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Batman and Joker -- Different Sides of the Same Coin?
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This 7 page report discusses the 1989 blockbuster movie “Batman” starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. However, this report compares the actual characters of Batman and the Joker and considers the ways in which they are actually very similar, even though one is evil and the other is good. What should also be considered are the many ways in which Batman and The Joker are similar in terms of their own attitudes regarding autonomy and their personal motivations involving retribution and justice. The audience sees numerous circumstances in which it is possible to see what each character thinks regarding wealth, culture, art, and the rest of society, in general. No secondary sources.
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Battle Scenes: Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King
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A 3 page paper which examines the significance of battle scenes in the films Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Beckett's "Endgame" - Theatrical Passage
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3 pages in length. The passage of Samuel Beckett's Endgame that begins "nothing is funnier than unhappiness" (Beckett 18) illustrates the highly amusing component of tragic comedy that was introduced by the French. Beckett - one of the most significant contributors what has come to be known as the 'theater of the absurd' - understood the value of laughter amidst sadness, an integral element in his work that allowed audiences to see just how peculiar people can be. No additional sources cited.
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Beckett's Endgame
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A 12 page essay that discusses this play by Samuel Beckett in detail. The compelling question of the play is whether or not Clov will actually leave Hamm, as he threatens to do throughout the narrative. Some interpretations of the play see the characters as being trapped in a cyclical existence that has no true meaning due to its repetitive nature. Others have posited that due to actions in the play that seem irrevocable, there is a possibility for freedom. Examination of the play, however, the evidence that favors an interpretation that the characters are trapped in a meaningless and pointless existence is much stronger than any indication that there is an escape from their private hell. Over and over again, Beckett focuses on the farcical nature of the characters' repetitious behavior, which creates rituals of living that serve no purpose and simply keep them going toward all life's ultimate destiny, which is death. No additional sources cited.
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Beethoven and Influence
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A 6 page research paper that discusses the influence that Beethoven's music has had on the composers that came after him. The writer argues that the hypothesis formulated by Harold Bloom in his book The Anxiety of Influence that such influential artists of the past have an Oedipal-like relationship with those in the present does not apply in this case. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Beethoven's 6th/The Pastoral Symphony
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A 6 page research paper that offers a comprehensive analysis of Beethoven's 6th symphony. The writer includes details from the work's debut, a discussion of the work, movement by movement and a brief commentary on its critical reception. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Beethoven's Ninth & The Classical Era
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A 6 page research paper/essay that argues that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, coming as it does at the end of the Classical period, foreshadows Romantic concerns, it, nevertheless, is a classical work. Throughout the Ninth, traditional forms and structures are evident and provide a solid framework upon which the emotionality of the work rests. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
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An 11 page research paper that examines and analyzes Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with particularly emphasis on the chorale finale. The writer discusses the sonata-allegro structure and how Beethoven adapted this structure in the Ninth, as well as the emotional qualities of the work that foreshadowed the development of music during the Romantic era. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Beethoven's String Quartets
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A 5 page research paper that offers an overview of Beethoven's early, middle and late quartets. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony/An Analysis
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A 4 pages research paper that offers a detailed, analytical description of the four movements of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which is drawn from Joseph Machlis’s text The Enjoyment of Music. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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