Mia Wasikowska Essays

  • Women’s New Role

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    have options because of the risks these women took. And I will be proud to be able to say that I was one of those women. Work Cited Dorance, Anson. Telephone interview. 29 May 2003. Gonzales, Monica. Personal interview. 30 May 2003. Hamm, Mia. Go for the Goal. HaperCollings. NY 1999. Lilly, Kristine. Personal interview. 30 May 2003. UNCtarheel.com.May 31 2003.

  • Jukebox Musicals

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    from the past”. Classic musicals include “The Lion King”, “Aida”, and “Hairspray”. The subgenre of the jukebox musical comes in when the music begins to come specifically from one artist or time period that was popular. Examples of this include “Mama Mia”, “American Idiot”, and “Rock of Ages”. Jukebox musicals tend to have a negative reception from scholars and critics in the musical theatre world. They tend to not view it in the same artistic glory as classic musicals but more as propaganda for the

  • Analysis of the Fashion Industry

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    The fashion industry creates all the clothes that one is wearing at any moment of the day, from hats and hair accessories to undergarments to buttons to shoes. One could pursue either a creative or business career in the fashion industry. The fashion industry affects society both positively and negatively, especially negatively, in ways like eating disorders, providing sizes for plus-size consumers, and representation of plus-size models and ethnically diverse models. There are also problems within

  • mamma mia

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    Mamma Mia Q1) PLOT The story was based on a young lady named Sophie who would be getting married in a few weeks. She lives with her mother on a small island where they run a small hostel. Before her wedding, Sophie finds one of her mother’s old diaries that give her clues about her unknown father. There is a bit of difficulty however because there are three possible candidates that fit the role of her father so she invites them all to her wedding without her mother’s knowledge in hope of finding

  • fake is the new "real"

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    think you’re ugly, there is still some hope for you. For example, the unfortunate looking Mia Thermopolis from the movie (Princess Diary’s) found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. There was no way that her grandmother was going to allow her to look like a complete mess in front of the entire country. She was turned into a pretty young lady and taught to act like a princess. If Mia can do it… you can too! (Princess Diary’s) There is always room for perfection, it just depends

  • Film Analysis Of Much Ado About Nothing

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    Much Ado About Nothing is a film version of a play written by the famous William Shakespeare. A romantic comedy filled from beginning to end with witty banter, and romance. The film was one that was well cast, and well directed to make it even more successful. The genre of this specific film is a very obvious one which is made clear throughout the length of it. It is most definitely of the comedy type, which was Shakespeare’s purpose from the beginning. The comedy ranges from the amount of shared

  • Guillermo Del Toro's Crimson Peak

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    most absorbing and first-rate film of all time, Crimson Peak, was released in 2015. The film’s director, Guillermo Del Toro, selected the most talented and suitable actors for his characters. Toro’s renowned actors include familiar faces such as Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, and Charlie Hunnam. This film breaks the boundaries of classification, and sets the precedent for future films in its newly-crafted genre. The film is a clash of horror and romance, which is often not seen on

  • Influence Of Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass

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    Some of the most influential art in history can be credited not only to their creator, but to the influence that the work of previous artists had on the piece. Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass books are no exception. His work has inspired the motion adaptation of Alice’s journey in various occasions. Despite the different eras in which each of the films were made, it is evident that the adventure and nonsense that make Carroll’s story so remarkable also make it timeless;

  • Movie Analysis: The Kids Are All Right

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    “The Kids Are All Right” is in a way a typical suburban family comedy-drama or dramedy film. The family starts out happy in a transitional period with the oldest kid about to go off to college and the youngest trying to figure out who they are. One big departure from this archetypal dramedy is that the plot centers on the kids finding their sperm donner and how the parents deal with it. Without any context, due to heteronormativity, most mainstream movie goers are generally very likely to assume

  • Jane Eyre Research Paper

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    Charlotte, and D. K. Swan. Jane Eyre. Harlow: Longman, 1997. Print. "SAMPLE CRITICAL ANALYSIS." SAMPLE CRITICAL ANALYSIS. Web. 11 Mar. 2016. "Jane Eyre: Awards." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. Jane Eyre. Dir. Cary Fukunaga. Perf. Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. Universal Pictures, 2011. DVD. Jane Eyre. Dir. Robert Stevenson. Perf. Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. Twentieth Century Fox, 1944. DVD. "Judi Dench." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. . "Lucy Hutchinson." IMDb

  • Expectations Vs. Environment In The Other Wes Moore

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    Expectations versus environment has been an ongoing argument on which has more effect on a destiny. However, environment has much more effect in a destiny. It is nearly impossible not to see this play out in today’s society. “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore is a prime example of how environment overrides expectations when it comes to creating a destiny. This book is primarily about two boys with the same names but incredibly different fates that were predetermined by their uncontrollable environment

  • Expectations Vs. Environment In The Other Wes Moore

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    Expectations versus environment has been an ongoing argument on which is more effective on a destiny. However, environment has much more effect in a destiny. It is nearly impossible not to see this play out in today’s society. “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore is a prime example of how environment overrides expectations when it comes to creating a destiny. This book is primarily about two boys with the same names, but incredibly different fates that were predetermined by their uncontrollable environment

  • Watching But Not Reading: Limitations of First-Person Narrative in Film Adaptations of Jane Eyre

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    Film adaptations of literature tend to have a bad reputation. As Brian McFarlane observes in “It Wasn't Like That in the Book...”, viewers are more likely to come out of a theater after viewing an adaptation griping about what was different or better in the book than by commenting about the film in its own right (McFarlane 6). It is rare for such films to be judged as films in their own right, and often viewers aren't looking for an adaptation inspired by the novel, but rather a completely faithful

  • The Auteur Theory In Tim Burton's Film

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    Auteur Theory ” … an auteur is able to maintain a consistency of style and theme by working against the constraints of the Hollywood mode of production.” – Warren Buckland (2008) Auteur translated into English means Author. As a writer would write a novel and has full control over it in every single aspect, so would the director of the movie (auteur). The auteur has control over every single aspect of every single aspect of the film from the beginning to the end and they leave their stamp in it