Garland Essays

  • Judy Garland

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    When you hear the name Judy Garland, you may think of ruby slippers, a blue and white gingham dress, and munchkins. Originally Frances Gumm, Judy Garland is much more than pig-tailed Dorothy from Kansas, she starred in 43 films, most of them being MGM major hits and breaking all box office attendance records (including hers). On June 10, 1922, Frances Gumm was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the youngest of three sisters. At age two, her Mother had her performing Jingle Bells in the family theater

  • A Brief Biography Of Judy Garland

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    Taylor Clark Mrs. Schilling Honors English 3 April 2014 Judy Garland Judy Garland definitely had her ups and downs on her way to stardom. Garland was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Her real name is Frances Gumm, which later changed when she became a star. Her childhood was not what you could call perfect, she was forced into singing and acting by her mother. Her mother was very gifted and had many talents, when Garland was only 2 her mother saw that she had talent and made her perform all around

  • Judy Garland: The Making of a Star

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    Background Famed actress Judy Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to Vaudeville performers Ethel Marion and Francis Avent Gumm. According to Imdb.com (2016) “Her mother, an ambitious woman gifted in playing various musical instruments, saw the potential in her daughter at the tender age of just 2 years old. when Baby Frances repeatedly sang "Jingle Bells" until she was dragged from the stage kicking and screaming during one of their Christmas shows and

  • Harsh Perspectives of Youth in Garland’s The Beach

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    Harsh Perspectives of Youth in Garland’s The Beach As his narrator, Garland offers us Richard, a less than balanced individual, in possession of a tenuous grip upon reality. He is arrogant and reckless, often believing himself to have nothing left to learn ("Fucking New Guy? ... New to what?" p87) and convinced of his own immortality ("Yea, though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherfucker in the valley" p87) The beach is supposed to represent the

  • Essay on Gertrude and Ophelia’s Death in Shakespeare's Hamlet

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    not in a fit state of mind to do this and was barely aware of her surroundings “incapable of her own distress.” Ophelia’s death is “beautified” as she dies in a romantic and beautiful scene befitting her character where she was surrounded by her garland of flowers. (Ophelia herself was “beautified” in a letter from Hamlet which Polonius found to be a “vile phrase.”) There is much detail, leading me to believe that Gertrude is trying to soften the blow for Laertes who is already enraged over his father’s

  • The Public Diaries

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    Indeed, the online journal-keeping community is something of a cross-section of society in general, represented by all age groups (though mostly GenXers), both genders, and all personality types. "There is nothing typical about a … diarist," says Zach Garland of Zach’sMind. "The only similarity is they all love to express themselves online… If these people were to meet in real life under completely random circumstances, it is doubtful even a third of them would give the other the time of day." But why

  • Disability as Power in the Works of Mary Duffy, Frida Kahlo, and Vassar Millar

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    force their audiences to look at their disabilities in an utterly new way using the "stare and tell" method. These women do not succeed despite their disabilities, but instead succeed because of them . The "stare and tell" is a term that Rosemarie Garland Thomson, a disability studies scholar and writer, has created to explain a method in performance art that forces the audience to look at disabilities in an entirely new light. She states "As a fusion of both seeing and telling, disability performance

  • Early Christian and Byzantine Art

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    Early Christian and Byzantine Art Early Christian and Byzantine art started after Jesusí death in the first century ranging and ending to the fourth century AD. The art produced during this period was secretive because Christianity was not a formal religion but as a cult; the Romans and rest of Europe persecuted Christians so the artist disguised their work with symbols and hints of Christian aspects. Christianity was the first cult to not involve rituals of sacrifice of animals and refused

  • Concert Review and Bio: Tchaikovsky

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    but had never seen any of his music performed live. My first impression of the concert was that the players were all dressed in black slacks or skirts and white tops. Some of them were wearing festive Santa Clause style hats and some even had garland wrapped around their instruments. The orchestra played first. They were all seated in a very specific order, facing the audience with the conductor standing on a podium in front of them. As they began to play I was very impressed with the level

  • The Hero Of Con Air

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    until he successfully saves the innocent lives on board. Poe is not the only hero. Vince Larkin, an officer of the law also displays many acts of courage. He refuses to shoot the plane down because of the innocent victims on board. Another prisoner, Garland Green, a brutal serial killer, displays more courage. When he comes across a young girl playing alone outside her house, he has a chance to turn her into a victim. But, remarkably, he does her no harm. Not the typical heroic act, yet it still applies

  • The Wizard of Oz

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    this story to life for all of those who were unable to go to the 1902 stage performance. I’ll never forget watching the movie for the first time. Seeing the screen turn from black and white, to beautiful, stunning colors was amazing. Hearing Judy Garland as Dorothy sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” for the first time, left me with a lasting memory. It was as if I felt what she wasfeeling at that moment; that there was a better place somewhere out there- somewhere over the rainbow. Most viewers were

  • On the Edge, with Sight

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    alienation, poverty, weakness, and brilliance—the latter being essential if one is not to pass into historical obscurity. The twentieth century is littered with such talented and troubled souls: Jim Morrison, Jackson Pollack, Dylan Thomas, Warhol, Judy Garland, and Van Gogh. Yet the uncontested high priest of the syndrome is Amedeo Modigliani. Modigliani was an expatriate Italian painter living in the bohemian quarters of Paris during the decades before and during World War I. Art historian Doris Krystof

  • The Compiled Sync List of The Wizard of Oz

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    ["... Down in the pig-pen sayin' 'keep on diggin' ..." Lyrics from "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" by Roger Waters on the "Animals" CD] *Note: "... Race towards an early grave ..." Perhaps a reference to Judy Garland's untimely death? *Note: Judy Garland died in 1969, the same year we put a man on the moon ... "I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon." 10) Song shifts from "Breathe" to "On the Run" at the same time (actually just slightly before) Dorothy falls off the fence.

  • Miles Davis

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    record with other popular bop musicians. 1955 was Miles Davis’ breakthrough year. His performance of "round midnight" at the Newport Jazz Festival alerted the critics that he was "back". Davis form a quintet which included Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and John Coletrain. In 1957 Davis made the first of many solo recordings with the unusual jazz orchestrations of Gil Evans, and he wrote music for film by Louis Malle. In 1963Davis formed a new quintet including

  • Dunciad: Mock epic and parallels to Rape of the Lock (another satire)

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    The Dunciad: A Mock Epic? Honors English The fourth book of the Dunciad describes the fall and slow death of the English society that once taught him all the things he knew. He lashes out at his critics, accusers, and nay Sayers in his allegorical poem. It symbolizes a mock epic because of the elaborate use of words, calling on inspiration from a higher force, and using his work not so much to tell a story, but to point out the faults of a social order that can’t or chooses not to see what they’re

  • The Precious Garland Summary

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    Nagarjuna The Precious Garland (Circa 200 BCE) “The Precious Garland” is Nagarjuna’s detailed explanation of the Buddhist philosophy of emptiness. Achary Nagarjuna, an Indian philosopher contributed the development of Buddhism. Acharya was born a Hindu but later he converted to Buddhism. He is the founder of the school of Buddhism known as Madhyamaka, or the “The Middle Path”. “The Precious Garland” verses are addressed to an ancient Indian King named Satavahana. Buddhism and Christianity have the

  • Hamlin Garland Research Paper

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    Jacobson English 9 12 May 2017 Does anyone really know who Hamlin Garland was ? He was a man that strived after what he wanted . He was persistent on what he believed and wrote about it . When he wrote , he wrote about his family and beliefs . Hamlin Garland shows us how he worked for what he wanted because of his life , family , and works . Hannibal Hamlin Garland was born in Wisconsin . He was born in September . He learned

  • Valley of the Dolls: by Jacqueline Susann

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    Welldon." Ethics 4.1 (1893): 123. Print. Cliffe, Nicole. "Let's Talk 'Valley Of The Dolls': Barbs, Boobs And Revolting Kissers." N.p., 22 Apr. 2011. Web. 22 Apr. 2014. Shlaes, A. (2007). Valley of the Dolls. American (19328117), 1(2), 28-30. "Judy Garland Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. "Valley of the Dolls." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Apr. 2014. Web. 22 Apr. 2014. "Vally of the Dolls Quotes." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014.

  • A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen

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    as well. She was confined in a home where she had the same daily routine until her husband came back from work, only to briefly discuss he... ... middle of paper ... ...t she did. Works Cited A Doll's House. By Henrik Ibsen. Dir. Patrick Garland. Perf. Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins. 1973. Netflix. Baseer, Abdul, Sofia Dildar Alvi, and Fereha Zafran. “The use of symbolic language in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House: a feministic perspective.” Language In India 2013: 622. Literature Resource

  • The Way American Culture Has Changed Over Time

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    1930’s, your go-to girl for a good movie would be Judy Garland. With her diverse talents and unique beauty, she was always a sight to see on screen,she symbolized American culture back then. Nowadays, one could relate Judy Garland to Demi Lovato. Demi is one of the most diverse celebrities in the entertainment business today. Just like Judy, she also had a difficult time with being in the spotlight which led to self harming substances. Judy Garland and Demi Lovato was/is a big part of American Culture