screenwriter and director of this film. The genre of this film is crime, drama, and mystery. Tilda Swinton had won the best actress in a supporting role, while the film was nominated for best motion picture of the year, best actor in a leading role, best actor in a supporting role, best achievement in directing, best writing, and best achievement in music. All aspects of this movie were given recognition for how well it was all put together, including the plot, editing, and acting. The film
was a hit film from 2004 directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. The top stars in White Chicks include Terry Crews as Latrell Spencer, Marlon Wayans as Marcus Copeland, and Shawn Wayans as Kevin Copeland. The movie begins as the main characters, African-American FBI agents Marcus Copeland and Kevin Copeland spoil a drug bust. In return to spoiling the drug bust the agents are forced to escort caucasian celebrity girls to the Hamptons where they are going to be used as bait for a planned kidnapping. The celebrity
A short glimpse into yesterday, today and tomorrow, reveals the timeless everlasting appeal of great film icons. A truly gifted actress and two talented actors, Paul Newman, James Dean, and Marilyn Monroe have helped to shape and mold our generation, and are still a great influence with in our society today. We Americans are famous for worshiping dub ions demigods of the miraculous moment. The celebrities, who have inspired, identified with and transcended screen roles to become an active part
onwards. Each close up view in the first scene have a stronger meaning behind them than first observed. An example of this is the bumper sticker “How am I driving? Call 1-800- EAT SHIT” representing the attitude of society. Throughout the film the American rights of freedom and patriotism show up repeatedly in purposely placed flags. This along with christ and religion which is alluded to by crosses and churches in the background of many scenes. This represents D-fens believing he is sacrificing himself
the fervor of his musical career in the early 40s. Sinatra soon showed he was an excellent actor. Offerings very good melodramatic records like “From Here to Eternity”, “The Man with the Golden Arm” among others. From Here to Eternity is an American film based on the novel written by James Jones and directed by Fred Zinnemann. This work of over 800 pages was reduced
It might seem a little strange that it 's taken until 2015 for us to finally have a movie about cooties - the fictional childhood illness that you "get" from members of the opposite sex - but there you have it. Now we do have one, appropriately titled "Cooties," although it has decided to take schoolyard sickness, make it a reality, and turn its victims into savage cannibals. Oh, and keeping with the spirit of its real-life "inspiration," the only people who are affected by it are those who haven
create my own little back-story for our little prostitute, but I have not done a whole lot of writing so I am sure it will be a woot, more or less. Sunny is a young prostitute, to be exact she was “young as hell” and “she had a little weeny-winy voice” according to Mr. Holden Caulfield. So based on his, I am going to write of of that description. Sunny came from a very high society set of pinkie raising tea drinkers for parents. Her parents Martin
As the episode begins we see Travis, Liza, and Chris inside of Salazar's barber shop. The riot and chaos is obviously intensifying and thing start to get even worse when Chris notices the walls of the shop are getting hot. They make a run for outside and it's obvious that things have only gotten more hectic. People are all over the streets, looting shops and setting things on fire. Chris glances at a person attacking and eating a police officer. Back at home, Madison is trying to keep her cool,
Teen Rebels in Search of Love In the movie Rebel Without a Cause, directed by Nicholas Ray, we meet three “typical” teenagers from the 1950’s. These three teenagers are Jim Stark, Judy, and Plato. Jim Stark is constantly the new kid in town, because whenever he gets in trouble his parents just move the family to a new town. Jim is in constant turmoil striving to fit in, which only leads to more trouble. Judy is a teenage girl who needs attention. She longs for her dad to care about her and give
The Prince of Tides The Prince of Tides, directed by Barbra Streisand, is an emotional film that portrays sexual abuse, physical abuse and emotional abuse. The film demonstrated the Family Rules, Family Roles and the multifaceted relationship that occurs between survivors and perpetrators. Additionally, the film established the negative effects of trauma when survivors don’t seek help. The film conveys all three rules of a dysfunctional family. Don’t talk is strongly demonstrated with the family
In the book “The Last Shot,” by John Feinstein, Susan Carol Anderson can be considered a new best friend to the main character in the book, Stevie Thomas. Susan Carol could be a best friend for Stevie because she is kind and she likes being with Stevie. Susan Carol would make a best friend because she is clever and can make almost anyone believe what she is saying even if it isn’t the truth. For example, when Susan and Stevie are trying to get to Chip Graber’s room they go to the hotel where Chip
The film Blow started off at the begging of George Jung’s life in Massachusetts where he and his parents lived. Life was great for George until his dad was not making enough money to support his family. Bankruptcy soon came and problems starts to show as his mother kept leaving and yelling at his dad who was trying his hardest working fourteen hours a day to support for the family. When George gotten old enough in 1968 he and his friend moved to California to move away from Massachusetts. In California
Pat (Bradley Cooper) is released from a psychiatric hospital after a court-ordered 8-month commitment because of brutal assault on his wife’s lover. Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro) is a pathologically superstitious father who is obsessed with the Philadelphia Eagles and gambling, and has some rage issues of his own. Dolores (Jacki Weaver) is a passive mother who nervously watches over the powder keg of family dynamics, hoping she can keep it from exploding with a forced smile and distracting food. The blow
Character Summary: In the beginning of the movie, police officer Jim Kurring investigates a disturbance at a woman’s apartment. She is very uncooperative, which leads to Jim’s handcuffing her to sofa. He then finds a dead body in the woman’s closet. After other police officers arrive to send the woman to jail, Jim goes to Claudia’s house because of her neighbors’ report. Jim finds Claudia attractive and stays longer than he is supposed to for coffee. He asks Claudia to dinner later that night, which
Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) tires to rebuild his life and rekindle his relationship with his wife, Niki, after serving eight months in a mental institution for nearly beating his wife’s lover. Against medical advice, Pat’s mother, Dolores, discharges Pat to bring him back to their Philadelphia home, and this is leads to Pat having several manic episodes mostly violent. While in the mental institution, Pat is diagnosed with bipolar disorder; however, he stops taking his medication because of the
Other characters involved in the story line are Violet Harmon, Nora Montgomery, and Ben Harmon. Violet is a teenage girl who suffers from major clinical depression, moving from her home in Boston with her dysfunctional family to Los Angeles in hopes of keeping her family together. Tate first met violet when he encountered her girl cutting herself in the bathroom as he returned from a treatment session with his psychiatrist Ben Harmon, also known as Violet’s father. The similarities of feeling like
TWENTY-ONE ONE HOUR LATER, at 5:15 in the morning, Kim picked up her cell to call Eugene when he entered carrying a bag of groceries. The strikingly good-looking twenty-six-year old from the east coast grinned as he noticed the scowl on Kim’s face, he had to know something was terribly wrong, but didn’t. Eugene was in great shape, a lady’s man, made the rounds with rich married and divorced women before getting a job working for Al and Kim as their flunky, over-paid errand boy. He also serves as