DUE DATE: 4/12/14 Second EssayPRIVATE -Film 140

Answer one of the following essay questions. Write no more than two typed pages and remember the essays must be typed. Concentrate on one clearly defined thesis. Use MLA format**. Do not send pdf files.

* State your thesis clearly in the first paragraph.

* Prove your thesis in the body of the paper.

* Sum up in the final paragraph.

* Cite concrete examples from specific scenes to prove

your thesis.

* Pay particularly attention to underlying themes.

Your essay should go somewhere. That is it should prove something. Enlighten me.

No plot outlines. I have absolutely no interest in a cursory retelling of the story. Assume that I have seen the film numerous times. Work will be graded down for poor grammar and spelling errors.

In evaluating your work, stress will be placed on:

a) The coherence of your argument.

b) The range and detail of the examples you cite.

c) Originality and depth of thought.

d) Supporting evidence from the text and films viewed in class if appropriate.

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Compare and contrast a required film with a nonrequired film (you choose) by the same director*. Compare and contrast the underlying themes.

Requird film : Choose one the compare with the film by the same director that u choose.

1.Casablanca
2.Rear window
3. Citizen Kane
4. It happened one night
5.city lights
6.the palm beach story
7.stagecoach 1939
8.scareface 1931
9..double indemnity
10.singing in the rain
11the hurt locker
12.pilow talk
13.the graduate
14.the front
15.the godfather
16.boyz n the hood
17.crash
18.avatar