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    EXAM 2| 1.|Although several students in the classroom are talking loudly‚ Jim’s attention is focused only on what his girlfriend is saying. In this instance‚ the girlfriend’s voice is a: | A)|perceptual adaptation. | B)|perceptual set. | C)|figure. | D)|gestalt. | 2.|In Hilgard’s hidden observer studies‚ a person’s hypnotized self usually indicated ________ to pain and a person’s hidden observer indicated ________ to pain. | A)|insensitivity; sensitivity | B)|sensitivity; insensitivity

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    to Joseph Farrel‚ “Farce seemed to him [Dario Fo] the most effective means of provoking thought”. It is for just this reason that Fo disguised such a serious‚ “hard-hitting” message in the guise of farce‚ for “farce was a device which prevented ‘catharsis’”‚ “one of the worst dangers”. Fo believes that laughter “serve[s] a purpose‚ to grab the

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    In his Poetics‚ Aristotle defined the term ‘tragedy’ as ‘a man not preeminently virtuous and just‚ whose misfortune‚ however‚ is brought upon him not by vice or depravity‚ but by some error in judgement… the change in the hero’s fortune must not be from misery to happiness‚ but on the contrary‚ from happiness to misery’. From this definition‚ he further expanded it by defining the profile of the Classical Greek tragic hero‚ basing it on what he considered the best tragedy ever written‚ Sophocle’s

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    FALLING DOWN (1993) WHITE MASCULINITY CRISIS Falling Down (1993) The Plot He’s Divorced engineer in the defence industry who ’s reached his anger point Unemployed defence worker Frustration and loss of identity He’s identified by the name of his vanity License plate D-FENS his truly identity is unknown through out the whole movie He aggressively threats others blames society for all his problems Similarities between D-fens & Prendergast Loss of family Loss of job Loss of identity

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    In literature authors use literary elements to enhance their stories. Both “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ and “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ use literary elements to enhance their stories. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown‚” Theme is used to create a message encrypted into the story. In “The Lottery” foreshadowing is used to make it seem as if you should have anticipated the ending. This helps to form a more unique style for each story. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Theme

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    Effects of Television violence and Children Outline: I.THESIS STAEMENT: Although the television serves as a form of entertainment‚ when you abuse its use‚ and make it a habit to watch‚ it gives negative effects on the behavior of children especially in their brain’s development. II. PORPUSE OF THE RESEARCH III. INTRODUCTION IV. HIPOTHESIS & METHOD A. CHILDREN QUESTIONNAIRE 1. HOW IT CAN AFFECT VIEWER’S BEHAVIOUR 2. CHILDREN RESPONSES B. EFFECTS & RESULTS 1. NEGATIVE EFFECTS a. Behavior of

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    Antigone’s Tragic Hero In Sophocle’s Antigone‚ readers are deceived by the title. Most readers assume that the title character is the tragic heroine of the drama. In actuality‚ Creon fills the description of a tragic hero better than Antigone in many ways. A tragic hero is defined as one who is of royal lineage‚ a flaw in character‚ and not exceedingly just. Creon is clearly the unremitting yet capricious tragic hero that Sophocle’s creates to model the classic tragic hero. Creon‚ King of Thebes

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    just the formal qualities make it good art‚ for example Jackson Pollock‚ his work is based on lines and colours and is valued very highly‚ therefore content is irellevant. However the view that art should be valued for its expressive qualities or catharsis as Aristotle called it; the emotional purging and cleansing. He believed people watched tragedies to make themselves emotional and upset but in a way happy‚ as they then have purged any negative emotion they had. If art was merely something that

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    a small-ish local show since the theater was about less than half the size of our little theater and the ticket sales woman was surprised when we said we weren’t there for anyone. Since it was mostly actors friends and family there was a lot of catharsis throughout the show. The audience had sort of warmed up though since there was improv before and some

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    Traitor is a 2008 first-run movie starring two A-list actors (Guy Pearce and Don Cheadle). The film tells the story of an FBI agent (Roy Clayton) that throughout the movie his main goal is to stop a terrorism plot that is threatening the life of citizens of the United States. The H.A.R.M. Theory is introduced through the use of prototypes and archetypes to alter the viewer’s insight of reality. By revealing details about the life of Samir and Agent Clayton‚ the filmmakers are able to create character

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