Marc Silvestri Essays

  • The Objectivity of History

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    The Objectivity of History The issues that are raised in this source by Marc Trachtenberg are is whether or not objectivity is still a relevant idea, and if it is not then is history in fact dying. Keith Jenkins' "What is History?," Carl Becker's "What are Historical Facts?" and Richard Evans' "In Defence of History" will be used to discuss and examine these issues. Marc Trachtenberg is questioning if objectivity is possible and desirable in today's society, and this is a question that many

  • Marc Forster’s Monster’s Ball

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    Marc Forster’s Monster’s Ball Marc Forster’s Monster’s Ball is a depiction of one man’s journey to overcome his lifelong ignorance, but this seems to be the film’s only accomplishment. The grisly drama attempts to address pressing racial issues, but instead it creates a monstrous web of unanswered questions and unfulfilled plotlines cleverly masked by brilliant acting and cinematic beauty. The first half of Monster’s Ball revolves around a family of executioners responsible for the last days

  • Forrest Gump Analysis

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    “Run Forrest, Run! A baby boomer born in the early 1950s would have lived through many monumental, political, and social events throughout American history. One man in particular lived through and experienced almost all of those moments. His name was Forrest Gump, whose fictional life and experiences were captured in an American classic. The film Forest Gump was released in 1994 and touched the hearts of Americans everywhere. The film takes place after World War II and touches on the era following

  • The Naïve Protagonists of Candide and “Forrest Gump”

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    Society is corrupt in many diverse customs. Corruptions of religion, morals, government and cruelty of society are issues that are faced on a daily basis. Voltaire, the author of Candide, and Robert Zemeckis, the director of "Forrest Gump", both use overly naïve protagonists to demonstrate their views of the world. Corruptions within religion are a prevalent theme in both Candide and “Forrest Gump”. Voltaire throughout his novel has several exposés which reveal the corruption and hypocrisy of the

  • Julius Ceasar

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    Julius Caesar, Marc Antony exhibits the character counts pillars respect, responsibility, and also caring. Marc Antony shows his respect when everyone was against Caesar, but he still was tolerant of the difference. He displayed responsibility when after Caesar’s death, and Brutus’s speech, he told the people of Rome that Caesar was not ambitious, but true to Rome and then continued on to read Caesar’s will. Lastly, Marc Antony displays caring when he grieves from Caesar’s death. Marc Antony displayed

  • Marc Chagall

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    Marc Chagall Marc Chagall as an artist and as a person cannot be categorized. He was born in Vitebsk, Russia, learned to paint in St. Petersburg and lived in Paris, Berlin, and the United States. His career is influenced by many different factors. His Hasidic Jewish upbringing reflected in the content of his paintings greatly. The lyrical fairy tales of Jewish mysticism, the stories of the Bible, and the Rabbis and scholars who surrounded him in his childhood come out onto his work. When he went

  • Marc Antony

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    Marc Antony “Friends, Romans, countryman lend me your ears” (Shakespeare), this saying is what Mark Antony is probably most noted for. Antony’s life can be broken down into three parts. The first part would have to be the earlier years of his life before the death of Caesar. In the middle is Antony’s few years of success and power. The last part of his life is the downfall of him. Mark Antony was very powerful and successful for a short period in Ancient Rome. To begin, Mark Antony was

  • The Instrumental Music In The Mummy Return

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    21, 2014 The instrumental music in The Mummy Return film Alan Silvestri was born in 26, March 1950 at New York City. He is one of the famous composers of Hollywood. He started his career when he was just 21 years old with the first film: Doberman Gang. Then, he continued to be known through many works such as Back to the Future trilogy, Forrest Gump (1994), Captain America: The first Avengers (2011), and The Avengers (2012). Silvestri has received two Academy Award nominations and four Grammy Award

  • Kindness In Forrest Gump

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    Kindness in Times of Tragedy Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is the tale of a slow-witted man that finds himself entangled in some of the twentieth century’s largest moments, and in the process finds happiness in life. The obvious message that the movie sends out is brought up several times within the film, that fate works in mysteries ways. Its up to the audience member to decide whether or not that it is a random sequence of events or a destined path that one must travel. Though it

  • Forrest Gump

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    Forrest Gump “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” Forrest Gump is the portrayal of a man that has been alienated from society, not because he is unintelligent or dimwitted, but rather because he is not restricted by the conventional ideals which are embedded within his culture; thus, Forrest challenges the conformities and principals that most people are accustomed to. The contrast that Robert Zemeckis, director of the film, is attempting to convey through

  • Why Marc Antony is a Round Character

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    William Shakespeare wonderfully develops the character Marc Antony in his play Julius Caesar to be a round character. Round characters meaning a character that has many traits and isn’t predictable. Antony, who seems to not have many different traits at the beginning of Julius Caesar, really starts showing his real self after Caesar’s death. That also shows that he is unpredictable. Antony’s monologues and soliloquies really help to show readers Antony as a round character. A few traits these soliloquies

  • Greed in Julius Caesar

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    Greed in Julius Caesar Greed can disrupt a family, town, or even a country.  The play "Julius Caesar" was a great example of the power of greed.  In the play "Julius Caesar" the driving forces were Cassius, Brutus, Marc Antony, and Octavius Caesar.  Cassius was the brother in-law of Brutus and was also the creator of the group of conspirators.  Cassius was also a senator of Rome.  Cassius's greed for power, good reputation, and his jealousy lead to Caesars death.  Cassius had the most honorable

  • Friendship between Caesar and Marc Antony

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    history. Caesar and Brutus, Caesar and Marc Antony have all had great friendships, but there are hard times when they disagree just like how Maggie and Rebecca were. They were the best of friends, almost family until one fight got in the way of their friendship. You can be best friends or even family and still have confrontations that you don’t enjoy, As with Caesar and Brutus, or Maggie and Rebecca. Perhaps the strongest friendship in the play was Caesar and Marc Antony. They had a unique bond with

  • Julius Caesar Essay: Marc Antony’s Power of Persuasion

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    Marc Antony's Power of Persuasion in Julius Caesar In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, although Marc Antony is allowed to make a speech at Caesar's funeral, he must not speak ill of either the conspirators or Caesar.  Antony was infuriated with Caesar's assassination, and wants to seek revenge on his killers as well as gain power for himself in Rome's government.  He must persuade the crowd that has gathered that Caesar's murder was unjust, and turn them against Brutus and Cassius.  He tries

  • The Ambitious Marc Antony in Julius Caesar

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    The Ambitious Marc Antony in Julius Caesar The tragic and untimely death of Julius Caesar, a condemned Roman tyrant, triggered William Shakespeare's creativity. In his play Julius Caesar Shakespeare writes of the treacherous conspirators, Marcus Brutus and Caius Cassius, and their plans to assassinate their Roman leader, Julius Caesar. The story continues to explain how Caesar's loyal friend, Marc Antony, helps avenge the brutal murder. After Antony receives soldiers to fight his battle,

  • A Private Industry Metadata Standard with Benefits for Libraries

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    The ONIX standards for metadata are XML-based standards intended to facilitate the transfer of bibliographic and production information along the book and e-book production and supply chains. Its origin and development were originally intended to organize and standardize supply chain metadata for the publishing industry, but libraries soon found many benefits to its use, and now several methods of incorporating ONIX data into library catalogs exist. This paper focuses on ONIX for Books, which includes

  • Artist Analysis of Eric Carle

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    Eric Carle, a widely known children’s book illustrator, was born in Syracuse, New York in 1929. His stylistic technique of collaging hand painted papers that are cut and layered to create cheery images has made him and his work distinct and easily recognizable. He grew up in Germany but moved back to the states where his advertising career began, followed by his work as an illustrator. Due to Carle’s love for nature and successful advertising career, his vibrant, simple, and animal-filled illustrations

  • Swiper as a Trickster

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    Dora the Explorer is one of many of the new shows for the next generation. This is a cartoon with various settings, depending on the adventure of the day. Dora is a girl that is bilingual and has a magic backpack and a monkey named Boots as a friend. She is always helping someone get home and/or out of a jam. Dora and Boots have traveled in time and to far away lands to help. Like most kids shows of today, it is an educational show that teaches Spanish words and counting. There are also the lessons

  • Digital Immigrants

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    introduction of mobile phone they adapted and learnt how to use this technology these people are placed with the name digital immigrants. Now we have established the meaning of these terms we can now evaluate the debate, which surrounds this area. Marc Prensky (2001) is one of the leading experts in this field

  • Antony and Cleopatra

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    William Shakespeare wrote Antony and Cleopatra around 1606, during the reign of King James ². The play is a history, set in the time of the Roman Empire many centuries before it was written and based on the well-documented history of Octavius Caesar, Marc Antony and Cleopatra. These characters and their lives were contained in primarily one document: Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, which was translated by Sir Thomas North in 1579. In the creation of the play, Shakespeare kept very