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A summary of Book 2 in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Metamorphoses and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
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- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Chariots of Fire
- Rudy
- Mr. Holland’s Opus
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Dead Poets Society
- Good Will Hunting
- Up
- The Green Mile
- Cast Away
Logline: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career. Moment: Chris has spent the whole film struggling to achieve his dream of attaining a well-paying job so he can support him and his son — both of which are homeless. After his unpaid internship as a stockbroker ends, with slim chance...
Logline: Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other, a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics. Moment: Eric Liddell, the devout Christian, is the fastest man alive in 1924. During each of his runs, at the final leg, his head always goes back, pointed towards the skies. This is where he somehow becomes even faster than h...
Logline: Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. Moment: Throughout the opening act of the film, and into the second as well, Rudy has been struggling to raise his grades to move from Junior College to the college of his drea...
Logline: A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher. Moment: Glen Holland, a musician that put his dreams of being a composer aside as he raised a family and taught music classes at a high school, took a job he didn’t want but learned to love. He continued to write his own symphony as he worked the day job. Year after ye...
Logline: Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. Moment: After spending the entire movie witnessing the injustice of Andy's imprisonment, we finally see him receive the justice that he so deserved.
Logline: English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings. Moment: Keating has been fired from his teaching job due to the recent suicide of one of his students. The school puts and the student's parents put the blame on Keating's teachings and influence, forcing h...
Logline: Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. Moment: After opening up to Sean and making some progress in life, Sean confronts Will after their last session, hoping to finally break through to the young man who has led a violent life as a result of physical ...
Logline: Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway. Moment: After a young Carl meets Ellie, we see their marriage progress throughout the years, leading to the inevitable truth that we all will have to deal with at one time during our life — the loss o...
Logline: The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. Moment: We've learned that John is innocent of his crimes. Yet it can't be proven to the courts. His execution has to go through, despite the fact that the prison guards know that they are kill...
Logline: A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island. Moment: After years on the island, with only a volleyball — Wilson — keeping his sanity, Chuck constructs a boat and escapes the tidal pull of the island. While drifting through the ocean, all hope lost, Chuck awakens to realize th...
A family hires a teacher to help their deaf and blind daughter. Overall Story Throughline: Psychology. Overall Story Concern: Conceiving. Overall Story Issue: Repulsion vs. Attraction. Overall Story Problem: Certainty.
Sep 23, 2016 · In a sense, the miracle of Sully could be seen as the bright light in the city, which shines through the overwhelming darkness of that day. Thankfully, the film does not push too far in that direction, nor does it step into the realms of over-sentimentality.
Feb 6, 2004 · Miracle. 135 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 2004. Roger Ebert. February 6, 2004. 5 min read. “Miracle” is a sports movie that’s more about the coach than about the team, and that’s a miracle, too. At a time when movies are shamelessly aimed at the young male demographic, here’s a film with a whole team of hockey players in their teens and early ...
Catharsis is the process of releasing strong or pent-up emotions through art. Aristotle coined the term catharsis—which comes from the Greek kathairein meaning "to cleanse or purge"—to describe the release of emotional tension that he believed spectators experienced while watching dramatic tragedy. Today, the word "catharsis" can be used in ...
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William Gibson’s drama The Miracle Worker chronicles the relationship between the real-life Helen Keller, a young girl from Alabama who was blind and deaf, and her teacher, the Irish, headstrong Annie Sullivan from Boston.
