Balian of Ibelin Essays

  • Inaccuracies In Kingdom Of Heaven

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    it’s about the Middle Ages of the Crusade. Though it did hold many historical events, it also held some inaccuracies. Some of the inaccuracies include, the longbow that was not quite yet created yet. The relationship between Balian and Sibylla. Also, how in the movie Balian was from France but historically he was from Jerusalem. Those were only a couple of the inaccuracies that I will be writing about. To begin with, “The longbow was one of the most dangerous weapons during the 100-year war, it

  • Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom

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    Moonrise Kingdom, by American director Wes Anderson, is a bittersweet tale of two young and introverted lovers who escape their bleak, grown-up world, to the saccharine dream built upon their own imagination. Complex and endearing, Anderson’s original screenplay has earned this film its own Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 2013, and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in the Musical or Comedy category. Moonrise Kingdom would no doubt be one of Anderson’s best films, if not one of the best

  • Staiway To Heaven

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    The film Stairway to Heaven (1945) is a classic example of how production design can function to convey ideology. Commissioned by the government in an attempt to improve British-American relations, the film’s central conflict arises because of the love between a British soldier and an American WAC. The film uses lighting, color movements, and a variety of lines to idealize this relationship between its protagonists, and to thus establish a positive association in the viewer’s mind with British-American

  • Inaccuracies In Kingdom Of Heaven

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    Heaven, there were many inaccuracies throughout the film. Although the movie did follow the lines of the Second Crusade, things throughout the film turned out to be fictional. Some of these inaccuracies are how the love interests played out between Balian and Sibylla, those are not correct for the actual Crusades. Another inaccuracy is how people lived longer than they were supposed to after being wounded. Adding on to how people were wounded, they had medicine in the movie that they did not actually

  • Kingdom Of Heaven Analysis

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    to claim the city of Jerusalem as their land. The story begins when Godfrey of Ibelin was looking for his son. He found out that his son lives in a small village in France, and that he is a blacksmith named Balian. Godfrey makes an apology to his son for the reason that he left him since a long time ago. As an apology, Godfrey asks Balian to move to Jerusalem so he can start a better new life with his father. Balian makes a decision to

  • Crusades Dbq

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    The crusades were a series of eight holy wars fought by the Christian crusaders and the Muslim Turks. They began as a way to gain control of the sacred places that were important to each religious group, most notably the Holy City of Jerusalem. The Third Crusade was a three year long war between the Christians and Muslims under very prominent rulers like Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. It was arguably one of the more successful crusades, even though the main goal was not achieved. Even though

  • Direct Character Analysis

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    Christian Balderas English 2 Honors Period 9 5 page Essay on Indirect and Direct Characterization There are few ways to describe how a person is, like who they are and what others and think of them, and what they think of about themselves. Two of these methods are known as indirect and direct characterization. These two methods talk about how a person is viewed. Indirect characterization is what person thinks about him. We can tell by looking at the way the character speaks, the way character