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    The willing to get money and wealth is able to do awful things with people. Trying to multiply their prosperity and authority they can lose their human nature and soul, turn human relation into the market. In the movie “Citizen Kane” directed by Orson Welles in 1941, on the example of the main character, Charles Foster Kane, it is shown how the person who could get everything he wanted, but was unable to save it ("Citizen Kane"). For example, he had two marriages, but both were unhappy

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    Theme Of Citizen Kane

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    hollow for Kane. As an adult, Kane uses his money and power not to build his own happiness but to either buy love or make others as miserable as he is. Kane's wealth isolates him from others throughout the years, and his life ends in loneliness at Xanadu. He dies surrounded only by his possessions, poor substitutions for true

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    I believe that Charles Foster Kane could’ve been a good person, but ended going down the wrong path. He was given a large sum of money when he became an adult, but in return basically had his childhood stolen from him (Hughes). His mother wanted him to live the rich life instead of in a little town where she was living and to eventually inherit her recently found fortune (Hughes). When he was given this money, he let it take over his life and lost sense of how he should behave. Because of this, I

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    King Arthur and Ben Carson are both alike. They are both involved in politics and were or could rule a land. King Arthur was a king. He was the king of Britain during the 5th and 6th centuries AD. Ben Carson is a modern politician. He is running for the for the 2016 Presidential elections. He could be the new President of the United States. Ben Carson could also be the next King Arthur. This is for three reasons. His childhood, the way he is going to fix the issues of the U.S and how nobody thought

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    the settings and character. Kubla Khan is a Mongol Emperor (grandson of Genghis Khan), who lives in his wonderful palace, Xanadu 1-2. The river “Alph” flows across the palace then runs below it into caverns to meet the sea3-5. Coleridge tends to darken the imagery when talking about the caverns and the sea, giving it a mysterious scary mood. He then re-lightens it: Xanadu is surrounded by beautiful fertile lands6-11. The narrator uses a fancy choice of words to give an extraordinary aspect to the

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    The play Xanadu, put on by the Arizona Theater Company, was an extraordinary play, with a few different cultures mixing to make a creative, fun production. This play was a mix of 80's music, apparel and art, along with a magical side with ancient Greece. Ancient Greece brought Greek mythology, which is what brought magical characters into the play. This play uses different cultures to escalate the plot, all while creating an awesome play. Art, whether it be film, television, visual art, theater

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    Xanadu dragons found in Genghis Khan’s city Xanadu, the city of legends and mystery, in which Genghis Khan’s grandsons build a great palace, and now three beautifully colored Xanadu dragons have been discovered. The dragon head clay statues were very well preserved, and said to be almost lifelike. They were constructed of red clay and colored with blue, yellow, black and white glaze. These Xanadu dragons would have been placed to the end of beams and acted as a form of decoration in the palace.

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    is not completely different from symbolic art or art that has inspired millions of people. This is apparent in the musical Xanadu, where the cultures of Ancient Greece and

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    The legislature of the fictitious state of Xanadu passes a law that states "All people are welcome at all state-run swimming, beach and golf facilities, as long as they are white. Non-whites may not use any of those facilities." Within 24 hours after passage, Brenda, a civil rights attorney, brings a cause of action in federal court to have the new regulation ruled unconstitutional. The federal court immediately rules that the state law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment

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    Setting Just like many other films, Citizen Kane is filmed in many different places. The two most common places are the office of the Inquirer and somewhere on the property of Xanadu. These two places do a great job of adding to the film and creating a fitting atmosphere. The office at the Inquirer is often decorated lightly, with several messy desks and typewriters, it looks just like a newspaper office should. In other situations the office looks very different. When Kane is hosting his celebration

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