Academic papers on Music, Film, Television, Theater & Photography

Feminism in Movies: Dead or Alive?
A 3 page paper which illustrates how feminism is alive, though perhaps more rare than not, in films today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Troy in the Iliad & in Film
A 5 page essay/research paper that discusses the differences between Homer's Iliad and the recent film adaptation Troy. The writer argues that the film fails to convey the essence of the ancient Greek worldview. While Homer's poem conveys a world...
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A 3 page paper which examines the interaction of comedy with tragedy in
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Karl King/Trumpet Music
A 3 page research paper/essay that analyzes 2 composition by turn-of-the twentieth century composer Karl L. King (1891-1971), an American composer famous for his march music (Karl King). A self-taught musician, King began his career playing in and...
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"Dancing at Lughnasa"
This 3 page paper discusses some of the themes in Brian Friel's play "Dancing at Lughnasa." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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"Oedipus Tyrannus": Guilt and Innocence
This 3 page paper discusses the issues of guilt and innocence with regard to the character of Oedipus in Sophocles' tragedy. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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A 3 page paper which examines generational values and team development in the film
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Rogers & Hammerstein/Carousel
A 3 page research paper and analysis on music from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, referring specifically to the film. In the 1940s, the musical team of Rogers and Hammerstein redefined the Broadway musical. In their hands, the songs in musical...
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Spaceships and Cultures
This 5 page paper looks at three movie spaceships, the Enterprise (First Contact), the Nostromo (Alien), and the Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) and discusses what they tell us about the people who build and fly them; what role they play in the story;...
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Prejudice and Learning from the Past in Todd Haynes
A 4 page paper which examines how the handling of sensitive issues of racial prejudice and homophobia as presented within a 1950s
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Mamma Mia
A 3 page paper on the recent Broadway production,
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Messiaen/Quartet for the End of Time
A 15 page research paper that offers musical analysis of Oliver Messiaen's most famous work, Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time). This report particularly focuses on the sixth movement of this eight-movement quartet, which is...
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The Relation Of Documentary Practices To Social Reality
3 pages in length. Housing Problems from 1935 about the reality of British slums, Triumph of the Will from 1934 long interpreted as propaganda for Hitler's reign and The Plough that Broke the Plains from 1936 that chronicles the detrimental impact...
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Tragedy in
A 5 page paper which examines tragedy and the tragedy in
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Symbolism in
A 9 page paper which examines the symbolic images in Tennessee Williams
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