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    Explain how Othello’s and Iago’s relationship leads to tragedy? The most influential writer in English literature ‘William Shakespeare’ born 1564 wrote many plays comedies and sonnets. I will be talking about one of Shakespeare’s most popular play which is ‘Othello’. Othello has a long and successful stage history and was one of the first plays to be performed since the 1660’s. Othello has never gone in and out of fashion like some of Shakespeare other plays. This is possibly because of their universal

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    ------------------------------------------------- Functions of Mass Communication W right (1960) characterizes seven functions of mass communication that offer insight into its role in our lives. * Surveillance. The first function of mass communication is to serve as the eyes and ears for those of us seeking information about our world. When we want to find out the latest news about what’s happening‚ we can turn on the television‚ surf the internet‚ or read a newspaper or magazine. We rely

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    rescue of migrants at sea. Aylan is a young Syrian refugee noy was lying face down on a Turkish beach and his death changed the way the government looked at refugees. However‚ this does not depict the sudden lack of responsibility that induced a catharsis of moral impulse for the west to do something. This showed reinforced in the lack of humanism‚ refugees issues looked at purely from political and legal paradigms and not only is there a need for change in paradigm to protect those in need‚ but there

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    mathematics‚ biology‚ and ethics. Some of these classifications are still used today. [There has been long speculation that the original Poetics comprised two books‚ our extant Poetics and a lost second book that supposedly dealt with comedy and catharsis. No firm evidence for the existence of this second book has been adduced. Our (knowledge of the text of the Poetics depends principally on a manuscript of the tenth or eleventh century and a second manuscript dating from the fourteenth century.]

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    Also‚ from the words “it’s my soul up there”‚ it told us that the author felt bad as the black old thing‚ it’s also mean that the author’s soul is out of his body. In this poem‚ we can easy to find couples of poetic devices in it. There are catharsis‚ similes and personifications. These poetic devices make this poem have a stronger feeling and let the reader much easier to understand. Q: What is the image you get when you read this poem? Journal 3 For today poems‚ actually all are not

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    How Does Fitzgerald Tell The Story In Chapter 8 Of The Great Gatsby? In the beginning of the chapter‚ we are made aware of Nick’s discomfort and anxious attitude regarding Gatsby and what is to become of him‚ suggesting that he should get away for a week‚ but naturally‚ Gatsby refuses. He then goes onto describe the way that he and Daisy had first met and their relationship that had ensued‚ before Gatsby proposes he and Nick use the swimming pool for the first and last time that summer; Nick has

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    Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” is perhaps one of the most renowned tragedies of all time. Miller reinvented the framework of the tragedy‚ and ignoring the rules of Aristotle’s classic tragedy‚ created a new ‘modern’ form of tragedy that he believed was better. Miller did so by connecting the audience to the main characters of the novel; Willy‚ Biff‚ Happy‚ and Linda‚ making them relatable and similar to the common man. Despite seeming average at first glance‚ the Loman

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    Similarly to the Paradox of Horror‚ we also seem to be in a sort of paradoxical state when we experience pleasure from watching films of a melancholic nature. We in engage with these fictions and we experience aesthetic pleasure from these feelings of sadness that they stir up. This stands in conflict with everyday life‚ where most people seek to avoid sadness in order to avoid experiencing the negative feelings that are associated with real sadness. Some attempts to resolve this paradox amounts

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    53–54. Funk‚ J. (1993). Reevaluation the impact of video games. Clinical Pediatrics‚ 32‚ 86–90. Gardner‚ J. E. (1991). Can the Mario Brothers Help? Nintendo games as an adjunct in psychotherapy with children. Geen‚ R. G.‚ & Quanty‚ M. B. (1977). The catharsis of aggression: An evaluation of a hypothesis. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.)‚ Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol Geen‚ R. G.‚ & Stonner‚ D. (1973). Context effects in observed violence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology‚ 25‚ 145–150

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    Media Analysis: American Horror Story American Horror Story is an FX horror-drama television show‚ as well as an anthology series; each season of the show has a different cast and storyline. The show was created by Ryan Murphy (creator of the FOX show Glee) and Brad Falchuk (producer of Nip/Tuck)‚ and premiered on October 5‚ 2011. The first season of the show follows the Harmon family as they settle into their new home in Los Angeles. They are unaware‚ however‚ that the mansion is haunted by its

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