Hagen Essays

The greatest literary works reflect the human condition: from adversity come epiphanies of wisdom and heroism. Despite varying time periods and cultures, literature shows how solely through hardship can humanity heroically advance with wisdom. For example, The Iliad’s conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans show the wisdom of humanity in war and the heroic acts of war. The Iliad and The Biography of the Prophet show the human condition of suffering as the sole means of bringing heroic acts and

the idea of that of The Godfather, which is portrayed within the family of the Corleone. Don Vito Corleone, Sonny Corleone, Tom Hagen, and Michael Corleone were the ones who predominately portrayed this idea in the film. Don Vito displays the struggle of maintaining the role of the family and the role of the Don, while Sonny displays the importance of family. Tom Hagen portrays the dissonance between the outsider and a close advisor to the family. Michael symbolically represents the prodigal son

Ideas Don´t Bend by actress Uta Hagen tells of how Hagen would not be able to continue on,¨fighting the good fight¨ if it wasn´t for her inspiration. In her essay, Hagen, shows of how having true integrity to herself would not be possible if it wasn´t for the great artist and thinkers throughout time to help inspire her. These artist she had been inspired had helped her by,¨to find reason, majesty, and greatness in this world¨. Hagen goes on throughout her essay to expresses her difficulties in

Il Deserto Rosso: Film Analysis Il Deserto Rosso – Red Desert is an Italian film from 1964 directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The plot of the film focuses on the events that revolve around Giuliana (Monica Vitti), a woman who is living a deep inner crisis. After, an attempted suicide, which is disguised as a car accident, Giuliana’s mental state is compromised. The woman is affected by continuous neurosis, which preclude her the possibility of leading a normal life. Giuliana is married to Ugo (Carlo

Friedrich Whöler (1800-1882) was a German physician and chemist. However, he did more work in the field of chemistry. Throughout his career, he worked with many famous scientists in Europe, including Jöns Berzelius, a prestigious Swedish scientist, and Justus Von Liebig, who made major contributions to modern agriculture. Friedrich Whöler, building on Hans Christian Oersted’s work, discovered a way to extract aluminum metal from aluminum chloride, making aluminum more available worldwide. Whöler

society and the laws that society follows (Hagen, 2013). Political crime can be divided into 2 sections crimes committed by the government and crimes against the government, both have may different parts or aspects to its definitions. Crimes by the government are defined as those the violate human rights and liberties afforded to us by the constitution (Hagen, 2013). Crimes against the government can included protest, terrorism and espionage among others (Hagen, 2013). Both the crimes against the government

of stone in the construction of unique monumental structures such as massive pyramids that contained burial chambers.While,the period of the New Kingdom Architecture (1550-1069BCE) was represented by unique, in terms of the tomb structure, designs. Hagen and Rainer statethat the New Kingdom Architecture was featured by the construction of temples, granite statues, rock-built tombs and wall reliefs

1972 crime drama The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, rose to fame as a masterpiece of modern editing techniques. With its usage of techniques such as reverse shots, parallel editing, and purposeful point of view, The Godfather creates a unique viewing experience for its audience. One of the most important editing techniques used in the film is fading. Through its inclusion in transitions and key scenes such as the beheaded horse scene, fading helps to set the ominous tone and impact

Germany was prior to the French Revolution. William W. Hagen, the author of German History in Modern Times: Four Lives of the Nation discusses four subsections of the developing Germany. The first subsection, what is known as the “Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation”, is where social, economical, and religious challenges took place for the developing Germany prior to the French Revolution. Within this first subsection, there was what Hagen discusses “Three Spirits of the Age”. The three spirits

you ready to tag the little ears of an uneasy two thousand and fifteen must watch. White God offers such a dark take on the way humans utilize superiority over our four legged creatures Lili is an out spoken thirteen year old and also the owner of Hagen who starts off as a quiet reclusive girl who just wants to get by while away from her mother. Lili is staying with her father here at the time and that is where this movie also takes place in Budapest. Lili goes through so many obstacles aboard this

sons and one daughter, but he also stands as a father figure for Tom Hagen, an orphan and a friend of his eldest son Sonny Corleone since they were 11 years old.

Throughout her article “In Plato’s Cave,” Susan Sontag makes several claims regarding photography. Sontag guides her reader through the many benefits, flaws, and uses of photography. She even compares photography to the words of ancient philosopher in Plato’s infamous, “The Allegory of the Cave.” Throughout her writings, Sontag made it evident that photography is much more than visual stimuli produced for human pleasure; it is a way of interpreting the world, and can be used as a tool for one’s benefit

He became widely known as a professional on the golf course and one of the biggest promoters of sportsmanship. In the 1925 US Open, Jones gave himself a one stroke penalty because the ball moved. Both the official and his opponent, Hagen tried to tell him not to do it, but he knew it was the right thing to do. He ended up losing this tournament by 1 stroke in the end. Everyone had said that he should have won without the penalty, but he still believed that he lost by the rules of golf

Teapot Dome Scandal Taylor Graff The Harding Administration - Warren G. Harding hired his friends instead of actual workers because he wanted to be able to relax with them. The most famous scandal began in 1922 when his secretary of the interior, Albert B. Fall allowed people to lease land containing the U.S Navy oil reserves in Wyoming and California, he received bribes totalling more than 300,000 dollars from them. Fall then in 1929 became the first cabinet officer to go to prison. Assembly line

“I believe in America”. [1] These iconic words, uttered by the Italian undertaker Amerigo Bonasera, mark the dramatic opening shot of Francis Ford Coppola’s first film of The Godfather trilogy. An adaptation of Mario Puzo’s critically acclaimed crime novel, The Godfather (1972), this scene epitomizes the clash between the immigrant’s original, unfettered belief in the new host country, and the reality of their experiences in that country. Also the first words in Puzo’s novel, Amerigo

Scientific Reliability and Validity Scientific reliability can be defined as the degree to which a measurement produces consistency. As understood by Branson (2014) a measurement that is found to be stable in the same setting and with the same sample size can be considered reliable. Thus, further meaning that any device that gives the same repeated results under the same conditions is reliable. Such an example is often demonstrated by the weighing scale, which sometimes lack validity but still produce

shows men running towards Corleone with guns pointed toward him. These men start shooting Corleone until he falls to the ground. These men shot Corleone because he refused Sollozzo's offer. At the same time Corleone is being shot, Sollozzo captures Hagen and tries to convince him to tell Corleone's oldest son Sonny (James Cann) to take the offer. This is one of the less graphic scene's the audience gets to experience, this is probably done discretely because it represents the respect people hold for

The opening movie premiere scene of 1952’s Singin’ In The Rain is set in 1927 Hollywood, California, with the now iconic Gene Kelly as star actor Don Lockwood and Jean Hagen as star actress Lina Lamont setting the stage for the quintessential musical motion picture. Stylistically it’s difficult to not discuss a little bit of Mise en scène, Cinematography, Editing, and Sound for such a grandiose film. For my essay, I’ll focus specifically on the use and importance of sound since it’s a crucial plot

B. Scarface Scarface is a cautionary tale. Drugs, violence, drugs, materialism, drugs, immorality and more drugs. The movie explores a lot of themes, crime, politics, psychology and the “American Dream”, all which is portrayed in a bloody and foul-mouthed manner. Scarface is a glorified portrayal and subversion of crime life at the same time. Tony Montana is an immigrant that has nowhere else to go, he then goes to a life of crime, got rich, and then goes down. It is a common misconception that the

industry. This story explores the difficulties Monumental Pictures faces when transitioning from silent to talkie films. As the movie's lead characters, Don Lockwood (played by Gene Kelly) is a popular silent movie star, Lina Lamont (played by Jean Hagen) is his entertainingly annoying co-star, Kathy Selden (played by Debbie Reynolds), the chorus girl who quickly wins Don's heart, and Cosmo Brown (played by Donald O'Connor),