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    In group three’s presentation adapting of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull‚ group members took turns playing Irina Arkadina in order to show the many facets of a character that was portrayed as fairly one-dimensional within the original play. The actor playing Arkadina was represented by donning the identifying costume pieces which include a scarf and a pair of sunglasses. Each shift in characterization was shown by changing the actor and the placement of these pieces on their body. In their portrayal

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    Plato’s Allegory of the Cave relates to social media use in that the media has developed and maintained a strong hold on society‚ similarly as to how the cave encapsulates the prisoners. Nowadays‚ media has become the basis of truth‚ where society soaks in this information and takes it as fact. However‚ how can one determine if these findings that are presented are genuine or just a mere illusion? Plato’s Allegory of the Cave explains how people only base their perception of the world on their experiences

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    Development needs to replace the traditional view of economic growth. • Interdependency of issues relating to sustainable development‚ ecology‚ ethics‚ laws and technology. How industrialisation and capitalism has affected the ecosystem. Ethical consumerist movement‚ highlighting the in equality in the global market. One cannot be addressed without the other. Growing acceptance of Sustainability model as a real alternative to economic business view. • CSR reporting demonstrates accountability‚ transparency

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    Fetishism in the Cinema

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    Litsa Mouka 1 I know very well‚ but all the same… A study of fetishism I know very well‚ but all the same... A study of fetishism in relation to cinema This dissertation is an exploration into the different ways cinema utilises processes of fetishisation to evoke desire and disavow lack. In all cases it will show how the basic notion of fetishism functions as a symbolic substitution for the lack and as such‚ how it imposes itself onto the structure of film and the experience of watching/looking

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    Gross National Happiness

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    GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS I will cover it under following heads: a) GNH gen b) Four Pillars c) GNH Index d) Conclusion GNH Gen: What is GNH? GNH stands for Gross national Happiness and it a devp apch that seeks to achieve harmonious balance between material well being and the spiritual‚ emotional and cultural needs of an indl and society. It is a devp philosophy propounded by the 4th King od Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuk. It is based on the belief that happiness can best be achieved through

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    Ty Morris English IV DC 09/09/2013 “How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant” Stylistic Analysis Cindy Bosley’s “How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant” contains numerous literary  elements that‚ if left undiscovered‚ prevent the reader from truly understanding and  appreciating the work as a whole. For example‚ Bosley’s use of connotation‚ such as “My  mother had secret hopes. Finally divorced for the second time from the same man‚ my  father‚ she sat with me and gave me her own commentary about who was cute

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    1 Summary - Roseberry Introduction European History and the Construction of Anthropological Subjects In the book‚ Europe and the People Without History Eric Wolf (1982) discusses his belief that anthropologists cannot ignore history for whatever reason[footnoteRef:1]. The category of record he promotes is a single one that is in black and white on a universal scale which conversantly takes into account all the main alterations the history of the world has had to go through for decades‚ a

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    come from every person has consumed in one form or another. Its how people deal with the products which bring individuals into the cycle of consumerism. The americanised consuming environment‚ and the way humans are components of a destructive consumerist. Bruce Dawes poems show that that is the way of consumerism and it will never change‚ whereas The Gods Must Be Crazy emphasises that we don’t need consumption in our lives to survive‚ that it only brings anger and jealousy to those family members

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    Duality

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    | Duality | Jeanne Reeser | | English 104 | Professor Kathleen McAlister | | Course: English 104 Professor: Kathleen McKalister Student: Jeanne Reeser Assignment: Formal Essay Duality In many late-Victorian English writers’ works‚ there appears this reoccurring theme of a “double” or “split personality” residing in one character. The “double” or “split personality” usually coincided with a specific historical event or social attitude during the time that the novel was

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    Media’s Promotion of Consumerism Demian Estrada “The advertising industry spends $12 billion per year on ads targeted to children‚ bombarding young audiences with persuasive messages through media such as television and the Internet. The average child is exposed to more than 40‚000 TV commercials a year‚ according to studies. And ads are reaching children through new media technologies and even in schools--with corporate-sponsored educational materials and product placements in students ’ textbooks

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