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

Mary Tyler Moore Show & Feminist Theory
A 6 page research paper/essay that analyzes the Mary Tyler Moore Show, which premiered in 1970, and was one of the "most literate, realistic, and enduring situation comedies" of that decade (Fuller). The leading character on the series, Mary...
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Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie and Portrait of a Girl in Glass
A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts Tennessee Williams
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Gender/Sexuality in 6 Films
A 7 page essay that discusses six films. Films often address the topics of gender and sexuality. Even when these issues are not in the forefront of the narrative, they are impossible to completely delete from any story that addresses the human...
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Nora and the "Wonderful Thing"
This 3 page paper discusses Nora from Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" and why she and her husband Torvald do not have the "wonderful thing" she has been expecting for years. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Arab Portrayals in Cinema/The Siege
A 9 page research paper, plus a 5 page annotated bibliography, that analyzes a 1993 movie The Siege from the standpoint how it portrays Arab Americans. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Bob Dylan and His 1965 Song Highway 61 Revisited
In four pages this paper offers a brief biography of Bob Dylan and considers the lyrics of his 1965 song, Highway 61 Revisited in terms of meaning and context. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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German Movies/9 Questions
A 5 page research paper that briefly discusses 10 films made in Germany in relation to specific topics. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Henrik Ibsen: Developing His Characters
This 3 page paper discusses the ways in which characters in Ibsen's early plays "The Vikings of Helgeland" and "The Feast at Solhoug" are "first drafts" of characters that appear in his later works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Performance Etiquette in Chorus
A 3 page paper which examines performance etiquette in chorus. No sources cited.
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Math in Cinema
A 12 page research paper that examines the topic of how math has been addressed in recent films. The writer examines Jurassic Park, A Beautiful Mind, Good Will Hunting and Stand and Deliver and argues that these disparate portraits of mathematicians...
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Duke Ellington/Caravan
An 8 page research paper that discusses and analyzes Duke Ellington's composition "Caravan." The writer offers a brief biography of Ellington and then discusses contextual information pertaining to "Caravan." Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The Right Stuff & Technology
A 3 page film review that discusses how the 1983 film The Right Stuff portrays how Americans view technology. The film reports historical events accurately and creatively, but it also demonstrates, as did the book by Tom Wolfe, America's...
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Guide to Postproduction for TV and Film by Clark and Spohr
A 7 page synopsis of the Guide to Postproduction for TV and Film by Barbara Clark and Susan Spohr. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
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Orson Welles and Citizen Kane
A 5 page paper which examines how Orson Welles perceived the character of Citizen Kane. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Court Martial: A Few Good Men
A 4 page paper which examines and discusses the court martial system as seen in the film A Few Good Men. No sources cited.
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