Augustus Gloop

A great example of these changes can be found in the two movies Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005), both of which tell the story of a young boy from a poor family who is taken through a wondrous chocolate factory. Throughout both of these movies there are several telling features about the contemporary culture, however most interesting is the difference between them and what that implies about how culture has changed. The loss of Mr. Slugworth as a spy trying to tempt the children into bringing him Mr. Wonka's secrets in the newer film shows an end of the Red Scare in the American Psyche, the change from all the kids enjoying large quantities of candy to Augustus Gloop (one of the children who venture with Charlie into the factory) is continually mocked for being fat shows the change of our perception of weight problems, and even the change of musical numbers between the two films shows the rise of music videos and Mtv. In the older film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, a major driving force for the movie is the fact that Willy Wonka has been having trouble with candy producer, Mr. Slugworth, employing spies to steal secrets from him. Wonka's reaction was to close his factory to the public and find his own workforce that could never be tempted to share his recipes. As the children from around the world discover their golden ticket into the factory, a shady character, who introduces himself…

observe the whole process to know the performance of the applicants. In this movie, Willy Wonka as the trained accessor is indirectly processing the assesment center towards the 5 kids to seek for their attributes for the future performance. In order to find out the knowledge, skill and ability of the kids, Willy Wonka allowed the kids to act and express themselves freely even though the rules are given. However, the kids who failed to obey the rules based on the psychometric recruitment method…

Tim Burton has been appeasing audiences with his directing tactics for over 30 years. His success roots from the morbid curiosity and raw innocence that we as an audience find in other notable figures like Edgar Allen Poe and Brothers Grimm. His exceptional craft as a director is one that captures us by provoking feelings of sentiment, warmth, and dismay. Burton utilizes techniques such as close-ups, back lighting and tracking to do just that. Burton's use of close-ups focuses on significant…

Think Before You Eat Chocolate “At 6 a.m., 10-year-old Emmanuel wakes and readies himself for a day of labor in the cocoa fields. Along the way, he watches as other kids walk in the opposite direction - toward school. He reaches the fields at sunrise and uses his machete to slice ripe cocoa pods from the tree. Later, he carries the cocoa pods he’s harvested from the field, hacks them open and gathers the beans, which will later be used to make chocolate.” Kids in Ghana have to wake up every day…

Virgil’s Aeneid was initially thought to be a piece of propaganda. Granted, Virgil was commissioned by Augustus to write it, so of course it shed a positive light upon his current lord. It becomes extremely obvious in Book 6 when Anchises is telling Aeneas of the future heroes of Rome. After giving very brief descriptions of the heroes who would come, he goes into far greater detail over a certain one. He says, “And here is the man promised to you, Augustus Caesar, born of the gods, who will…

The Roman Republic, before it fell and was reorganized to become the Roman Empire, had many great rulers that helped make it to be one of the greatest republics in human history. One of these great rulers, by the name of Julius Caesar would become famous for the many things that he accomplished and for being one of the factors that would led to the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Empire. One of the interesting things about Caesar is the way he came in to power, much like another…

The archetype of a tragic hero has appeared in scores of great works; they are principled figures marred by major flaws that inexorably cause their downfall, in such a way that arouses pathos in the audience. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus is a classic tragic hero - presented as a virtuous man, his weaknesses lead him into the calamitous act of betraying a friend. It is the fatal flaws in Brutus’ own character that cause his fall from power and eventual death: his honour, which…

Have you ever thought of having some type of power, whether it is being the CEO of a facility, or being ruler of a country? Have you ever thought of how you would act if you were in a position like that? Well, here are two characters from 2 different stories who would act similar to each other. Jack (from the story, Lord of the Flies) and Cassius (from the story Julius Caesar) act very similar to each other. They both want power. But there are also differences. Cassius is awful greedy to get…

Augustus and Caesar: A Comparison Julius Caesar remains one of history’s best generals and propagandists. However, Caesar’s reign came to a quick and brutal end with his assassination. In contrast, Caesar’s inexperienced nephew Augustus would go on to succeed where Caesar failed. Augustus’s rule was long, and inarguably successful. While Augustus’s comparative success might appear to result from historical contingencies, a closer examination reveals that was Augustus was a much shrewder…

During the age of Antiquity, the Romans were without a doubt the most powerful empire in the known world. It was traditionally thought that the Roman empire dissolved in 476 BC after the last Roman emperor was deposed. However this was not the reason Rome fell, there were many different factors that would lead Rome off the proverbial cliff. These factors range from unstable economic decisions, government corruption, reliance on slave labour, to military campaigns and religious debacles, but the…