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"The Lamp at Noon", 2007.
An analysis of the insanity of the character of Ellen in Sinclair Ross' novel "The Lamp at Noon".
723 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper discusses the themes of loneliness, isolation and survival in Sinclair Ross' novel "The Lamp at Noon". It particularly focuses on the insanity of the character of Ellen and the reasons for her becoming insane during the story. The paper shows how this story epitomizes the struggle of the Canadian farmer during the depression in the 1930s.
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"This story epitomizes the struggle of the Canadian farmer during the depression. The refusal to listen to advice for changing farming practices in the face of drought; sacrificing long-term prosperity for short term cash grab, is the hallmark of many 1930s failed farms. The relationship between Ellen and Paul plays out another story, that of the poor man who marries a rich wife. The chip on his shoulder and foolish pride prevent him from listening to his wife and acknowledging when it is time to change, to move on, and to put aside his pride to save his marriage and family. Ellen is the traditional wife, needing her husband, but locked in the rules of marriage and staying at the farm even though she knows she should leave to save her baby. Yet she stays and the baby dies. The guilt and shame of that decision and the isolation ultimately cause her insanity."
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"Darkness at Noon", 2002.
A review of ?Darkness at Noon? by Arthur Koestler illustrating the issue of forced confessions.
724 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper discusses the Soviet phenomenon of forcing prisoners to confess, staging legal trials and finally executing the prisoner, regardless of his confession. Arthur Koestler's book, ?Darkness at Noon? is examined, ilustrating the insights provided by the author, into the logic of forcing confessions. The paper presents the scenario of how the state gains the confessions and uses them to undermine the cause of the dissidents.
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"One aspect of confessions is to implicate a person in a plot against the state. For example, the authorities are able to get a prisoner to use his confession against Rubashov. Ivanov explains to Rubashov, ?I told you. We have proofs. To be more exact: confessions. To be still more exact: the confession of the man who was actually to commit the attempt [to kill No. 1] on your instigation (90).? Later the reader finds out that the confessor is the son of an acquaintance of Rubashov. The confessor has been tortured over time until he will say whatever the authorities want him to say. The goal is to break down one person so they will supply information about another. Elements of truth in the information cause the accused to question there own memory of the setting. These doubts weaken the accused?s own recollection of what really happened."
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"Darkness at Noon", 2003.
An analysis of "Darkness at Noon" by Arthur Koestler.
1,882 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes the book, "Darkness at Noon", by Arthur Koestler. Specifically, it discusses what Koestler's novel illustrates about Soviet society in the 1930s. It explains that Soviet society in the 1930s was made up of fear and oppression, as Koestler's described in the novel.
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"Soviet society in the 1930s was a nightmare, which Rubashov's dreams signify early in the book, "Darkness at Noon." Rubashov has nightmares of being arrested, and this is how people lived under the "hard line" of Stalin and his ruthless ideals. Life in Soviet Russia in the 1930s was also a paradox. Stalin's propaganda wanted the world to believe that everything was wonderful and modern in the Soviet Union, but in fact, the people of Russia still relied on old technology and lived in cities that reflected the past, filled with modern buildings but with unpaved streets and no plumbing in many areas. "Beyond the corner the asphalt surface stopped: they were still in the center of the town; all around them were big modern buildings of nine and ten stories, but the roads were country cart-tracks of frozen mud, with a thin powdering of snow in the tracks" (Koestler 10)."
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"High Noon", 2002.
An analysis of some of the themes in the Western film "High Noon".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This five-page undergraduate paper examines the 1952 Western film "High Noon" and discusses how the theme emphasized the roles of courage, women, integrity, community, individualism, landscape, and the lawlessness of the frontier.
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Zinnemann's "High Noon", 2002.
This paper look at the film genre of the Western and more specifically at the film "High Noon", directed by Fred Zinnemann.
964 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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The writer asserts that the strength of the film "High Noon" is the way in which it takes the simple and makes it complex. The themes in the film seem obvious - good vs. evil, strength of the individual to overcome all odds - but Zinnemann subtly adds elements of gray to give the film more depth. The paper shows how this added depth allows the film to explore fundamental truths.
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"The American identity is represented in High Noon through the similar themes that make the Western genre: empowerment of the individual, nature vs. development, freedom. One of the key ideas that makes us American is the idea of being able to start over or anew; that we can always go back, move forward, or just go somewhere else - physically or psychologically to make life better or start fresh. It?s a theme that runs through American literature as well as American film. Jay Gatsby is an example of psychologically being able to start over in one of the greatest works of Am. Lit. Or, as Belton states, Fenimore Cooper shows this through his Natty Bumppo character and Bumppo?s choice to leave his civilized world in order to embrace the natural world and culture of his Native American friend Chingachgook in his Leather Stalkings tales series."
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"High Noon", 2006.
Examines the ideology presented in this film, directed by Fred Zinnemann.
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The paper shows that the implied ideology of the overall production of the film "High Noon" is the dilemma faced by outgoing town marshal (Gary Cooper's Academy Award portrayal of Will Kane) over which path to choose, fight or flight. The paper shows why the paper is considered one of the best 100 movies of the past century, due mostly to its ideological messages and values.
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"It's at this point the true ideologies of the individuals making up the population of Hadleyville come to the fore. The town splits into two basic factions. Those who will leave before the hell breaks out, and those who shall stay in the vain hope of profiting from the town's return to lawlessness. Will Kane struggles with his promise to his new bride to leave Hadleyville and not look back - a position Amy steadfastly clings to even up to the point of leaving Kane if he fails in his efforts to keep his word to her."
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"Rear Window" and "High Noon", 2002.
Compares the filming techniques of these two films.
1,385 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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The paper shows that the films "Rear Window" (1954) by Alfred Hitchcock and "High Noon" (1952) by Fred Zinnemann have impressed viewers on the basis of the techniques used to expose what their writers had in mind. It examines how the filming techniques are ones that suit the scenes, making use of sounds and positions of cameras. These have helped to magnify the meaning in each scene so that the viewer would be drawn into the film deeply. The paper shows that had these two films been made with ordinary filming techniques there would probably have been far less impact on the viewers and as a result these films would not be appreciated the way that they are today. The paper compares the techniques in both films.
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"The way that the town in ?High Noon? is portrayed is quite different to the scenes in ?Rear Window? because of the single set is chosen in the latter. ?Rear Window? is very limited in the scenes that are shot because most of it takes place through Jeff?s window [Hitchcock 18]. The shots of Jeff are the ones that may be compared with the hero, Kane, in ?High Noon?. This is because of the way that the camera focuses on them. In ?Rear Window? the hero is filmed in a closed frame while in ?High Noon? the hero is filmed in an open frame, because the shots are plentiful and include various backgrounds."
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"Rear Window" and "High Noon", 2002.
Compares the techniques used in these two films by Alfred Hitchcock and Fred Zinnemann respectively.
1,386 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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The films ?Rear Window? (1954) by Alfred Hitchcock and ?High Noon? (1952) by Fred Zinnemann have impressed viewers on the basis of the techniques used to expose what their writers had in mind. The paper shows that the filming techniques are ones that suit the scenes, making use of sounds and positions of cameras. These have helped to magnify the meaning in each scene so that the viewer would be drawn into the film deeply. The paper concludes that had these two films been made with ordinary filming techniques there would probably have been far less impact on the viewers and as a result these films would not be recognized the way that they are today.
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"Jeff?s view of the world outside his home is indeed a restricted one, but one that would enrich his listening ability. This is because he had to develop his listening power to hear all that took place in the apartments around him. The filming of Jeff?s wheelchair in particular is seen frequently, highlighting the world that he lives in too. It is something that is seen throughout the movie and emphasizes that the story is based on the views of a single person (Jeff). This explains the reason why all the scenes are filmed through his window [Weis 107]. This is similar to the shots frequently shown of clocks in ?High Noon?."
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"Noon Wine", 2003.
Provides a critical analysis of Katherine Anne Porter's short story.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 31.95
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Discusses the theme of the human capacity for violence, the elements that make the story effective, the elements of fiction in the story, Porter's approach, the story's pastoral setting, and the four major characters.
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"Katherine Anne Porter's story "Noon Wine" has been labeled a masterpiece by some critics. In this story, Porter addresses the issue of the human capacity for violence, and Porter herself has said of the story that "everyone in this story contributes, one..."
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Characteristics and Properties of Sources of Light, 2002.
Comparison between the light source that come from the metal filament lamp and the light source that comes from the arc lamp.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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Sources of light have different characteristics and properties. In this paper, we will study the metal filament lamp and the arc lamp in order to determine some of these differences.
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The Players in the Cold War, 2007.
A discussion of the book "High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Cuban Missile Crisis" by Max Frankel.
983 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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The paper discusses how Frankel attempts to look into the minds of the two major players in the Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev. The book gives detailed background on the two men, their countries and what led up to deploying nuclear missiles in Cuba. The book illustrates the importance of sound diplomacy and intelligence. Both leaders misread signs, misinterpreted communications and reacted to situations that had nothing to do with the crisis. The paper considers that while skill was certainly involved in bringing the crisis to resolution, there was much luck involved too. The paper suggests that if both sides had listened to the diplomatic channels and intelligence more closely, perhaps the crisis never would have occurred.
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"Frankel writes of his memories of forty years before in this book, but backs them up with facts, research, and new information, such as transcriptions of recordings Kennedy made in the White House during the event (Frankel xiv). He opens the book with memories of the crisis and how it has been glamorized. It also shows how the events in October that led up to the Russians backing down and removing their missiles from Cuba have been dramatized and even misread. He elaborates his purpose for writing the book, which is to shed new light on the causes of the Crisis and what was happening in the minds of the two leaders as they jockeyed for world position."
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Confucian-Oriented Chinese Society in Literature, 1991.
This report depicts some of the social relationships and family structures in traditional Confucian-oriented Chinese society through stories from 1919-1949: "My Old Home," by Lu Hs?n, "The Lamp," by Shen Ts'ung-wen, "A Slave-Mother," by Jou Shih, and "H
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 47.95
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"This report will depict some of the social relationships and family structures in traditional Confucian-oriented Chinese society through the presentation of the following stories: "My Old Home," by Lu Hs?n, "The Lamp," by Shen Ts'ung-wen, "A Slave-Mother," by Jou Shih, and "Hsiao-hsiao," by Shen Ts'ung-wen. These stories were written in the period between 1919 and 1949, a transitional period in China, when the inhumane nature of traditional values was being challenged..
"My Old Home" was written by Lu Hs?n in 1921. The story was about a trip back to his old home and the difficulty he faced in communicating with his childhood friend. Not having seen his friend for more than 30 years, he found the intimacy of childhood had faded away. Jun-tu addressed his old buddy, not by his name, but by the term "master." The gap between the two men was more ... "
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The West in Film, 1996.
Compares films' depictions of West, values, gunfighting, 19th Cent. town life, directors' messages & styles. My Darling Clementine ( John Ford ) & High Noon ( Fred Zinnemann )
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946) includes historical characters and historical events, while Fred Zinnemann's High Noon (1952) is more a generic Western with an interesting slant on the history of the time in which the film was made. At heart, both films are about a clash between good and evil that ends with a gunfight in the street, with the forces of law against the representatives of disorder. While this may be a timeless battle repeated endlessly in films--not only Westerns, but certainly in the Western genre time and time again--how this battle is treated in the two films shows a very different view of the social order, of the role of the hero, and of the meaning of the battle itself. Ford takes a much more traditional view of his hero, Wyatt Earp, and he treats that character in the heroic mold even though the historical character and his brothers were not as admirable as..."
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Earth's Diameter, 2002.
An insight in how to measure the diameter of the Earth.
915 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper describes Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's diameter, based on one assumption and two measurements, that the Earth was a sphere and that the two measurements made are the degree of the Earth's shadow at noon at two points and the distance between those points. It outlines how this experiment can be repeated by measuring the degree of the shadows cast at two locations either directly north or south of each other at noon on the same day and details the equipment required, the measurements to be taken and the mathematical equations involved.
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"Eratosthanes used the city of Syene in Egypt as the first point. This point was selected because it was known that on noon on the first day of summer the sun was directly overhead. This was known because people observed that at this time, the buildings cast no shadows (York University). Therefore, the degree of the shadow at Syene was 0o.
Eratosthanes then needed to know the degree of the shadow at another point either directly north or directly south, at the same time of day. Eratosthanes selected Alexandria as the second city. The degree of the sun's shadow was measured and found to be 7.2o (HEASARC)."
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Arthur Koestler and Naguib Mahfouz, 2006.
Looks at the views of the 20th century through the eyes of authors Arthur Koestler and Naguib Mahfouz.
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In looking back on twentieth century world history, the novels "Darkness at Noon" by Arthur Koestler and "Midaq Alley" by Naguib Mahfouz are magnificent conveyors of the era's distinctive characteristics. The paper shows that there is an inherent similarity between these two stories of dehumanization and dejection, despite the notable difference in the settings. The paper shows that the parallels between the two novels are especially strong in that they both deal with the torment suffered by mankind as a result of war, betrayal and corruption.
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"The frustration depicted in Darkness at Noon can also be felt in Midaq Alley. The piety of Radwan Husseini, whom the inhabitants seek out for spiritual advice and comfort, is the only outlet available to relieve their unrelenting stress and confusion. Despite the fact that Husseini is the alley's most "positive thinking" inhabitant, he too has felt the sting of disappointment and anger over the loss of his children. Yet he has turned his back on bitterness, choosing instead to find faith and solace by continually seeking to uncover the true meaning of life."
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