In this Close Reading I will be analyzing a passage from “Preciousness‚” by Clarice Lispector‚ in an attempt to argue that the protagonists idle classroom drawings are a metaphor for an internal struggle to reconcile “self” with normative contextual constraints that compel conformity. “Preciousness” centers on the internal life of an unnamed 15-year old girl‚ as she attempts to navigate questions of agency‚ meaning‚ identity and sexuality within larger cultural and social contexts. Bounded and constrained
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A paper written for Classical Sociology‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore Introduction “It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being‚ but‚ on the contrary‚ their social being that determines their consciousness” – Karl Marx The above notion by Karl Marx is the base of all his succeeding works; it is Marx’s concept of Man and how he critiqued the existing dominant ideology of German thought‚ and relates his argument to societal change and history – specifically
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Australian contemporary plays display unique expression within the theatre by implementing various elements of production‚ performance style techniques and are presented within Matt Cameron’s Ruby Moon‚ with displays of distorted reality. The play touches into Australian Gothic Theatre‚ and is an absurd piece uses various staging‚ and blocking techniques to differentiate the play from other dramas. The script within itself is quiet abstract and a sense of isolation dominates as Ray and Sylvie only
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Consciousness: Sleep‚ Dreams‚ Hypnosis‚ and Drugs Roberto Diaz was very anxious. He was nearing the end of his freshman semester when he suddenly remembered that he had signed up for another class and had never attended it. He couldn’t even remember the name of the course‚ but exams were coming on fast and he was absolutely sure that he was going to fail that “mystery” class. To make things worse‚ he’d been searching for this “lost course” for five nights in a row. Each time he woke up…fearful
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Matt Stone and Trey Parker‚ the two men that have redefined entertainment as we know it. From film class in college to Broadway‚ they have created a whole new way to satirize and brought a new genre to the big stage. Stone and Parker’s musical South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut is the middleman to their Broadway success and the perfect example of their raw combination of music and humor. Not knowing about the writers of South Park and being a fan of the show‚ one might be surprised that the feature
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The relationship between attention and consciousness has been thoroughly researched‚ some researchers believe that there is a relationship between attention and consciousness‚ and that they might both be necessary for each to occur‚ and others believe that these are distinct entities. Importantly‚ when talking about attention‚ most researchers explain that they are talking about selective attention in their examples. Attention is described as the mechanism we use to actively processes specific information
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This article discusses the concepts of false consciousness and free will in conjunction with the male gaze. It begins by discussing the different ways women have dealt with the pressures placed on them by men. The argument that the two authors created deals with women who have undergone elective mammoplasty surgery. They discuss how there are two feminist perspectives that connect to this surgery; false consciousness and free will perspective. “…for women to feel comfortable with their embodied self
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believe differently. Con organization also have five main beliefs. The first con they believe in animal testing is a cruel thing. They believe no living thing should be put to suffer because another species is curious. Although Pro organizations claim no animals are harmed the Con organization has released this statement to prove Pro organization wrong: According to Humane Society International‚ animals used in experiments are commonly subjected to force feeding‚ forced inhalation‚ food and water
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Over 100 million animals are injured and killed each year due to the horrible effects of animal testing. Although all animals feel the same emotions as humans‚ such as feeling happy‚ sad‚ scared and even lonely. Scientists see animals other than the daily house house pet simply as mere tools for their experiments. Animals from mice to monkeys have intelligence and deserve to be loved and cared for just as much as an other animal. whether it be a pet or an endangered species. Many processes and procedures
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“All your life you live so close to truth‚ it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye‚ and when something nudges it into an outline it is like being ambushed...” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead‚ Act I Hamlet’s attempt to get his uncle to claim his father’s murder is supposedly done for truth and redemption. However‚ Hamlet’s feigned “madness” (Hamlet‚ Act III‚ Scene III) makes it possible to believe that he may have alternative motives. For Hamlet‚ these motives may be out
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