Essays and Research Papers on Mixed issues in Film Television Theater Music & Dance

This 3 page paper provides an overview of this theater company. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper uses the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” as a “springboard” to consider the impact of fashion on young women, and why fashion is important. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page research paper that discusses Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo, whose full title is La Favola d’Orfeo (The Legend of Orpheus), is recognized as one of the earliest operas. It was composed by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio, and debuted at the annual carnival of the city of Mantua in 1607. The ...

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts several of the themes in the plays “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “Dr. Faustus.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

22 pages in length. Fictional literature serves a tremendous service as a vehicle for invented storylines that provide frivolous entertainment and often do not remain within the realm of real life; however, there is another side of imaginary tales that are not light-hearted fluff with little substance. Those from the likes of George ...

A 5 page review of performance of Verdi's opera "Aida." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses Country Joe McDonald’s song “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag” and how it reflects the society and issues of the time. Bibliography lists 3 sources. 5.5 pages on:

A 3 page film review of the movie Crash. Parables are narratives that convey a moral meaning that usually encompasses specific aspects of the nature of a society and its moral and social norms. In the film Crash (2005, directed by Paul Haggis), the audience is presented with a present day cinematic parable that dramatizes ...

A 5 page examination and analysis of Bob Marley and his song/poem Redemption Song. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 11 page essay that examines Alan Ayckbourn’s “The Norman Conquests” is a trilogy of plays: “Table Manners,” “Living Together,” and “Round and Round the Garden.” All three plays involve the same characters and the events of one weekend in July. However, each play tells the story of the weekend from a different location in ...

In five pages this paper compares and analyzes these videos within the context of E. Ann Kaplan’s feminist criticism, including her essay entitled “Whose Imaginary? The Televisual Apparatus, The Female Body and Textual Strategies in Select Rock Videos on MTV.” Two sources are cited in the bibliography.

This 4 page paper discusses the meaning of the Brazilian film “House of Sand.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In nine pages this paper examines how the moral and physical resistance of Jews during the Holocaust is portrayed in Jurek Becker and Nechama Tec’s books Jacob (Jakob) the Liar and Defiance: The Bielski Partisans in and in Frank Beyer and Edward Zwick’s 1975 and 2008 film adaptations of these texts. Three sources are ...

A 3 page paper which examines how language is emptied of meaning by the end of the plays Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper compares the Taglioni and Bournonville versions of the ballet “La Sylphide.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the film “Rear Window” as an example of Alfred Hitchcock’s status as an auteur director. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the human tragedy in Eugene O’Neil’s play A Moon for the Misbegotten. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page research paper that contrasts and compares these 2 works. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 2.5 page paper discusses the similarities between Michel Foucault’s theories of panopticism and George Orwell’s novel “1984.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper answers the prompt to attend and discuss a cultural event and answer the question What did you see? and “Was it good?. The event in this case is the surprise 2009 Oscar winner, Slumdog Millionaire. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the central theme of this film. The central theme in the film Crash (2005, directed and written by Paul Haggis) is racism, as all of its ensemble of characters whose lives crash into each other over the course of narrative harbor some sort of racist attitude to greater and ...

A 5 page research paper that offers an overview of Beethoven's early, middle and late quartets. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page essay, research paper that discusses Joseph Campbell’s observations concerning the significance and similarities of archetypes, which are used consistently throughout the world’s mythologies and how this perspective can be used to gain insight into the meaning of characters in modern cinematic storytelling, specifically the 1991 film “The Silence of the Lambs.” Bibliography ...

A 4 page paper which examines what society’s attitude should be concerning minority opinion as it relates to The Crucible by Arthur Miller. No additional sources cited.

5 pages in length. Television situation comedies are renowned for their ability to blend sociopolitical issues with family/relationship dynamics and pepper the whole thing humor. A moral or lesson is often tacked onto the end but more than anything else, sitcoms are a way to get an inside look at what is portrayed ...