Anti-mimesis is a philosophical position that holds the direct opposite of Aristotelian mimesis. Its most notable proponent is Oscar Wilde‚ who opined in his 1889 essay The Decay of Lying that‚ "Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life". In the essay‚ written as a Platonic dialogue‚ Wilde holds that anti-mimesis "results not merely from Life’s imitative instinct‚ but from the fact that the self-conscious aim of Life is to find expression‚ and that Art offers it certain beautiful forms through
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Literature in its purest form has the remarkable ability to transport us to the time and place that it is set. It can even give us insight into the time period the literary artists lived in and how it affected their works. Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress‚” set in the 1650’s‚ has an overarching theme of mortality‚ in that one must make the most of what little time they have alive. Similarly‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind‚” set in the early 1800’s‚ has a mortality theme‚ although
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The Use Of Videogames And Its Implications In The Learning Process ALEXANDER CARRILLO BONILLA UNIVERSIDAD SURCOLOMBIANA The use of videogames and its implications in the learning process In these days there have been born many new videogames‚ all of them have been released in the market with the purpose of entertaining the audience or the public who buy them‚ there are many different types of videogames around all the world‚ we can find videogames that have to do with war‚ fantasy‚ strategy
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Consumerism In life we are all searching for something. Something to fill this unknown gap of dissatisfaction‚ that when we begin to fill the gap with unneeded possessions. Although we are filling this gap we lose what means most to us; happiness and relationships. It a cycle‚ a process of consumerism‚ if we learn to develop meaningful relations and recognise the important lessons in life the cycle of consumerism can be broken. The Island and Bruce Dawes poems are excellent examples of consumerism
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Young people interpret their surroundings in a unique way. Their perspective is usually greatly influenced by their imagination due to their innocence and naiveté. Four texts of which I believe greatly show this theme of ‘Through Young Eyes’ are‚ the music video‚ ‘Titanium’ by David Guetta and Sia‚ the novel‚ ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ by Mark Haddon‚ the film‚ ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Directed by Mark Hermon‚ and my personal choice‚ the music video‚ ‘Same Love’ by
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Ruby Tracy Dawn Silmon ENGL101‚ MWF @ 8 a.m. Wednesday‚ October‚ 8‚ 2014 Unfair Judging of Individuals Sight being one of the most important senses a person has and one of the strongest form of communication that a person will probably use. So‚ it’s no wonder that a person will judge another person within the first thirty seconds of laying eyes upon them. Unfortunately‚ being judged by your appearance is by no means an effective way of determining what a person is like on the inside. Although
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Slip or Trip Case Number: 010147858 Reporting Officer: Deputy Blank On August 13‚ 2013‚ at approximately 1:37 A.M.‚ Sparks police department received a call that an accidental death has occurred. Queenie Volupides‚ the wife of the deceased Arthur Volupides‚ claims that her husband slipped and fell on the stairs while he was coming down to the kitchen for another alcoholic beverage. She says that she wasn’t home when the incident occurred. She states that she was at a country club that was hosting
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September 2012 Animals as Entertainment Taking a trip to see the circus perform‚ going to the zoo‚ marine park‚ or rodeo is a common form of entertainment among families in the world today. For anyone‚ seeing an animal from the wild up close is very exciting. However‚ what is not considered are the factors that contribute to the care of these animals in their daily environment to satisfy our selfish entertainment. Animals have been taken from their natural habitats‚ endured torture to learn
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The snow had all but melted away and the smell of spring filled the air. Just a few months of school were left; it was my eighth grade year. Much preparation and months of work had been done to get ready for the last dance of the year. It was the last dance of our middle school career and the excitement was building. It all began with shopping. First with my girlfriends over the years‚ goofing off on trips to the mall trying on gorgeous flowing gowns for fun‚ and then it was finally time for
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Waunakee Football It was a Saturday morning‚ but it was no regular Saturday morning. It was football Saturday morning my dad was driving me to my football game. We got there and it was freezing. It was 46 degrees Fahrenheit and we started to do warm-ups and 20 minutes later the refs called us over. We put our helmets on the 50 and walked out to the middle of the field and we elect to differ. They get the ball and we kick off they drop the ball and they recover it. They are down right there they
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