Director Ang Lee has pointed out several times that he chose relatively unknown actors in his new film “Life of Pi” to make the film seem realistic to U.S. viewers. He went so far as to remove Tobey Maguire from the film and replace him with lesser-known Rafe Spall because he felt Maguire would stand […]
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When choosing between two paths, one of which brings death and destruction, he must choose the path in which he himself dies fighting for honor and justice. Edmond Rostand develops this thematic element in Cyrano de Bergerac, which he sets in 17th-century France. Cyrano, a chivalrous man who wants to fight for a noble cause, […]
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Charles de Gaulle was a General who became President of France. He was a man who was very clever and could force himself into power and get others to do work for him and to support him. He was also a man with a very big nose and was sometimes called Cyrano after Cyrano de […]
Cyrano de Bergerac was a historical character. He lived in the seventeenth century. After serving as a soldier, he engaged in intellectual pursuits and did some writing.. I once ran across an English translation of his imaginary journey to the moon, which proved to be interesting. Rostand was born more than two centuries after the […]