Kate Winslet Essays

  • Reasons Why Women Develop a Negative Body Image

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    Beauty Distortion In modern society there is more and more digital editing without the knowledge of consumers. Currently there are various reasons for why women develop negative body image, low-self-esteem and eating disorders. According to Naomi Wolf in her novel “Beauty Myth”, one of the many reasons women obtain concerns with their bodies is due to the universal images of young female bodies presented through advertisements in fashion magazines. Advertisements in magazines are altering and shaping

  • What Makes The Titanic Objectified?

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    James Cameron’s motion picture Titanic blew the crowds away when it was first released in 1997, and its success has echoed into contemporary film society. Due to this movie actress Kate Winslet got her huge breakthrough, which allowed her to become one of the most celebrated film stars of our time. Winslets character, Rose DeWitt Bukater, a beautiful upper-class girl who is unimpressed with the luxuries she is surrounded with, becomes the love interest of the penniless Jack Dawson during the maiden

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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    left me wanting more. More action, more answers, and more reality. The movie begins with Joel Barish (Jim Carrey), a man who seems lonely, lost, and distant in life from the start. He gets on a train and meets a dysfunctional outspoken female (Kate Winslet) who later introduces herself as Clementine Kruczynski, the two instantly strike up a conversation. This leaves viewers like me confused about what exactly is going on and if the conversation that is taking place between both main characters is

  • The Titanic - Depth of the Heart of the Ocean

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    been-there-done- that sophisticate who seems to want her heart simply because he believes it is for sale and he has a right to it. His blindness to higher motives in love totally disqualifies him from being worthy of Rose DeWitt Bukater, played by Kate Winslet. But perhaps it is also the opaque nature of love itself that defeats him. This scene between Hockley and Rose is one of several ways in which Cameron develops the idea of the closed heart and the effort to open it. The profound ocean

  • Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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    Proust and a report by the President’s Council on Bioethics called “Beyond Therapy” support the claims made in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet) meet on a train to Montauk, New York, where they instantly become drawn to each other. They don’t know it at the time, but Joel and Clementine use to be in a relationship lasted two years and ended with heartbreak. Clementine, who is naturally

  • James Cameron's Presentation and Adaptation of Titanic for the Cinema

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    based on the well-known true story of the R.M.S Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage to New York from England. The film is based around the sinking of the Titanic, with the break up of Cal Hockley's (Billy Zane) and Rose DeWitt Bukater's (Kate Winslet) engagement as Rose falls in love with Jack Dawson (Leonardo de Caprio) to carry the film along to the accident where the titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean. This story is part of a larger story told to the crew of a ship who are sent to retrieve

  • Research Paper On Titanic

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    Titanic Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio were in their twenties when they filmed Titanic. Imagine if they hadn’t been the ones who had been picked for the movie because, let’s face it every film has plenty of actors lined up for the roles. Thanks to the director James Cameron, Kate and Leo played Rose and Jack. Kate had found out that she would have to be naked as Leo had to draw her in one of the scenes, so when they first met she thought she would flash him to make it less awkward. In the end

  • Vanishing Memories in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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    What would it be like if any bad memory or any sad memory could be erased out of the brain forever? In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate Winslet) had that opportunity available to them which they took full advantage of more than once. Thanks to the company Lacuna who does the erasing of Joel’s brain, we see the operation happen inside the thoughts of Joel. As the operation happens we see Joel slowly start to regret his choice of erasing

  • Joel Barish Symbolism

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    How is symbolization used in Internal sunshine of spotless mind? Symbolization plays a very important role in the 2004 movie; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind directed by Michel Gondry and featuring Jim Carey and Kate Winslet. There's not an intricate costume design in the movie, however, the clothes are still important. We see Joel wearing very tight clothing often, so much so that if he did up one more button, he'd die from suffocation. The type of tight clothing he wears is the type

  • Movie Review: Sense And Sensibility

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    Movie Review: Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee, who directed, and Emma Thompson, who adapted the screenplay, have done an excellent job of bringing Jane Austen's Victorian novel, Sense and Sensibility, to the movie screen. The movie's collection of actors are a joy to watch as they bring out the emotions of an otherwise polite and reserved era in time. The production work is top notch with bright, cascading photography that sets a romantic "I wish I was there" setting. The purpose of the Sense and

  • Analysis of Michael Arlen´s Ode to Thanksgiving

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    The author of this essay, Michael Arlen, in his summary of the holidays, Ode to `Thanksgiving is nostalgic and bitter about the subject. Arlen’s purpose it to break down and criticize every aspect of Thansksgiving in a cloying, annoyed way. Arlen speaks of the “pointless” traditons that go along with Thanksgiving and the bland history of how the celebratory day was formed. The author does this by using strong rhetorical devices such as imagery, syntax, and tone. While reading this one may feel

  • Recurring Themes in Italo Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

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    There are a couple of recurring themes in the book by Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Of these, two themes are “Despite how complicated a situation or problem gets, at the end, when it is solved, you are back at where you started” and “ When you are in love you see your loved one everywhere you go and in everything you do. The first theme is the one that encompasses the whole book, although it is more of a hidden one. At the beginning of the novel, the Reader buys the new book

  • Analysis Of Haas And Flower

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    Haas and Flower created an interesting point when I read “Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning “. In the reading, Haas and Flower, provided multiple propositions to apply, however a key one certainly caught my eye. Haas and Flower proposed various arguments, yet their main idea implied that there needs to be an increase in rhetorical reading. I came to the conclusion that increasing rhetorical reading was their main point due to a statement in the text. “We would like to

  • Analysis Of Sisterhood Of The Skateboard

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    The article titled Sisterhood of the Skateboard, is piece written from the New York Times. It was featured in both the online website and in the paper copy of the New York Times. With the online articles, there is a video and a slideshow featured in the article. However, in the paper copy, there is no forms of multimedia. Articles that utilize various forms of media to enhance the reader’s experience of the article possess both the positive and the negative effects that affected the quality of the

  • Importance of Bernard in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

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    The Importance of Bernard in Death of a Salesman All of the characters in the performance Death of a Salesman have special traits that are indicative of their personality and literary purpose in the piece. Each serves a particular purpose and symbolizes distinct goals, functions, or qualities. The author places every character in a specific location to contrast, or emphasize another character’s shortcomings, mistakes, or areas of strength.  For this purpose, Bernard, a character in Death of

  • Ways of Reading and Jane Tompkins

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    Ways of Reading and Jane Tompkins In the book, Ways of Reading, the authors Bartholomae and Petrosky outline what they describe as a "strong reader". They characterize the attributes that collectively contribute to this title and then talk about the relations between a strong reader and a strong writer. The perspectives that Bartholomae and Petrosky discuss on ideas and textual analysis are very interesting and in point of fact remind me of the thought process of which I use when analyzing

  • Analysis of the Article: "Reading in a Whole New Way" by Kevin Kelly

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    In “Reading in a Whole New Way,” Kevin Kelly points out that digital screen illuminate our lives. He emphasizes that digital screens have changed the way that we look at the world. Kelly is trying to persuade his audience that in today’s society we rely heavily on new technology to further enhance our reading skills. He outlines how the act of reading has changed. Kelly’s rhetorical choices help him persuade the audience that digital screens are becoming something people depend on. The act of reading

  • The Enchanted Bluff

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    The Enchanted Bluff "The Enchanted Bluff", by Willa Cather, takes place in the bare cornfields of Nebraska during the early 1900’s where only rivers liven up the landscape. Six boys delve into the idea of a city on top of a bluff in the desert, they become captivated with the idea of visiting the bluff. The boys eagerly discuss ways of dominating this mystifying bluff: throwing up a ladder, or using a rocket. All the boys vow to get to the bluff some day. Twenty years pass and none visit it

  • Compare Contrast Two Persuasive Arguments

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    Compare Contrast Two Persuasive Arguments Should legendary coach Bobby Knight been fired from the University of Indiana? Does the punishment fit the crime? The two articles “The Knight Who Thought He Was King,” and “Knight Fall” try to answer these two controversial questions. Each of these articles present the debated issue in their own distinct ways. “Knight Fall” is written in a way that the reader really doesn’t know what side the author is choosing, that is until the last few sentences

  • Italo Calvino's Intentions in "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller"

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    Upon opening the book, and beginning to read the first chapter, it felt as though the author was introducing me to the book as if in real life. The author spoke as if he wasn't telling the story, but instead preparing you for the story. The fact of the matter, is that he was doing both. Calvino was preparing the reader for the first story of the book by listing the best ways to read a book by removing any distractions and getting comfortable. Reading this was very hard going, as the first chapter