Abstract
This paper provides a discussion of the immortal 1939 film classic "The Wizard of Oz", focusing on how different elements of film are used to reinforce its main themes of rite of passage and friendship. An extended analysis of Judy Garland's performance of "Over the Rainbow" is also provided as well as reasons for the film's ongoing appeal.

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"More than a film, Averill maintains' The Wizard of Oz' continues as a reliable and durable popular-cultural icon. Despite the film's initial disappointment at the box-office, in ... the film became an annual Easter weekend family event in the late ...'s when it started running on TV and was rediscovered by millions of Americans. Probably the most popular and beloved film fantasy musical in Hollywood history, the plot, themes, cast, music and songs and special effects in the film continue to..."

Tags:Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, icon, Kansas, fantasy, themes, realism, songs, musical, sets, special effects

Abstract
In this article the writer discusses that the outlaw biker gangs are the opposite of the 'classy' Mafia since they portray the rebellious nature of man and ride out into the sunset in their Harleys with the wind blowing in their faces. The writer notes that of the various outlaw biker gangs, the most famous - and probably notorious ones - are the Hell's Angels and the Outlaws gangs. Both groups were founded in the first half of the 1900s, one during the Depression Era while the other was a spin-off of a World War II unit. The writer looks at Sheila Ahern's 'The Gang's Not All Here' article which gives a brief history of these two outlaw biker gangs.
The writer concludes that that a closer look at statistics throughout the years would prove a major involvement of the various outlaw biker gangs in almost all types of criminal activities.

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"Outlaw biker gangs have been known to indulge in various criminal activities from drugs, prostitution, murder-for-hire to blackmail. With the emergence of the Internet and other modern technologies, the various outlaw biker gangs have launched a public relations campaign to show that they are misunderstood segments of the society and the criminal activities attributed to them are works of wayward members that have nothing to do with the general membership of the group. "

Tags:Hell's, Angels, motorcycle, criminal, black, leather, jackets

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This paper examines how the book "Pride and Prejudice" depicts a society in which a woman's reputation is extremely important. A woman is expected to behave in a certain way, very classy and respectable. A woman who steps out of her social norm appears very vulnerable and will be very heavily criticized and judged. It looks at different scenes within the novel where reputation is valued above anything else.

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"Another good example of reputation in the book Pride and Prejudice is when Elizabeth goes to visit Jane when she is sick and staying at the Bingley's. Elizabeth walks to Netherfield because Jane has fallen ill and arrives with muddy skirts. Not only is this inappropriate that she has arrived looking like a slob, but it also brings down the Bennet's reputation because Elizabeth not only walked to Netherfield, but she was by herself and no escorted by anyone. This gives Mr. Bennet the reputation that he doesn't care what his daughters does by letting Elizabeth walk all that way unattended. Miss Bingley and her friends were appalled at the fact that Elizabeth showed up alone and with a muddy skirt, and of course gossiped about what she looked like. "

Tags:class, elizabeth, bennet, darcy, wickham, collins, jane

Abstract
This paper argues that the British television classic serials convey a clear social realistic message and represent English culture in the largest sense of the term. It analyses the definition of artistic social-realism and focuses on the television adaptation of classic novels such as Charles Dicken's "Hard Times" (ITV, 1977) and Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" (BBC, 1995).

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"Incontestably, the Golden Age of Victorian/Dickens's classic serials covers the "Roaring 60s". On the streets, one would be submerged by sexual liberty, women's liberation movements, drug use, individual-child-centred-informal-experimental primary education and teenagers and young adults rejecting, en bloc, their parents and their values, without necessarily finding an equally structured (and structuring) substitute for either. In Cinema, Free Cinema Documentary Movement and the social-realistic genre of the Angry Young Men reproduced the very same reality. Finally, on television one was assaulted by it through news, documentaries and contemporary social-realistic plays and soaps. There was an unconscious collective need for a constructive counterweight and an efficient antidote to an overdose of de-structured and de-structuring reality. "

Tags:austin, british, classis, dickens, hard, prejudice, pride, serials, television, times