Texts are usually a reflection of the time period and the values held during that time period. When compared‚ William Shakespeare’s play Othello written in the 16th century England and Tim Blake Nelsons film O produced in 20th century America‚ accentuates the reflection‚ when analysing the contexts‚ purpose‚ form‚ audience via characters and themes arises the context which are historical‚ social and cultural as well as the values held during the time periods. In Othello and O the distinct historical
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In his lifetime‚ Washington Irving wrote many stories‚ and one of his most notable pieces is Rip Van Winkle. Rip Van Winkle focuses on the titular character‚ Rip Van Winkle‚ who has just woken up from a deep sleep and is suddenly in the future‚ post the American Revolution. One of the most prominent themes in this story is change‚ especially change in a radical or revolutionary sense. In his work‚ Irving uses Rip Van Winkle and his unique experience to show how even with dramatic or revolutionary
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Jomon: about 300 BC‚ when Japan was inhabited by a hunter-gatherer culture which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity. Yayoi: is an Iron Age era in the history of Japan traditionally dated 300 BC to AD 300. Techniques in metallurgy based on the use of bronze and iron were also introduced in this period. Kofun:is an era in the history of Japan from around 250 to 538. It follows the Yayoi period. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds dating from
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In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald’s main innovation was to introduce a first person narrator and protagonist whose consciousness filters the story’s events. This device was not a total invention since a character through whose eyes and mind the central protagonist is discovered is to be found in two of Conrad’s books : Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim. As usual with this device‚ the main protagonist remains strange and shady. This technique reinforces the mystery of the characters. The second advantage
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Two Views of the Mississippi Before beginning his vocation of being an author Samuel Clemens better known by his pen name Mark Twain‚ fulfilled his one lasting childhood ambition of becoming a steamboat pilot. Twain writes about his journey on the river in his autobiographical book Life on the Mississippi where in one section he talks about how one thing he would have to do is learn to distinguish the two views of the Mississippi‚ the beauty of the river and the navigational aspect of the river
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How‚ if at all‚ does Euripides’ Bacchae confirm and/or challenge the identity of the Athenian male citizen? Euripides was not averse to challenging the Athenian population to re-evaluate themselves on any number of levels. The Bacchae of course is no exception as Euripides toys with gender and citizen identity. This identity of the citizen is built around the foundations laid out by democracy as well as tragedy theatre itself‚ with clear constraints on who or what encompasses a citizen. From this
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goes back to Arthurian times in Camelot. The Fata Morgana is named after King Arthur’s half sister‚ Morgan le Fay. She was supposedly a fairy or a sorceress who could create images of castles or land in midair. In Arthurian legends‚ the mirages bewitched sailors and led them to their deaths. Le Fay gets all the credit‚ but it is not actually her who puts these magical looking images into the air. The Fata Morgana mirage is much like the Novaya Zemlya mirage because they both use the curvature of
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Casey Gonzalez Professor Paul Niemeyer English 2323 April 18‚ 2011 A life without Worries In “The Ruined Maid” a poem by Thomas Hardy‚ one may first portray it to be about two women who are contrasting and discussing Melia’s past and now ruined life. In the poem Thomas hardy examines the life of two women‚ one poor and one rich‚ debating which women’s life is harder. In the poem Hardy exemplifies melodramatic dialogue between two women revealing the insecurities and ethics of women in the
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Moral Changes Moral is a wide word‚ containing lots of meanings and cannot be defined in one form. Morals are constantly changing especially with the overexposure of media. There has been no study up to date to prove that morals have changed in relation to media exposure‚ but the societies behavior in the past 30 years have proved that there could be a moral change. A study compared the morals of American people between years 1960 and 1980 shows that in the year 1980 ‚ 78 percent of young people
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Marine organisms and other novel natural sources of new cancer drugs Gilberto Schwartsmann South-American Office for Anticancer Drug Development (SOAD)‚ Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CINCAN)‚ The Lutheran University (ULBRA) & Postgraduate Course in Medicine (UFRGS)‚ Porto Alegre‚ Brazil Introduction Man has always relied on nature for survival. Since ancient times‚ nature has been our main source of food‚ protection‚ clothing‚ transportation and remedies [1‚2]. This can be illustrated by the
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