Is Sex Comedy or Tragedy? Directing Desire and Female Auteurship in the Cinema of Catherine Breillat Author(s): Katherine Ince Source: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism‚ Vol. 64‚ No. 1‚ Special Issue: Thinking through Cinema: Film as Philosophy (Winter‚ 2006)‚ pp. 157-164 Published by: Wiley on behalf of The American Society for Aesthetics Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3700500 . Accessed: 01/11/2013 13:03 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms
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Comparing the Spatial Images and Multiple Perspectives in Paradise Lost and the Divine Comedy In Paradise Lost‚ John Milton reinterpreted the first three chapter of Genesis‚ describing the rebellion of Satan‚ the creation of humankind and the downfall of the human ancestor whose descendants await for the salvation of God’ son. The theme of the poem was made clear in Book I‚ “I may assert eternal providence‚/And justify the ways of God to men.” (I.25-6). Though the entire poem is filled with
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Divine Benevolence and Divine Brutality Divine benevolence (God as loving partner) and divine brutality (God as warrior) really are compatible. God is a warrior because he is a loving partner. Take a father and his son‚ for example. A father disciplines and corrects his child because he loves him and wants to protect him. God is the same way. Hebrews 12:6 says‚ “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.” God punishes those that he loves. Divine benevolence and diving brutality are seen in
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In the article "The Argument of Comedy‚” Northrop Frye identifies two forms of ancient Greek comedy: Old Comedy‚ as in the plays of Aristophanes‚ and New Comedy‚ known primarily from the plays of Menander. Old Comedy‚ as Frye points out‚ is so out of date that when we speak of comedy today‚ we are referring to New Comedy. Fry argues that Shakespeare’s comedies are neither Old nor New Comedy‚ but have elements of both. Frye opines that New Comedy mainly comes from what he describes as a comic Oedipus
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The Portrayal of Women in The Comedy of Errors Through the centuries‚ women have tried to be equal to men. From their position in the place of work to voting rights‚ women have struggled to gain equal rights. In Shakespeare’s play The Comedy of Errors‚ women are very present. Shakespeare presents two important women: Adriana and Luciana. They are each portrayed differently. Adriana represents the feminist point of view and Luciana‚ the anti-feminist. To begin‚ Adriana is the most present female
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structure helps project the tone of the movie. The generalization of movies usually commences passively‚ and gradually builds into a climactic scene. Then‚ it dies down to its peaceful way once more‚ but usually not in a horror or comedy. Throughout the history of horror and comedy movies‚ the plots usually ended on that climactic scene and had most of the movie be the foundation for that climax. As time went on‚ plot structures of the two genres started to develop and one could see that they help convey
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believed that tragedy served a higher purpose than comedy because of its cathartic effect. Therefore‚ comedy is delegitimized. But comedy does serve a social purpose that can be considered cathartic. It can be an outlet for social angst. At the time Lysistrata was written‚ Athens‚ a superpower of their time‚ had just lost a battle with Sparta. This probably shattered the conceptions of Athenians. And as a result‚ Aristophanes used a ribald comedy about the less-than-citizen women of Sparta and Athens
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similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies Shakespeare wrote. These two plays have many things in common where as Measure
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Comedy Critique Goethe’s Faust and Voltaire’s Candide were two of the most interesting books that I have ever read! Both comedies were very different from each other in many ways. The structure of both books varied significantly. I enjoyed Candide more than Faust partially due to the structure. I found that because Faust almost entirely rhymed that it was harder to follow. It was very distracting to me and I felt as if the rhyming took away from the story. Candide was told more like a story and
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humor. Some may find it offensive because the joke makes fun of their culture or their personality. We experience comedy in our everyday lives‚ or when we sit down to watch a funny movie. In modern day most comedy targets a certain group of people or race. Humor is the quality or being amusing‚ however it is funny only to some extent otherwise it may become a form of bulling‚ and comedy is in our nature so people should laugh to stay happy. Humor is something amusing that makes you and other people
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