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    I. Title and Theme of Description A masquerade ball party is an event which the attendees are all in elegant dress wearing a mask. The title of our event is unmasking breast cancer. The theme will be masquerade ball. Our fantastic masquerade themed party nights will bring a scene of intrigue and illusion. This theme would create a memorable and terrific atmosphere. II. Event Objectives As mentioned above‚ our event theme and title is involved around breast cancer. This event revolves around

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    African philosophy has been defined as philosophy in light terms. It has faced many struggles based on being defined as is‚ however it may be known that African philosophy is genuine philosophy. In the following paragraphs‚ it shall be discussed as too how African philosophy is genuine philosophy through comparing philosophy and African philosophy. The issue of transmission of philosophy shall be highlighted as well as the nature of African philosophy and philosophy. To discuss and present arguments

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    The song "Façade from the 1996 musical Jekyll and Hyde displays the way people mask themselves in order to become someone who they are not and to display a balance of good and evil; these same ideas are discussed in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. An example of people displaying a mix of good and evil in "Façade" is where the song discusses that society plays a game where everyone is‚ "Actin’ a bizzare charade- / While playing the saint!" ("Façade 20-21). The use of the term "saint" in

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    Explication of “Dulce et Decorum Est” By: Wilfred Owen Dulce et Decorum Est is a poem written by Wilfred Owen that uses powerful imagery to express an important message. A message that war is not glorious and noble and should not be portrayed this way. The speaker is a soldier in the army who describes the true horrors of the war and how young men believed it was an honor to die for your country. The poem is written in a simple regular rhyme scheme. Owen uses graphic imagery to show what the

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    Civil Rights Act of 1964 ruled that discrimination against any race‚ religion‚ sex or ethnicity would be illegal and punishable by law. Unfortunately‚ there have been many cases of racism and some have even gotten away with it. Black Skin‚ White mask was a book written by Frantz Fanon in 1952. It was a psychological study on racism and domination of the white male. Written during a time where there were no civil right laws‚ this book explained how

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    Ingmar Bergman's Persona

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    What different masks do you wear that both reveal and conceal? In Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece‚ Persona‚ the character played by Liv Ullmann‚ Elisabeth and the nurse‚ Alma‚ played by Bibi Andersson are one and the same person. They are "split" when the actress does not want to act any more‚ and retires to her own self. The term "does not want to act" depicts two things: firstly‚ she does not want to act as a job‚ and secondly‚ in a more distant‚ but more appropriate interpretation‚ she does not

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    Paul Laurence Dunbar “We Wear the Mask” “We Wear the Mask‚” is a wonderful poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The poem deals directly with racism that African- Americans faced throughout that time. Dunbar told this poem about racism and the pain and suffering that he and others felt. Langston Hughes uses a specific vocabulary‚ informal language‚ and specific structure to present the pain and suffering slaves felt. The views of the whole African- American community are expressed

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    The African Family

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    Zoya Khan Shawn Moore AFA 2000 Topical Paper 2: The African Family The traditional African family has faced many tribulations‚ as it has not remained static since the beginning of the diaspora. It has faced Eurocentric hegemony which has obscured and distorted conventional cultures‚ which originally united the African family through a network of strong traditions (Azevedo‚ 2005). Other various external forces such as geography‚ religion‚ influence of colonialism‚ intercontinental migration‚ political

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    The topic for discussion is the impact religion had between the African Americans and the Europeans that had migrated to Colonial America. This topic being very vast I will be focusing on specifically the Christian group the Puritans and the African American religion of Christianity. The argument that could be made is that even though both groups shared beliefs of the Christianity faith the Puritans lead a contradictory life style. The Puritans believed in being a Godly people extended a gospel message

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    Windows to the Soul Many Characters in the novel Grand Avenue‚ by Greg Sarris‚ are wearing masks. Masks that conceal themselves and their culture in an attempt to fit into the world that has enveloped their history and stifled their heritage. The key to these masks is the eyes. The eyes of the characters in the novel tell stories. The despair of the Native Americans is first shown in The Magic Pony when Jasmine‚ the voice of the story‚ describes her Aunt Faye’s eyes. “Her

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