Discuss the appropriation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Romeo+Juliet’ by Baz Luhrmann Texts and ideas from texts are appropriated and transformed into other text forms and other compositions in a different context. An appropriation is a text that is appropriated or taken over by another composer and presented in a new way. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a well-known high culture text that is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families
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The author of “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” criticizes our societies by comparing it to the citizens of Omelas whom lack aggression‚ embrace joy‚ and reject supreme control or prejudice. Unlike our societies‚ the people of Omelas avoid conflict and war. They were friendly and peaceful since‚ “They did not use swords… They were not barbarians.” Laws were not plentiful and police were not necessary due to this. The author portrays these traits as unusual which indirectly criticizes us. The author
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Born on January 17th‚ 1964‚ ("Michelle Obama Biography") to her parents‚ Fraser and Marian Robinson‚ Michelle LaVuaghn Robinson was the youngest of two children. Her family lived on the south side of Chicago in a small run down suburban area. Michelle excelled throughout her life in academics and graduated from Princeton University and from Harvard Law School in 1988. She then went on to work at a Chicago based law firm‚ where she met her future husband‚ Barack Obama. (whitehouse.gov). The couple
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Tom Robinson’s help to “bust up a chiffarobe” and when she turned to give him a nickel he sprang on her and beat her and took advantage of her. Mr. Ewell heard her screaming from a nearby field and “came runnin’ fast as I could” and tried to catch Robinson
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"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson is one of the most important people to ever live. He has impacted the world tremendously with his actions. With his bravery and determination he has built our world to what it is today. Jackie Robinson was born 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia. At only six months old his father left his family. He lived with his mother Millie‚ his three brothers‚ and his sister. After his father left the family relocated
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express themselves fully‚ but uniforms take away freedom of expression‚ individuality‚ and causes some students to become uncomfortable. Do you agree that uniforms take away a student’s right to expression and individuality? Studies and claims have been made that uniforms have a negative impact on student’s‚ expression and individuality are very important to a person because this is what really makes a person unique. Uniforms basicly take that students identity away from them. Studies have revealed that
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An Apple a Day keeps it Away Dolores Avendano Antelope Valley College Full Speech Title: An Apple a Day keeps it Away Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the 3 chronic diseases that eating an apple a day can help prevent. Central Idea/Thesis Statement: Eating an apple a day can help prevent 3 chronic diseases such as Diabetes‚ Cancer and Heart disease. Introduction I. When hearing the phrase “an apple a day keeps the doctor away‚” some people might not believe it‚ but
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spirited Away Movie Review Spirited Away‚ written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki‚ is his most imaginative work to date. It is a tale designed for the young audience around ten years old. Despite the expected age group‚ however‚ it is adults that will probably learn more from this film. The story begins as ten-year-old Chihiro and her parents accidentally find a tunnel in the countryside that leads them into an old‚ deserted park. When her parents help themselves to a lot of delicious food‚ Chihiro
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As an outsider looking in on this case the verdict is quite simple. Tom Robinson is innocent. As a reader‚ it is incredibly obvious Tom has done nothing wrong. The only action Tom has done wrong is feel bad for a white girl who turned on him‚ “I felt right sorry for her” (264). Unfortunately‚ we‚ the readers‚ are not the jury‚ we have no say in Tom’s fate‚ instead‚ we have to put faith in a jury who believe “all Negroes lie…all Negroes are basically immoral beings…all Negro men are not to be trusted
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our society‚ people are always being treated unfairly whether it is or is not intentional. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ the character Tom Robinson was a hardworking crippled Black man living in 1930’s America. He was convicted for raping a White young woman named Mayella Ewell. Throughout the course of the book‚ Robinson was consistently victimized by the citizens of his predominantly White town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Tommy Lee Hines is a 26-year-old mentally retarded citizen of
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