... major efflorescence of talent in cinema history: German Expressionism. Writer Carl Mayer, designer/painter Hermann Warm, Walter Roehrig, and Walter Reimann played significant roles in the movement, as did Directors Robert Wiene (The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari, 1919), Fritz Lang (Dr.Mabuse, 1922; Metropolis, 1927), Murnau (Nosferatu, 1922; The Last Laugh, 1924), and Paul Leni (Waxworks, 1924, and in Hollywood The ... Cat and The Canary, 1927) The dada movement (a post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design) was sweeping a...

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... well as avoid responsibilities completely. In an Analysis of the Sun Also Rises, Kerrin Monahan comments that "Jake first looks for a physical solution when faced with a problem. For example, when Robert Cohn insults him, he throws a punch- ("Analysis of the Sun Also Rises). She also comments that "The objective characters fail to find meaning and fulfillment in their lives. This failure ... satisfaction in that when he puts the old man who turns to the restaurant for fulfillment and comes out empty handed at their restaurant. Hemingway tries to get that point across in these few writin...

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