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    attributes her poor performance on the quiz to her teacher’s inability to teach the material. However‚ she believes that other students who did not do well on the quiz failed because they did not study hard enough. Tina’s reasoning illustrates: a. the actor/observer discrepancy. b. the fundamental attribution error. c. self-fulfilling prophecy. d. ingroup favoritism. 2. Adriana was assigned to do a class project with Jim. Jim rarely spoke in class‚ and Adriana didn’t expect him to contribute

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    This is demonstrated when Claudius is seen encouraging Laertes’s into working with him to kill Hamlet: “My lord‚ I will be ruled; the rather‚ if you could devise it so That I might be the organ” (IV.VII.73-75). Laertes prepares to avenge his father’s death by being “ruled” and if Claudius “ devise it”‚ through Claudius’s plan Laertes will avenge his father’s death. Laertes lets Claudius make the decision of how it will be done; the plan goes‚ with one exception that

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    INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY DRAMATURGY Erving Goffman’s Concept of Dramaturgy This essay is about Sociologist Erving Goffman who developed the concept of dramaturgy. This is idea that life is like a never-ending play in which people are actors. Goffman believed that when we are born‚ we are thrust onto a stage called everyday life‚ and that our socialization consists of learning how to play our assigned roles from other people. Here we play out our roles in the company of others‚ who in turn

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    stage‚ with people acting out a play. Lights‚ music‚ and different sound effects set the mood of the play in order to understand more clearly what is going on. With these certain conventions‚ the audience can get a true grasp of a story which several actors are trying to portray. However‚ it hasn’t always been this easy to enjoy a play in a theater. Theatre and plays go back as far as “B.C.” times. Theater has been a means of art and entertainment for thousands of years dating back to the fifth century

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    That is why directors have to give their leads a lot of advice‚ especially Hamlet in this case. The task is daunting for directors and actors overall‚ and for many is either going to propel their career into a spiraling nadir‚ or bring them to the apex. A director is not going to turn down the challenge of putting on this play‚ even if it means extra work with the actors. And although Hamlet may be intimidating‚ many are able to overcome it and go on to perform Shakespeare’s work elegantly and uniquely

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    March 3‚ 2015 W-6R Prof. Kate de Jesus An Artistic Mismatch To reunite with the first play you have encountered as a theatre actor was just overwhelming‚ I must say. Last February 19 at 7:30pm‚ I witnessed a new adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ‘’Our Town’’ of the accomplished American novelist and playwright‚ Thornton Wilder. The new interpretation was entitled

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    Constantine Stanislavsky‚ defined by many as the father of psychological realism in acting‚ was born in 17 January 1863. He was an actor and theatre director who put forth the idea of realism in acting and eventually developed the form known as the Stanislavsky System‚ or more commonly known as “method acting”. Stanislavsky was born as Konstantin Sergeyevich Alekseyev in Moscow‚ Russia. Unlike the familiar stories of many creative personalities‚ Stanislavsky was not born into a troubled home or

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    why he creates the “play” and the “movie”. He is able to get his message across by using actors for the play within the play‚ and creating different scenes of his choosing in his film. There is also much similarity when it comes to the symbols used in the play itself‚ as well as the independent film he created The Mouse Trap. When Hamlet is creating the play by writing the lines and choosing his actors he is able to create it exactly how he wants to‚ and exactly how he wants his characters

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    Carrie White Sissy Spacek

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    much better with a different leading lady. Sissy Spacek‚ an award winning actress for many films (including Carrie)‚ in my opinion was not suited for the role. I did not find her interpretation of the iconic character to be up to par with the other actors and actresses in the movie. There was no real maturation of Carrie. Though

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    inputs characters into the Palm. Ingredient One item of food or other product which can be purchased in a store‚ and used to prepare a recipe. Palm A hand-held portable computer which runs the Palm Pilot‚ Palm OS. hand-held PalmGrocer The name of the system. pen in The act of inputting information into a Palm device using a stylus. recipe The instructions needed to prepare a dish. Normally consists of 3 parts: 1) a name and brief description; 2) a list of ingredients with quantities; 3) step-by-step

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