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"Blood Wedding" by Federico Garcia Lorca, 2000.
An examination of the play's themes, characters, messages, morality, structure, tragic irony, subjective vs. objective values and perceptions.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 4 sources, $ 87.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the play Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca. The plan of the research will be to set forth the thematic pattern of ideas and meanings contained in the work and then to discuss the means by which these ideas are elaborated, with a view toward evaluating why the full effect of the presentation is one of high tragedy and the existence of a major work of world literature.
The themes of Blood Wedding emerge out of a structure of human consciousness that carries the burden of remembered conflict, remembered injury, remembered grief. Grief and loss, indeed, so dominate the Mother's consciousness that there is a tension in her anticipation of her son's wedding. So simple a gesture as giving him his vineyard knife calls to her mind the murders of her husband, long ago, and her other son, more..."
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Federico Garcia Lorca's Rural Trilogy, 2007.
A review of the trilogy of plays: "Blood Wedding", "Yerma" and "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico Garcia Lorca.
2,005 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 63.95
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An examination of Federico Garcia Lorca's trilogy of plays later dubbed the "rural trilogy", which include "Blood Wedding", "Yerma" and "The House of Bernarda Alba". The paper explains that there plays were written over the span of five years, and stand both as individual works and smaller parts of a larger whole. The paper points out that while there are a number of shared and repeated themes, including the subjugation of women in both past and contemporary Spanish society and the power of men that arises from such subservience, the plays are primarily concerned with frustration and repression. The paper then looks at how in the "rural trilogy", Lorca explores the repression of overpowering instincts and desires by societal norms, the hedging of characters' primordial passions by the conventions that govern their lives.
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"In Blood Wedding, the first play of the trilogy, the Bride's sexuality and freedom are stifled by a marriage to a socially acceptable but unexciting bridegroom. This is made readily apparent in Act One, Scene Three, where the Bridegroom proposes to the Bride. Throughout the scene, the Bride speaks flatly, dutifully. When her father says "Don't be so solemn," she responds "I'm happy. When I say 'yes', I say it because I mean it," and later, "I know my duty" (Lorca 19). The entire scene is joyless; it's the conclusion of a business arrangement rather than a pronouncement and acceptance of eternal love and togetherness. The Bride is only responsive to her future husband as a duty, a social responsibility (Allen 162)."
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Federico Garcia Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba", 2002.
This paper presents a critical review of Lorca's play, focusing on the influence of the Spanish Civil War on the work.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 109.95
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The paper begins with a review of the plot. Following this, the paper looks at the underlying meaning of the play. The intention of the play to be an image of reality is discussed and the role of women in the play is explored. A detailed synopsis of the build-up to the Spanish Civil War is given and the paper then relates these events to parts of the play. The meaning of the title is analyzed and the symbolism within the play is studied. The social divisions evident in the play are brought up and the theme of illusion versus reality is investigated. The various settings and sounds of the play are also mentioned and the paper concludes with the messages on leadership suggested by the protagonist, Bernarda Alba.
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"Federico Garcia Lorca's final published play was The House of Bernarda Alba, written in 1936 just before the start of the Spanish Civil War. The play mirrors many of the tensions then besetting Spanish society, and the plot of the play also reflects the situation developing and in some ways foreshadows what is to come. The basic themes of the play relate to universal concepts of life and death, family unity and disintegration, and social conflict, but they have a resonance in this play because they also are connected to events then taking place and a conflict about to become much greater and more damaging than could then be seen."
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Lorca's "Blood Wedding" and Ibsen's "The Master Builder", 2005.
A comparison and contrast of Federico Garcia Lorca's play "Blood Wedding" and Henrik Ibsen's play "The Master Builder".
1,278 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that, while on first impression these two plays seem very different, when we focus on the element of tragedy in both plays, we can see the common themes they share.
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""Blood Wedding" by Federico Garcia Lorca is one of the most important plays by the Spanish playwright in 1932 and was inspired by a true story. The play revolves around a wedding which leads to betrayal, elopement, bloodshed and tragedy. The few main characters in the play are Bridegroom, Bride, Leonardo and Bridegroom's mother. Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder was written much earlier in 1892 and deals with complex personality of Harvald Solness, a famous architect who is scared of change. He doesn't let youth prevail for he feels that if younger men enter the field, they would take over his place. He doesn't want to be replaced and is thus paralyzed by his fear of younger generation. "So that is it, is it? Halvard Solness is to see about retiring now! To make room for younger men!" "
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?Blood Wedding?, 2004.
A review of the play, ?Blood Wedding?, by F.G. Lorca.
706 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper examines Lorca?s "Blood Wedding", a play that appears, at first, to be based on a fairly straightforward plot of two lovers who defy all social and moral codes of honor by allowing their passion to get the better of them. It looks at how Lorca obviously had quite a different message in mind, given his rather sudden introduction of surreal elements in the last act, and how the symbolism inherent in the young woodcutter as the moon and the Beggar Woman as Death reveals that Lorca was really making a strong comment about the fact that ultimately all human beings meet justice at the hands of Fate.
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"Lorca is obviously a master of his craft given the manner in which he artfully sets up his audience to believe that the lovers? fortunes will be dictated by the traditions and demanding laws of honor prevalent in the Spanish society of the time. This is evident in the way he develops the themes of knives, blood, nature and death throughout the play, including his very choice of the title Blood Wedding. In fact, the play begins on an ominous note with the bridegroom?s mother exclaiming, ?Knives, knives./ Cursed be all knives, and the scoundrel who invented them.? (Lorca, p. 34) But perhaps the more ominous note lies in Lorca?s portrayal of the bridegroom?s mother as a woman who has been unable to make peace with the death of her husband and other son in an old family feud. "
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"Blood of My Blood:The Dilemma of the Italian Americans" by Richard Gambino, 2002.
A look at the themes of Richard Gambino's book on Italian Americans.
1,210 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss the book " Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans," by Richard Gambino. Specifically it discusses several important themes in the book in which Gambino attempts to change the publics' perception of Italian-Americans and encourage more empathy with their problems and their culture.
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"The book is partly a study of Gambino's own life, growing up in Red Hook, Brooklyn in a "typical" Italian-American family, and partly a study of Italian-Americans as a whole. Gambino speaks of how Italian-Americans tend to cluster together in their own sections of a city, called "Little Italies." Gambino gives us figures and numbers, but more than that, he gives us an intimate look at the family, the culture, and the strong ties to home that each Italian-American carry with them. "At least 85 percent of the total of Italians who immigrated to the United States, and perhaps 90 percent of those who came in the great flood of immigration from 1875 to 1920 were from areas south and east of Rome" (Gambino 3)."
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Lorca: Women and Sexuality in his Work, 2004.
A discussion about the life, work, and tragic death of Spanish poet and songwriter, Federico Garcia Lorca.
2,415 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper examines the work of Federico Garcia Lorca and discusses how he contributed to the feeling of femininity and sexuality for Spanish women during the early 1900s. It also looks at the political turmoil that characterized that time period, how this affected his work, and, ultimately, caused his untimely death.
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"When Lorca returned to Madrid in 1931 the ?La Barraca? was organized and inaugurated by his participation in the Second Ordinary Congress of the Federal Union of Hispanic Students. This traveling theater would bring many of the Spanish classics to towns, villages and cities across Spain, giving Lorca also the opportunity to have three of his own plays performed ? Blood Wedding (1933), Yerma (1934), and The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)."
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The Use of Technical Devices in Literature, 2002.
This paper identifies and analyzes the technical devices used in "A Doll's House" by Henrick Isben and "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico Garcia Lorca in order to accentuate themes.
1,347 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper examines plays by Henrick Isben ("A Doll's House") and Garcia Lorca ("The House of Bernarda Alba") who both wrote very dramatic and risque works which challenged the social standards of the time. The paper shows that in order to dramatize and accentuate the themes of "A Doll?s House" and "The House of Bernarda Alba", Isben and Garcia Lorca employed several specialized on-stage technical devices (such as sound and lighting).
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"Throughout the history of theater, playwrights have used color to emphasize a point, theme, statement, etc. Isben and Garcia Lorca use the color black to introduce the presence of death and disobedience. In A Doll?s House, Nora Helmer begins to plan the events of a dreadful evening. She fantasizes that her husband, Torvald, will stand by her side when he is made aware her socially unacceptable actions and that she will then refuse to allow him to ruin his own reputation by publicly announcing herself to blame and committing suicide. While plotting the events Nora becomes uneasy of her planned suicide. Nora says to herself, ?Ah! the icy black water - the unfathomable depths - if only it were over!? (Isben 61). The unrealistic black color of the water Nora plans to drown herself in emphasizes the tragic restrictions placed on society and the consequences resulting in ignoring those restrictions. In The House of Bernarda Alba, Garcia Lorca also uses the color black to show the results of disobeying societal restrictions. Towards the conclusion of the play, shortly before Adela commits suicide, the stage directions call for Adela to wear ?a small black scarf? (Garcia Lorca 205). Adela is wearing the black scarf as she walks out to the barn to visit with her engaged lover. The small amount of black adds emphasis to the fact that Adela is driving herself to suicide through her unsuitable actions."
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Death, 1996.
Political, religious, symbolic, supernatural & cultural significance of theme of death in 20th Cent. Spanish poet's (Federico Garcia Lorca) work.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 17 sources, $ 87.95
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"The writer's art is generally a process of transforming the foundational substance of one's life into written language. A causal relationship, then, can easily be established between exterior events in a writer's life and subsequent works that follow. However, drawing conclusions regarding a writer's work and events that follow is not an easy process. A critic must avoid creating causal relationships out of coincidental ones. To do so may create a fascinating mythology for an author, but it also risks facile analysis. Creating non-existent connections is shoddy criticism. In the case of the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, the temptation to infer causality is nearly irresistable. His body of work is utterly saturated with images of violent and brutal death. It examines death from numerous angles, as well as exploring..."
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Wedding Photography, 2004.
An analysis of the changing trends of wedding photography.
5,457 words (approx. 21.8 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 133.95
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While marriage seems to be exceptionally popular, it is surprising that the primary means of documentation - namely, wedding photography - has received little formal study. To the author's knowledge, no studies exist that indicate the percentage of couples that hire wedding photographers - or in the days before photography, portrait artists. This paper addresses the inception of wedding photography, describes its development and provides a description of recent industry changes including the changes due to digital technology and how other developments have altered the industry.
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Introduction
Inception of Wedding Photography
Traditional Style
Wedding Photojournalism
Black and White Photography
The Artistic Style
Fashion Style
The 35mm Camera Versus the Hasselblad
Digital Photography and the Internet Revolution
The Wedding Album
Conclusion
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"Throughout history, the cultural and sacred traditions of marriage have been honored and recorded by most cultures, regardless of religious, political, or geographic differences. It is a relationship that plays an important role in the definition of what a family truly is. Although precise definitions may vary depending on historical era and culture, the concept of marriage typically is a socially sanctioned bond between two people, a bond that unites two people into one ("Marriage", 2004). Given that marriage is universally considered the foundation of family and society, it is not surprising that the documentation of the marriage ceremony and associated celebrations has become an important part of the ritual."
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Wedding Plans, 2002.
How to plan a budget for a wedding.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the important aspects of a wedding plan and budget. A wedding plan should be prepared well ahead of the special day and it should include every important detail such as the cost, guest list and location. If a couple is on a budget, it is important to decide on the expenses and how the cost would be divided between the bride and the groom.
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Wedding Ring, 2005.
This paper discusses that the meaning of the wedding ring.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that the wedding ring is one of the most powerful representations of shared meaning in society. The author points out that the cultural discourse surrounding the ring has a long history going back to the ancient Egyptians. The paper relates that, recently, the wedding ring has taken on an entirely new meaning with the legalization of gay and lesbian marriage.
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"It is small, weighs almost nothing, and is easily misplaced, but the wedding ring carries enormous social weight. The wedding ring is one of the most powerful symbols in our society. Its meaning is instantly recognized, which illustrates that "culture is about shared meanings" (Hall, 1997, p. 161). It signifies that the person who wears it is not available to other people, and that he or she is committed to a particular person. The wedding ring at one time meant the person is heterosexual. Recently, the wedding ring took on an entirely new meaning with the legalization of gay and lesbian marriage."
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"The Wedding Band", 2002.
A look at the history and times as implied in the book "The Wedding Band" by Alice Childress.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will discuss the historical era and the book "Wedding Band" by Alice Childress. The historical reflections on the book will be made as well as how the book reflected history in South Carolina, these two will also be compared.
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002.
A review of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" directed by Joel Zwick, 2001.
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A very personal and positive review of the movie by the writer who claims to have seen it more than once. It discusses the plot and how it is more than a simple ethnic wedding, but teaches one to laugh at one's own mistakes and faults. The movie pushes ethnic tolerance in a funny and charming way and this paper examines how this is done.
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"My favorite thing about My Big Fat Greek Wedding was its lack of pretense. There could have been a lot more depth to this movie and its underlying storylines of cultural separatism, the pressure to conform, the will to improve one's lot in life, and final acceptance of self. However, in the end, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is exactly what it should be: a funny story about a Greek American girl, from a traditional Greek family, getting married."
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Lute McNeil in ?The Wedding?, 2002.
The paper examines the character of Lute McNeil in the novel "The Wedding" by Dorothy West.
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper focuses on Lute McNeil?s character in the novel "The Wedding" by Dorothy West . It shows that the novel that appeared in 1995 - when the author herself was 87 years old - examines psychological and emotional concerns that emerge when interracial marriages take place. The paper briefly discusses the plot and then studies the various roles of Lute McNeil in the novel.
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"He comes into Shelby?s life to serve an important purpose. He enables her to see the truth by delving deeper into the subject of race and interracial marriages. Now we must make it clear that it not exactly Lute who makes her wiser but it is in him that she is able to see that vices can exist in men of any race and thus it was unwise to harbor the notion that black men were better than white in any sense. Through Lute, she realizes that race is no criterion for determining who one should marry, the decision should be based on intrinsic values of love and faithfulness."
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