Hugvísindadeild Postmodernism and The Simpsons Intertextuality‚ Hyperreality and Critique of Metanarratives Ritgerð til B.A.-prófs Björn Erlingur Flóki Björnsson bjornfloki@gmail.com Kt. 110982-5779 Maí 2006 Abstract This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons‚ with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality‚ hyperreality‚ and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons‚ some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic
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There are a multitude of things that can affect a police officer’s discretion. The first big factor that they take into consideration is the suspects demeanor and how they carry themselves in the presence of the officer. A suspect that makes the officers job harder than it must be rather than cooperating with them are at a greater risk of getting arrested than not. Another big factor is the suspects records. The past charges and police run-ins will take a big toll on the officer’s decisions. In most
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As a result of dependence on the buffalo‚ Native Americans lost their primary source of meat and materials for clothing and shelter causing them to struggle for survival. Hence‚ it is no surprise that a culture of dance and song resorted to ceremonies and rituals to express their desperate cries for the return of the buffalo. According to Sonia Benson‚ author of "Native North Americans of the Great Plains‚” the distraught Native
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OUTER BURIAL CONTAINERS Outer burial container: any container which is designed for placement in the grave around the casket‚ including‚ but not limited to containers commonly known as burial vaults‚ grave boxes and grave liners. Provides ground support and may or may not limit the intrusion of outside elements. o Materials: Metal‚ Concrete‚ Plastic • Burial Vault: an outer enclosure which offers protection from the earth load as well as possessing sealing qualities. o Purposes: Support
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Best was a top show on television. It started on the radio in 1949 and then debuted on CBS in October of 1954. The show took place post World War II in a town called Springfield. It was never stated what state the town was in but due to mentions of Altoona‚ a town in Pennsylvania‚ viewers are led to believe that it took place in Springfield‚ Pennsylvania‚ just fifteen minutes from where I live. This show was very popular because it was such an idyllic presentation of family life. Robert Young played
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world-wide inventor of basketball. He was born on November 6‚ 1861 in Almonte‚ Ontario‚ Canada. James was clergyman‚ educator‚ and physician. Later in his life he went on to be an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (now Springfield College) in Springfield‚ Mass. He invented basketball in December of 1889 on request of Dr. Luther H. Gullick‚ that he organize a vigorous recreation suitable for indoor winter play. The game used elements of football‚ soccer‚ and hockey. The first ball
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we give it up just to get a little temporary something else; Liberty? Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life‚ behavior‚ or political views. (Johnson‚ S. (1831). Springfield ‚ MA: Noah Webster.) Liberty is something that is given to everyone in the United States in order to have more freedom and to feel like you have more rights over your own actions. Some people take it out of hand and use the right of having
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understand the environments that they lived and the habits of animals that they hunted. The Siksika tribe wore clothes made of animal skins that were either deer or buffalo. Clothing was to be sewn from sinew. The mittens and robes that the tribe had for the winter were all a reality because of the hide of a buffalo. Because the buffalo herds moved from place to place‚ so did the Siksika tribes. So their shelters in a way had to be portable. To solve this problem the tribes made their shelters
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ways. The Native Americans had their land taken from them and adapted to the white culture as the Westward expansion was happening. Also‚ the Native Americans most reliable source for food and other materials was the buffalo. With the white settlers coming into their land‚ the buffalo would start to get scarce. The health and well being of the Native Americans was therefore hurt by westward expansion too. Westward expansion is where America grew‚ but the Indians fell. One way the Native Americans
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While The Silence of the Lambs focuses mainly on Hannibal Lecter‚ the cannibalistic prisoner who offers to help FBI agent Clarice Starling on a serial-killer case‚ I want to first talk about Jame Gumb‚ aka Buffalo Bill. Although the movie is fictitious‚ Buffalo Bill’s method of kidnapping and murdering women was clearly influenced by many different serial killers‚ but not everyone realizes that the strange movie characters were based on real life serial murderers. Thomas Harris got the motivation
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