The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Essays

  • Gothic Elements Illustrated in the Film, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”

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    What gothic features help develop the dark and mysterious nature of the film “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”? There are a number of gothic aspects of “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” that help to develop the dark and mysterious nature of the film. Examples of this can be found in the characters and how the dramatic contrasts between good and bad are displayed through gothic personality traits, their physical appearances

  • Comparing League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Mary Reilly, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Mary Reilly, and Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson's short novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has spawned many retellings of Dr. Jekyll's tale, as well as variations on the theme. The Jekyll and Hyde conceit is one that lends itself to many different forms of literature, such as motion pictures and sequential art. Sometimes liberties are taken in reinterpretations of Mr. Hyde from the original text. This can be

  • The Character of No-one in Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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    The Character of No-one in Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Alan Quatermain, sitting hunched over and delirious from opium withdrawal, has been taken aboard a huge submersible vessel.  The aging adventurer says, "P-please.  I feel so sick.  Need my medicine."  A cold voice answers him, "You are aboard my ship, sir, and my remedies are bitter."  Quatermain turns, with his eyes rolled back, teeth clenched, and streams of sweat rolling off of his face, and he says, "Who said that? .

  • Dualism In Jekyll And Hyde

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    to perceive them as good. Bruce Banner is scientist whose goal is to help people. Henry Spivey wants to be portrayed as a good man, father, and husband. Edward Albright is a man who have the daily job of saving lives. Mr. Jekyll, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, is determined to keep his potion away from not only the public, but of the hand who want to make a weapon of mass destruction. Stevenson’s Mr. Jekyll is portrayed as a doctor who is obsessed with is science, but still presents himself

  • Alan Moore: The Father of Comic Books

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    Retrieved February 18, 2010, from twomorrows.com: http://www.twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/30moore.html Méalóid, P. Ó. (2009, May 6). Talking to an Extraordinary Gentleman of letters part one – Pádraig chats with Alan Moore. Retrieved February 18, 2010, from forbiddenplanet.co.uk: http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/talking-to-an-extraordinary-gentleman-of-letters-part-one-padraig-chats-with-alan-moore/ Pappu, S. (2000, October 18). We Need Another Hero. Retrieved February 18, 2010, from dir

  • Comparison of Socrates and Siddhartha Guatama Buddha

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    enlightenment. However, regardless of their differences, Socrates and Siddhartha Gautama will be remembered as the prominent teachers to some of us. Works Cited "The Dhammapada: Socrates & Buddha Vs. Desire — The League of Ordinary Gentlemen." The League of Ordinary Gentlemen. Web. 05 July 2011. . "Socrates Biography - Life, Name, Story, Death, History, School, Young, Son, Information, Born, Time." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Web. 05 July 2011. . "Socrates: Philosophical Life." Philosophy

  • Modern Society As A Reflection Of The Picture Of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde

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    appropriation of these texts into modern culture. This text display cultural and literary disciplines entrenched in superficial concepts that have since become common in today’s shallow society. Contemporary texts such as the 2004 film The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (based on the comic book of the same name) directed by Stephen Norrington, not only visualise the character of Dorian Gray but also easily assimilate other traditional Victorian gothic characters including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dracula’s

  • Female Athletes In The Media

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    athletes between the ages of 15-25 are often referred to as “girls” whereas male athletes in the same age bracket, are referred to as “gentlemen” “men” or “young men.” Furthermore, white athletes are praised in the media more often than athletes of any other ethnicity. This unequal language toward athletes is evident in the following excerpts of

  • Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm: A Critical Analysis Of Her Life

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    Anita St. Hill on November 30, 1924, in the impoverished Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Her father, an emigrant from Guyana, worked as an unskilled laborer, and her mother, a native of Barbados, was a seamstress and a domestic worker. Extraordinary circumstances separated Chisholm from her parents for much of her early childhood. Struggling to save money for a house and for their children's education, the St. Hills sent their four daughters to live on the farm of a grandmother in Barbados

  • Sean Connery Personality

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    one of them. While one might dispute the actual number of people who would qualify for star status, no one would dispute the assumption that Sean Connery is one of them; Moreover, he is not solely a star, he is a super-star. Sean Connery was an extraordinary with many talents; his exciting and decorated career as James Bond and with other great films will be something to remember for centuries. Sean Connery had a simple upbringing in his poor neighborhood. Sean Connery was born as Thomas Sean Connery

  • What Is The Duality In The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the story of a gifted doctor who discovers a drug which can release the evil side of one’s nature. This drug transforms Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde. Stevenson does not reveal the details of Jekyll’s story until the end of the novel, but presents the story as a sort of mystery, in which a variety of characters try to figure out the identity of Mr. Hyde and understand the relationship that Dr. Jekyll has with Mr. Hyde (Critical survey of Science Fiction and Fantasy). In writing

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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    Gray by Oscar Wilde “Like the painting of a sorrow, A face without a heart.” - Hamlet When I went to the movies, I didn’t expect to be so intrigued by the characters that I would want to read about them individually. “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” had many interesting characters: Mena the vampire, Alan Quartermain the hunter, Skinner the invisible man, Nemo the pirate, Dr. Jekyll the scientist, Tom Sawyer of the CIA, and Dorian Gray the immortal. Out of all the characters, Dorian

  • Alan Moore Research Paper

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    What separates comics from graphic novels? Up until the late 1970s, early 1990s, the term graphic novel did not exist (“Graphic Novel”). Alan Moore took fame in this industry; in fact, many would say he had defined it. Moore is one of the first pioneers of the growing market for graphic novels. Moore’s life held many attributions to his most popular work. Events like his childhood issues, his struggles with finding his place, and most importantly his disposition to what he liked led Moore to push

  • Analysis of Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen and Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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    Analysis of Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen and Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson In this essay I intend to discuss the two passionately opinionated war poems, 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Wilfred Owen based on WW1 and 'Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson which portrays the Crimean war against Russia. Both poems are heart wrenching, emotional and thought provoking, and expressively highlight the issues of war, glory, death and heroism, all in explicit