A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum : Film Analysis

With Film Analysis comes the analyzation of films and movies that depict narrative structure, cultural context, the evaluation of discourse, and many other approaches. The film, “Friday” (1995), is a comedy and drama that displays the relationship between two childhood friends growing up in an impoverished neighborhood. These two friends became affiliated with a neighborhoods drug dealer, and were startled and clueless as to how they were going to come up with the money they owed him by the end of the night! The characterization, setting, and conflicts are the three main elements, in which are portrayed can indicate the analyzation of contributing a larger meaning of this particular film.

The qualities a tragic hero, in Shakespeare's plays, normally displays consists of the hero falling from a place of glory, or rank, or happiness. We are astounded by the extent to which they fall, or allow themselves to stoop. The resulting catastrophe from the hero's mistake is of monumental proportions. With the discussed play Julius Caesar, Cassius exhibits Jealousy, Rashness, and Impulsive behaviour. Cassius makes mistakes, each with a disastrous effect.

The stock character of the leno, or brothel-keeper or pimp, is a character that many, if not all, Romans would have immediately recognized. The leno is represented in Plautus’ Pseudolus by a character named Ballio. He owns the love interest of Calidorus, master of Pseudolus, and is known for his greed and physical harshness towards his slaves. He is seen in the play constantly beating his slaves, and he calls them names such as “whip-spoilers” (139), which indicates that Ballio beats them so much that his whip becomes spoiled. Ballio fits the classic definition of a leno, as he is extremely greedy and only cares about money. He compromises his morals constantly in order to make more money, and he almost seems proud to accept his bad character. The most important example of this is when he sells Phoenicium, Calidorus’ love interest, to a

The concept of a tragic hero exists when a character prevails the traits of bravery, honor, and loyalty, much like the main character of Cyrano in Edmond Rostand’s 17th century play, Cyrano de Bergerac. In the year of 1640, Cyrano realizes his love for Roxane, his intelligent and exquisite cousin. With the help of a young and handsome nobleman named Christian, Cyrano expresses his love for Roxanne through eloquent love letters that Christian delivers to Roxane, pretending that Christian himself wrote the letters. In due time, Cyrano proves to be a tragic hero through verifying himself to be a brave, honorable, and loyal man.

Each of the characters of Pseudolus has comic potential. According to Bergson’s theory of laughter, ‘ The ingredients of comic character are rigidity, automatism, absentmindedness, and unsociability.’ ( 1956:156)

Mirroring that of a superhero, we analyze specific characteristics in major characters in order to determine whether or not they are good or evil. From the immediate reaction to a character, to their evolution through their conflicts, into the qualities they develop along the way, all the way to their final destination, we use these as a reference of whether they are moral and upright or simply despicable. Ransom from Out of the Silent Planet and Sir Gawain from Gawain and the Green Knights are two prime examples of this. In examining Ransom’s and Gawain’s stories, and through comparing their chief attributes it will become crystal clear the true temperament of both. Immediately, virtue and honor are key aspects in Ransom’s personality.

In ESPN’S film, A Fighting Chance, wrestler Kyle Maynard uses regulation of his arousal levels to conquer the tasks of everyday life but also to fulfill his passion of wrestling with no arms or legs. Kyle Maynard became one of the most inspirational people to others who are affected with a disability. Kyle was able to overcome situations such as name-calling, starring, and limitations on activities of daily living to fulfill all of his desires such as driving a car or fighting in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) matches in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu categories. Kyle was able to overcome these by using social coping with people such as his best friend and trainer who had absolute faith in him while encouraging and supporting him in whatever he desired. Kyle’s parents also distilled this trait of overcoming barriers from a young age by not introducing prosthetics into his life and showing him that he could do anything he set his mind to.

In Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the tradition of New Comedy is faithfully brought to life in a musical set in ancient Rome, but relevant to the sensibilities of its 1960's audience. Through movie sets that suggest Roman surroundings, and comedic sequences that embody the spirit of the sixties, Sondheim creates a story where Roman characters, acting according to their types, draw in modern audience members and create a energetic romp through ancient Rome that is firmly rooted in the past, but could only have been taken in sixties-era America.

in the movie “On Golden Pond”, the individual must resolve these crises so he/she can develop healthy. Each stage involves a positive and a negative reinforcement. The success of this outcome of each stage is the development of a virtue or strength. The first stage is Basic Trust versus mistrust. The age is birth to 12-18 months. The baby makes a judgment if the world is a safe place. The infant needs to learn to trust or mistrust the world and the outcome of this stage is virtue. The second crisis is Autonomy versus shame and doubt. The age is 12-18 months to 3 years. In this crisis the individual develops a balance of independence and self-sufficiency over shame and doubt. The virtue of this crisis is will. The third crisis is initiative

The Oscans also brought their own type of theatre and ideas about such to Rome. The Oscans had their own type of comedy called Atellan Farce. It was a kind of improvised comedy played with five main characters for each show. There was the fool, the stupid one, a foolish old man, a wise fool, and a monster with big jaws. Respectively the names to these characters were Maccus, Bucco, Pappus, Dassenus and Mandacus. These stock characters brought life to those of Rome 's own stock characters named the same.

Penny Lane’s 2016 film Nuts! is a documentary film that tells the life of John R. Brinkley. During the 1920s and 1930s. Brinkley gained international fame through his “discovery” of a goat-testicle impotence cure. His self-built empire also included his hugely successful radio station. The film spans Brinkley’s entire life and is conceptually the basic rags to riches story that is very common. But Brinkley’s methods of becoming a successful person are very peculiar. He utilizes concepts of trickery and deceitfulness as components for advancement. His fortune’s foundation was his goat-testicle implants that he performed on men as a cure for impotence. Throughout his career, he had always had an issue with a man named Fishbein. A plot twist in

It is very easy to fall in love with the hero. The nobleman who commits no wrong, saves the day, and usually looks good doing it. But the best characters aren’t thoroughly perfect and selfless like we would like them to be, because in the end, that’s not real-life. The best, most relatable characters are those in which we can associate, abhor, and admire all at the same time. Sophocles, William Shakespeare, and Arthur Miller were able to capture this character in the tragic hero. A character who, despite their human nature, ends up destroying themselves because of their own faults. Though these three playwrights display the tragic model in different ways, they all come back to point out the flaws in human nature through five stages; nobility,

Kazakhstan was chosen as the country of choice for the final portfolio project and the film chosen to explain or demonstrate how the country functions was Meet the Stans: by BBC correspondent Reeves (2003). In this paper the film will be analyzed to determine whether it accurately depicted the country. The important information from the film will be extracted and compared to the information that has been gathered towards the portfolio project for accuracy.

Plautus was a popular Roman playwright of the old Latin period. Roman theatre was still largely undeveloped during his time, but Plautus managed to write more than a hundred comedies, including The Pot of Gold, The Prisoners, The Brothers Menaechmus, The Swaggering Soldier, and Pseudolus. Most of his plays contained a prologue that introduced the play or over shadowed what would happen later in the development of the story. His characters would have side comments and taking themselves out of the scene, who then to some extent interact with the audience. He also incorporated common themes, situations, and stock characters throughout most of his plays. The gist of it all was funny, but hidden with chuckles were topics that Plautus seem to want

“A Day In The Life: Maureen” (Socialcarecareers, 2009). is an emotive film that presents a day in a social worker’s life. In this film the social worker shares about her duties, challenges, and the positive outcomes of doing social work. The film also presents the process of assessment and key points to keep in mind through the course. Maureen approaches the assessment through developing an individualized plan that is “constructed specifically for that person and not a cookie cutter approach to supplying services.” As discussed in the text “the purpose of this interview is to begin the assessment process. In order to develop an individualized plan one has to interview the family to discover the client’s history, strengths, weaknesses, current problems, potential problems and a sense of who this person is (Summers, 2014). As seen in the video clip, Maureen follows this process through speaking to her clients giving them the right to participate in the planning of their care. Maureen is a good listener; she has one to