This final paper tackles a psychoanalytic-feminist reading of Budjette Tan and KaJo Baldisimo’s “Trese” comics and its main protagonist Alexandra Trese. The main focus is on the standalone piece “Thirteen Stations” as found in Jessica Hagedorn’s “Manila Noir” anthology‚ with the other 26 issues in the six official volumes already in print as supplements. Alexandra Trese is placed in comparison to DC’s Batman/Bruce Wayne‚ a similar figure in Western popular literature‚ and Nicole Lacson from Arnold
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stabilizing influences. If the function existed otherwise (unnecessary and/or destabilizing) it would cease naturally or be changed by the participants. These natural conclusions of functionalism invited stern criticism during the mid-1900’s‚ when social upheaval was present in many parts of the world. Functional theory seemed to support the idea of a ‘status quo’‚ or an assumption that social functions are either fine as they are or are evolving toward something better. Rigid functionalism thus fell into
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characters through his writing and performances on stage. To think he was able to explore messages across in his plays about women and men‚ getting his audiences thinking and provoking them to act‚ during a time of fear in social‚ religious and political upheaval and change. Shakespeare paved the way for his contemporaries in the post-17century Jacobean era allowing them to write more explicitly and more
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Train to Pakistan‚ originally published in 1956‚ is not a very good book‚ but quite enjoyable much of the time. Khushwant Singh‚ less than ten years after Partition‚ in 1947‚ wrote a novel of less than 200 pages and still managed to create what’s probably best described as an uneven mess. Ideas‚ allusions‚ characters and bits and pieces of story float all over the book. There’s no denying that Singh‚ who has since become a famous public figure and intellectual in India‚ prefers to lecture rather
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As well-known‚ communication is a tremendously vital in our everyday life‚ especially with teenagers. They tend to have fluctuated emotional upheaval during adolescence since they are bothered with their appearance‚ personal characteristics and academic performances and feel uncertain about their future. Thus‚ they might need the acceptance from others and want someone to talk to. Nonetheless‚ seldom do they communication with their parents‚ instead they share their confusion or fear with friends
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“Nueva Cancion” is Spanish for new song. Nueva Cancion “is a movement and genre within Latin American and Iberian music of folk music‚ folk-inspired music and socially committed music”. Nueva Cancion is seen as playing a powerful role in the social upheavals in Portugal‚ Spain‚ and Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. Nueva Cancion started in Chile in the 1960s and was known as “The Chilean New Song”. Soon Nueva Cancion started to emerge in Spain and other areas of Latin America. “Nueva Cancion
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not given the same treatment or opportunities as others (those of higher status). Additionally‚ war and political instability also contribute to poverty: “...the poorest countries in the world have all experienced civil war and serious political upheaval at some point… many of them have weak governments that cannot or do not protect people against violence” (Williams). Meaning that with war and political instability in a country‚ it has the effect of "poisoning" the country’s‚ or area it is affecting
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Dickens’ places a heavy load on opposite forces in A Tale of Two Cities. Such antitheses occur between polar characters and contrary settings‚ and they enhance the meaning of certain aspects of the novel to a great extent. A great example of Dickens’ use of antithesis can be found in the novel’s two main female characters: Lucie Manette and Lady Defarge. Lucie embodies a loving and nurturing‚ good-natured person who is genuinely concerned with the interests of others as well as herself. The love
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thus signaling to many that the Reign of Terror might have had additional causes. These could have included inherent issues with revolutionary ideology. And/or the need of a weapon for political repression in a time of significant foreign and civil upheaval‚ leading to many different interpretations by historians. Heads of Aristocrats‚ on spikes (pikes). Many historians have debated the reasons why the French Revolution took such a radical turn during the Reign of Terror of 1793–94. The public
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overall will decline c. Manager risk – the chance that the poor selection of securities will cause the Fund to underperform Risks unique to international funds: a. Country/regional risk – the chance that domestic events (political upheaval‚ financial troubles‚ or natural disasters) will weaken the country/region’s market b. Currency risk – the chance that the value of a foreign investment will decrease because of changes in currency exchange rates 3. Since foreign companies
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