Louis XIV of France Louis XIV‚ France’s Sun King‚ had the longest reign in European history (1643-1715). During this time he brought absolute monarchy to its height‚ established a glittering court at Versailles‚ and fought most of the other European countries in four wars. The early part of his reign (1643-61)‚ while Louis was young‚ was dominated by the chief minister Cardinal Mazarin. In the middle period (1661-85) Louis reigned personally and innovatively‚ but the last years of his personal
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crossing in to her personal life. Masterful in her use of extended metaphors and seducing the reader. “Sex without Love” is forward approach to the most personal of topics. How do they do it‚ the ones who make love without love?
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Although the Mosuo’s typical family doesn’t have a biological father‚ the uncle provided a father figure. There is no “absentee fathers”. Even in America there are many fathers with adopted children. A flaw in Mosuo’s culture is that there is not much opportunity for the male population to grow and be independent. They rely on a woman for life. In the film there was even an example of a boy that wanted to do work but was ridiculed. Eventually he went back and conformed back to how society wanted
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Louis Nowra’s portrayal of the relationship between Lewis and his world move into a deeper understanding of acceptance throughout the play. Recent graduate Lewis has taken the role of being a director of a play in a mental asylum. At the beginning of the play‚ he initially took the job in desperation for money. However as the play an advance‚ Lewis builds relationships with the patients and realizes they are just normal people. As he has a one on one encounter with each patient‚ he begins to develop
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Gloom. She is the cutest little thing. I really do care a lot for her and I could not imagine how I would be without her. One sunny‚ Saturday afternoon I was hanging out with my friends and we decided to go to the mall. We were walking around just walking into stores when we saw this cute‚ little toy store. We walked in and the first thing I saw was this cute doll. It was love at first sight. I knew I had to have this doll. Well that day we had been on a tight budget so we did not have
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“Mean World Syndrome” In the film‚ “The Mean World Syndrome”‚ George Gerbner argues that people who watch a large amount of television tended to think of the world as an intimidating and unforgiving place. Gerbner researched the effects of television on society. He focused on the commercial media system that thrived on violence‚ stereotypes‚ and the cultivation of anxiety. The film argues that the more television people watch‚ the more likely they are to be insecure and afraid of others. Is
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The Strategy That Wouldn’t Travel Karen Jimenez thought that since phase one was implemented without friction in the Wichita facility‚ than it would be the same for Lubbock. These facilities were owned and operated by Acme Minerals Extraction Company and in order for the company to be competitive they needed to replicate the Wichita facility. The initiatives which were undertaken by Karen to implement the change in the other facilities came to a screeching halt when the results weren’t identical
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How does Nowra use comedy to critically reflect on human suffering? Nowra uses comedy in conjunction with other tools‚ to critically evaluate human suffering. Incongruity Louis Nowra’s typically Australian story is a play within a play following a naive uni student doing a play with ‘extraordinary people who have thought extraordinary thoughts’. Nowra uses comedy throughout the play often to reflect on human suffering and to help the audience break down preconceived conceptions. However he
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IN THE FACE OF BETRAYAL‚ LEWIS DISCOVERS LOYALTY The play ’Cosi’‚ written by Louis Nowra‚ is set in 1971 amidst the chaos of the Vietnam War. Australia’s involvement in the war was a topic of great controversy‚ and being the first televised war‚ reality was brought crashing into the lounge rooms of Australians. The horrific images displayed in people’s homes sparked anger from those involved in the fight against communism and conscription. The loyalty of Australians was heavily tested during
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Imagine a world without imagination A prominent leader said to me today‚ imagination is for children...practical ideas are for adults...hmmm not sure how you get the ideas without imagination. It got me imagining a world Where we worry less about terms like Web 2.0‚ Podcasting‚ Social Media and more about how we can use technology to help change the world for the better... Where we talk about verbs rather than functions.....conversations vs marketing‚ value vs finance‚ hearts and minds rather
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