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    Janet King Professor Miller ART 1030 17 August 2010 The Glorification and Horrors of War through the Arts Artistes have always painted scenes of war from the Ancient worlds of Egypt and Greece. The relief inside the Abu Simbel Temple showing Ramses in the Battle of Kadesh and of his victory over the Hittites is an excellent example. The Athena Frieze depicting the battle of Greeks against the Persians‚ which are some of the earliest example of a specific historical event being‚ sculptured (Greek

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    The Truman Show Analysis

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    The Truman Show The Truman Show presents to us that the media can be very controlling and influences our lives. For example‚ Truman lives a perfect and happy life. This way of life is supposed to be the “American Dream” and the media is advertising this perfect life to the public. The media influences our lives in many ways such as magazines‚ T.V. and radio.   The media wants us to live our life in a certain way. The media sets many expectations not only to how we live but also how we look

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    The film The Truman Show follows a man who believes he is living normally‚ yet his life is being filmed without his knowledge‚ and everything he does or sees is controlled by Christof‚ the Director of the television show. Many people follow a religion in which a god or goddess dictates nearly every aspect of the world‚ which is not different to the role of Christof. In many countries like America its citizens are told that they have freedom‚ yet many laws limit and restrict people’s lives‚ similar

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    The analysis of TV shows

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    face meeting or through social media‚ like TV. TV has been influencing people’s speech in the term of their lexicon‚ by airing some shows‚ which expose many new terms. In this case‚ those shows involve influencing characters to spread the new terms. The influence is not only caused by their good look‚ but also from their typical lexicons that they use in their shows. Such influence is easy to make a change in the speech specially those‚ who watch and admire the characters fervently‚ the teenagers

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    spent most of their time watching television; but since its appearance‚ television has brought to man many advantage as well as disadvantage. Firstly for many of us the television is our first or only source of news and current events. These news shows keep people up to date on the outside world it is possible to know everything that happened in a day without even going outside. Second‚ television helps us enrich our spiritual live. Our knowledge is broadened in many ways. Through language teaching

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    Truman Show Manipulation

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    Peter Weirs 1998 film The Truman Show is a metaphor for modern society‚ it focuses on the way the media manipulates reality. We are complicit in that manipulation and also victims of it. The film challenges us to critique the media and extricate ourselves from the “reality” it surrounds us with. The Truman Show tells us about life and reality‚ it portrays from what is real and what is a fantasy. Truman’s world is somewhat like our own world because of the way things are perceived and approached

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    Photo Shopping Horrors In order to grab society’s attentions‚ the media will go to any measure to get people drawn into the details of celebrity’s lives. The way the media and advertising companies display models in magazines and even on television sends a negative message to American society. These pictures and images are altered to make the women models appear to be thinner‚ have perfect complexion‚ or have larger breasts. The women are not at all what they seem. The problem is that young

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    The Truman Show 1) - Love (Sylvia) - Sylvia has to proved to be loyal extrude to tell him the truth - He deserves to know what real life is about it and has to face hardships - He deserves to have private life - He must be able to experience real feelings. 2) - The relationship originated with Sylvia was a lie. - He wouldn’t know how to face life. - All his life has been a fake and he will be treated as a freak. - As he is very famous he will not

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    The Truman Show Critique

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    The Truman Show Critique The Truman show is a movie about the life of Truman‚ who plays as himself in the show. Everything around him is not real; the persons around him are actors and actresses‚ the environment and the weather are manually controlled by Christof‚ who plays the role of God (creator)‚ and there are millions and millions of viewers watching him everyday. Everything is a lie‚ but Truman does not know it. Everything in the show is set up to make Truman’s life perfect‚ everything

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    Symbols for Truman In the movie The Truman Show‚ the director‚ Peter Weir‚ uses many symbols to help convey ideas throughout the film. By the use of these symbols‚ Weir can create representative concepts and ideas that show us more than what we‚ as viewers‚ literally see. In The Truman Show‚ there are many of these representative symbols. Near the beginning of the movie‚ a light falls from the top of the dome. This light is part of the show equipment and set‚ and it symbolizes Truman’s world

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