Jessie Waite MKT 5520
rillifinoros
Sunday, March 18, 2012
rillifinoros
It’s interesting to note that Alexandre Dumas’s father was a revolutionist. This concept
of struggling to overcoming oppression took many years of patience and resilience by the
revolutionists, and is also reflected with a pro- Bonaparte stance in the novel. Parallels can
be drawn between Edmonds struggles to overcome incarceration, to the struggles of the
revolutionists. Remembering that nothing came easy, patience was a virtue for both, in which
tedious planning and sacrifice were the underlining idealisms for success. The novel depicts
been improved along with the opportunities to increase ones social class and standard of living,
especially in first world countries. The film represents this with its resolution having Edmond
marrying Mercedes, and by having Edmond actually be the birth father of her only son.
Surrounded by his friends and family, Edmond lives out his new found happy life. This new
interpretation yields two possibilities as to why this would change. The first being, that the
happy ending to an extent reflects our current societies’ views on hope. In our modern culture,
it’s not only common place for a movie to end with a positive note, but it is expected and
anticipated. The film makers set out to make a profit by entertaining, and society wanted to see a
non-tragic, light, happy ending. The second possibility is that Kevin Reynolds changed the initial
target audience of the story. In 1844, literacy was not common place among the working classes.
Only the upper classes received education, and normally included intellectuals, scholars, and
those of nobility, making them the novels original target audience. It is in this sense that the
original theme of tragedy would be expected to reflect realities of life in the 1800’s.
Comparatively, in modern culture, film can be enjoyed by the masses, thus opening up the once
limited target audience of upper social classes to all. It is these differences in culture that yield
changes in the original novel compared to the film.
rillifinoros
of struggling to overcoming oppression took many years of patience and resilience by the
revolutionists, and is also reflected with a pro- Bonaparte stance in the novel. Parallels can
be drawn between Edmonds struggles to overcome incarceration, to the struggles of the
revolutionists. Remembering that nothing came easy, patience was a virtue for both, in which
tedious planning and sacrifice were the underlining idealisms for success. The novel depicts
been improved along with the opportunities to increase ones social class and standard of living,
especially in first world countries. The film represents this with its resolution having Edmond
marrying Mercedes, and by having Edmond actually be the birth father of her only son.
Surrounded by his friends and family, Edmond lives out his new found happy life. This new
interpretation yields two possibilities as to why this would change. The first being, that the
happy ending to an extent reflects our current societies’ views on hope. In our modern culture,
it’s not only common place for a movie to end with a positive note, but it is expected and
anticipated. The film makers set out to make a profit by entertaining, and society wanted to see a
non-tragic, light, happy ending. The second possibility is that Kevin Reynolds changed the initial
target audience of the story. In 1844, literacy was not common place among the working classes.
Only the upper classes received education, and normally included intellectuals, scholars, and
those of nobility, making them the novels original target audience. It is in this sense that the
original theme of tragedy would be expected to reflect realities of life in the 1800’s.
Comparatively, in modern culture, film can be enjoyed by the masses, thus opening up the once
limited target audience of upper social classes to all. It is these differences in culture that yield
changes in the original novel compared to the film.
rillifinoros
Rillifinoros
Jessie Waite MKT 5520
My position:
What exactly is it that makes a good story, one that can be enjoyed by many generations
for centuries? Is it an in-depth character development, maybe an unanticipated twist in the plot
line? Or, is it a story that conveys all of the basic human emotions in such a package that lets
the reader relate to them? The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844
is perceived by many scholars to be a classic of the time. Seventeen movie adaptations, most
recently in 2002, and seven television series later, it would appear as though they were right.
Over the years, as idealisms of values and of cultures have changed, each individual society
has interpreted the story slightly differently. In the most recent movie adaptation directed by
Kevin Reynolds, the original theme and message have been seemingly altered into a different
interpretation, which is most apparent in the characters, and what they represent in his film. This
is mainly depicted in idealisms such as religion, politics, tragedy, and of what entertainment
should be.
My position:
What exactly is it that makes a good story, one that can be enjoyed by many generations
for centuries? Is it an in-depth character development, maybe an unanticipated twist in the plot
line? Or, is it a story that conveys all of the basic human emotions in such a package that lets
the reader relate to them? The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844
is perceived by many scholars to be a classic of the time. Seventeen movie adaptations, most
recently in 2002, and seven television series later, it would appear as though they were right.
Over the years, as idealisms of values and of cultures have changed, each individual society
has interpreted the story slightly differently. In the most recent movie adaptation directed by
Kevin Reynolds, the original theme and message have been seemingly altered into a different
interpretation, which is most apparent in the characters, and what they represent in his film. This
is mainly depicted in idealisms such as religion, politics, tragedy, and of what entertainment
should be.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Here are the directions to change your profile to the old layout.
1) Download Firefox (if you don't already use it). It is the best rated, recommended, and fasted browser. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html?utm_id=Q108&utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&gclid=CKrf0I2H4ZUCFQgRFQodD3C8Xg
2) Install the addon Greasemonkey. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748
3) Install this script (in the upper right hand corner) http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/33638
4) Close Firefox, clear history, cookies, cache, ect, then go to Facebook and be pleasantly surprised.
This is what I, and many of my friends use. It is a little buggy, but it gets you the old Facebook back, guaranteed! (unlike almost ALL of the other youtube links, or facebook applications, because FB has patched those)
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