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This paper analyzes the Steven Spielberg written and directed film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" for how the director uses myth, archetypes, images, characters, and themes to reach through the everyday sensibilities of audiences to touch their deeper emotions and to reassure their greatest fears.

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""Close Encounters of the Third Kind" uses mythological symbols, archetypes, images, themes and characters to reach through the everyday sensibilities of the audience to touch our deeper emotions. In the film, the everyman hero is Roy Neary, a line worker who has a close encounter with a UFO. Spielberg uses the archetype mythology of a benevolent source of intelligent life in the universe, a force that compels Neary forward on his journey to make..."

Tags:sacrifice, dreams, Walt Disney, benevolent life, intelligent life, aliens, UFOs

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This paper includes two essays. One describes the cinematic techniques, story, scene, angle and memorable scenes from Steve Martin's "Novella," Shopgirl's screen adaptation. The second essay traces the three movies, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" and "American History X." The paper discusses how an outsider from another planet would feel about human nature and also explores how we treat others after watching these movies.

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The movie is a cinematic adaptation of Steve Martin's novella, which also is named with the same title. As what could be described as melee of miscommunication, the main character, Mirabelle (played by Claire Danes) finds herself being pursued by two potential suitors, a wealthy older man (played by Steve Martin) and a more age appropriate, Jeremy (played by Jason Schwartzman). In essence, this work is an adult romance with witty comedic sequences based on realities and other weaknesses of human interaction. Through narrative sequences of cinematic techniques, selected scene angles and camera techniques, this cinematic adaptation creates memorable scenes and develops believable characters that stay with the viewer long after the movie has ended."

Tags:shopgirl, closeencountersofthethirdkind, americanhistoryx

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This paper explores transference love and attempts to discover whether or not this is genuine love or merely a by-product of the analytic environment and the close encounters between the psychologist and the patient. The paper then goes on to review the contesting views about relationships between analysts and their patients and points out the principle moral hazards in counter-transference.

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"However, in understanding Freud we must take into account his usually-negative reaction to those that would rather throw themselves at him than listen to reason. Freud's understanding of transference seems to be underscored by guilt as it often provokes his intense frustration. This contrasts markedly with many modern psychoanalysts, who take on a more empathetic view of transference."

Tags:freud, relationship, doctor, psychologist, analyst

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An analysis of Jung's work, "Flying Saucers" and the films "Signs" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in relation to the issues they bring to light about religion and faith in general. The paper questions what makes people believe and uses the sources to answer this. The author concludes that belief is based on many factors, including personal experience, imagination, upbringing and education.

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"The word "faith" is a term that often appears in conversations about both religion and the existence of life elsewhere in the universe. By definition, "faith" can be explained as the belief something that cannot be proven rationally by logic or evidence. Many people, however, who adhere to a religion might argue that religious texts, tenets, or a personal relationship with a deity gives sufficient evidence to factually prove their religion. This same trend applies to those who claim to have seen alien life forms; these people may have physical evidence or photographs that seem to have no other explanation except contact with alien beings. Why, then, is the existence of aliens not accepted as general fact? Why, along the same line of reasoning, is there not just one, true, fundamental religion? The answer lies in faith."

Tags:alien, aliens, close, encounters, extraterrestrial, faith, fiction, flying, jung, kind, religion, saucers, science, shyamalan, signs, spielberg

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This paper examines many movies from the past decades and shows how Hitchcock concepts have influenced the content and style of various movies. It shows that not only suspense movies have been influenced by this style. Some movies examined are "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and the Scorsese film "Cape Fear."

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"MacGuffin (n.) 1. In a film, a plot device whose sole purpose is to set the action in motion, such as a suitcase with unknown contents. Often, the MacGuffin turns out to be a decoy, causing men to make fools of themselves in pursuit of futile ends. Word origin: Coined by Alfred Hitchcock, 1939 (Enders). Hitchcock's influence on filmmakers still exists today. For example, the recent movie "Rat Race" uses a MacGuffin to set the entire movie action. The MacGuffin is the race; set up by the hotel owner that pits six groups of contestants against each other for $2 million dollars. "

Tags:movie, thriller, suspense, Monty, Python, Holy, Grail, Spielberg, Close, Encounters, Third, Kind, Scorsese, Cape, Fear

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The paper is written in two parts; a grammatical analysis of Tolkien's, "The Silmarillion," and a close read and critical analysis of Tolkien's, "The Silmarillion." In the grammatical analysis portion of the paper, Tolkien's use of grammar, semantics, and rhetorical use of words and phrases is discussed. The paper also discusses the way Tolkien uses appositions to help enforce the solidarity of the information he is providing and that Tolkien tells his story in chronological order. Additionally, the paper analyzes the way Tolkien often uses archaic language in this text and how some would consider Tolkien's language to be dated. In the close read and critical analysis portion of the paper, "The Silmarillion" is described as a story that is not ordinary because it is a collection of stories. The paper describes how the book is divided into three parts; the Ainulindale and the Valaquenta, the Quenta Silmarillion and the Akallabeth.

Table of Contents:
Grammatical Analysis
Close Reading/Critical Analysis
Works Cited

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"Tolkien's use of grammar, semantics, and rhetorical use of words and phrases deliberately sets a tone in this work. He uses the grammar to construct a tone that rhetorically directs the audience to think of the writing that is done in history books as well as the Biblical style of writing. He establishes a factual basis in his narrative by his use of appositions, description of time, archaic and dated language, and being verbs in conjunction with the switching of tense."

Tags:semantics, rhetorical, words, phrases

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A close reading of a passage is different than analyzing a portion of text, yet it is similar in many ways. "The candles dropped hot, acrid gouts of wax on my bare shoulders. I watched with my furious cynicism peculiar to women whom circumstances force mutely to witness folly, while my father, fired in his desperation by more and yet more draughts of the fire water they call "grappa", rids himself of the last scraps of my inheritance. When we left Russia, we owned black earth, blue forest with bear and wild boar, serfs, cornfields, farmyards, my beloved horses, white nights of cool summer, the fireworks of the northern lights. What a burden all those possessions must have been to him, because he laughs as if with glee as he beggars himself; he is in such a passion to donate all to The Beast." This paper does a close reading of the above text. It discusses punctuation, diction, features of sound, sentence types, and the sense the speaker gives to the passage.

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This paper discusses how Anne Sexton's poem "Her Kind" is a personal account of one woman s attitude toward her troubled life and how she reacts to the pressures brought about by a society that never fully accepts her as she is. The writer states that by skillfully employing her stylistic technique of imagery, Sexton is able to convey an image of estrangement from a society that doesn t allow her to be herself.

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"The obvious link between the "I" with the word "witch" in the fist line triggers the semantic feature of darkness or evil; this meaning is exemplified when she implies that she is a "possessed witch" (Sexton 15). The image of the witch is one of Sexton's common themes (McClatchy 317), so it is not a surprise to see one of her most popular poems centered around it. Clearly, Sexton is preparing the reader for a poem that is shaded with mystery. The witch, an ominous figure at the beginning of the poem becomes a vehicle in which Sexton can express the dual aspects of herself as being an outcast and a poet at the same time."

Tags:society, imagery, witch

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The range of subjects that Science Fiction films can cover makes the genre a broad field. This paper examines one recognized subgroup which features alien contact. This theme first emerged in the 1951 film "The Thing From Another World". To consider the development of feature films involving alien contact, three examples are discussed in this paper. Firstly, Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), secondly "Contact" (1996) and, finally, "Solaris" (2002). These films are each discussed for the purpose of showing how they fit into the science fiction genre.

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"In this scene, Spielberg uses special effects in the form of lighting and the scene has a strong visual appeal. However, this visual appeal also creates a certain mood. The entire focus of the movie is based on showing that aliens encounters are not necessarily going to be the feared event that everyone should panic over. Spielberg's perspective is that it is more likely to be a peaceful and moving event. The visual appeal effectively creates this exact response in the viewer. The beauty of the lights and the scene creates a sense of calmness and awe, rather than anything that suggests fright. The important point is that the special effects create a mood that enhances the meaning of the film. It is this effective use of special effects that resulted in the new era. Spielberg showed how special effects could create meaning and this was the basis of their success, not just the fact that it was a nice scene to look at."

Tags:Sci-fi, Roy, Neary, Robert, Zemeckis, Spielberg, Soderbergh

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"Steven Spielberg is arguably the most financially-successful film director in history, having directed several of the highest-grossing films in history. These films include Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark (and its sequels), and now Jurassic Park, quickly on its way to becoming the number one box office grosser of all time.

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"Steven Spielberg is arguably the most financially-successful film director in history, having directed several of the highest-grossing films in history. These films include Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark (and its sequels), and now Jurassic Park, quickly on its way to becoming the number one box office grosser of all time. His success as a moneymaker has not always been greeted with critical acclaim, and there may indeed be some tendency on the part of critics to overcompensate for Spielberg's success with barbs at some of his films. His supporters think this is the case, and they also feel that the Hollywood community has joined in that effort. They point to the fact that The Color Purple, directed by Spielberg in 1985, won eleven Oscar..."