Thursday, March 19, 2020
Rear Window and Vertigo essays
Rear Window and Vertigo essays Janet Leigh Taking a shower, Tippi Hedren hiding from a flock of crazed fowls in a phone booth; James Stewart and Farley Granger wrestling over a gun; Cary Grant lying low as a crop Duster flies by mere feet overhead; Doris Day singing Que Sera Sera at the top of her lungs: these images bring to mind the classic obese silhouette which could belong only to one person-Alfred Hitchcock. For decades, director Alfred Hitchcock has brought the world numerous films of suspense, romance and horror. While some moviegoers wrote him off as just another director looking to cash in on playing with peoples emotions, others saw him as an insightful man with a genuine interest in telling a good story that would speak truthfully to his audience. The characters in his films were true to life experiencing problems and emotions to which the audience could relate. Rear Window and Vertigo are two Hitchcock films in which the main character shows voyeuristic behavior, experiences relationship problems and suffers from some sort of a handicap, be it physical or psychological. In both Rear Window and Vertigo, the main character displays voyeuristic behavior. L.B. Jeff Jeffries displays his voyeuristic nature in Rear Window by spying on his neighbors. His behavior is, more or less, a displacement-Jeff (as he is called) prefers to watch his neighbors from a distance, rather than examine his own life. Ironically, Jeffs nurse at one point tells him, Weve become a race of Peeping Toms; what people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in, for a change, not realizing she has hit upon his exactly what Jeff is doing. Rather than focusing on his own less than perfect life, Jeff begins to live vicariously through the lives of his neighbors. John Scottie Ferguson, the hero Vertigo, has a similar problem with voyeurism. When an old high school friend, Gavin Elster appears and asks the aimless Scottie to put ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
French Numerical Adjectives - Adjectifs numéraux
French Numerical Adjectives - Adjectifs numà ©raux In the  French language, numerical adjectives arent as complicated as they might sound - numerical adjective is simply the grammatical term for numbers. There are three types of numerical adjectives, each used for a different purpose - see table at the bottom of the page. Placement of Numerical Adjectives Cardinal numerical adjectives precede the noun they modify, as well as any other adjectives (numerical or not) that precede the noun.    Jai deux livres.   I have two books.   Il a achetà © une nouvelle voiture.   He bought a new car.   les trois premiers jours   the first three daysOrdinal numerical adjectives, multiplicatives, and the fraction demi usually precede the noun they modify:   Cest le deuxià ¨me jour.   Its the second day.   Il veut un double whisky.   He wants a double whiskey.   Jy vais dans une heure et demie.   Im going in an hour and a half.Fractions, other than demi, require the following format in front of nouns: article/number fraction de:   Jai regardà © un tiers du film.   I watched a third of the movie.   Il a bu deux cinquià ¨mes de la bouteille.   He drank two fifths of the bottle.  Agreement of Numerical Adjectives Only a few numerical adjectives agree with the nouns they modify.1. Cardinal numbers - all invariable, except for one:   un homme (one man) / une femme (one woman)     vs   deux hommes (two men) / deux femmes (two women)2. Ordinal numbers - First is variable. The rest are invariable, but note that if preceded by a definite article, it must match the gender of the noun:   le premier livre (the first book) / la premià ¨re peinture (the first painting)     vs   le deuxià ¨me livre (the second book) / la troisià ¨me bouteille (the third bottle)3. Multiplicative numbers are all invariable.4. Fractions - demi can be masculine or feminine, while the others can be singular or plural:   un demi kilo (half a kilo) / une demie bouteille (half a bottle)     vs   un quart (one fourth) / trois quarts (three fourths) Types of Numerical Adjectives Name Used for Examples Cardinal numbers Counting un, deux, trois Ordinal numbers Ranking premier, deuxime, troisime Multiplicative numbers Multiplying simple, double, triple Fractions Dividing un demi, un tiers, un quart *Fractions, with the exception of demi, are nouns rather than adjectives, but it makes sense to include them with the other types of numbers.Technically, numerical adjectives are not adjectives at all - they are a mathematical feature which, grammatically, act more or less like adjectives.
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