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    Full name Professor Subject Date Issues on Representations Representations in comics are among the more fun ways of expressing one’s thoughts about certain subjects. However‚ there are several concerns that need to be considered when thinking of representations. First‚ a writer or cartoonist has to decide on what theme would the comic delve with. This will basically affect all of the other things needed to be considered. As Scott McCloud discussed‚ the profitability of the material should also

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    This movie also makes a case for the fake that death does not necessarily lead to a miserable existence. Much like life‚ it has to do with perspective and personal choices. (Bender‚ Hashimoto‚ Wilson‚ & Burton‚ 1988) This movie is a satirical representation on how death is currently being viewed versus how death should be viewed. I feel like this movie is excessive but in a positive

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    During the 20th century‚ the British Empire was once one of the most formidable colonial powers in the world; throughout the 16th‚ 17th‚ 18th‚ and 19th centuries‚ the United Kingdom acquired lands‚ territories‚ and dominion over many nations. As a superpower during the 1920’s the British Empire began losing its control of its colonial lands. This greatly affected the social politics in and around the world as a growing sense of injustice spread throughout the colonies. Webster’s Dictionary defines

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    Historically representations of teenagers have been varied in the media but especially more within recent years teenagers have been represented more negatively. From the British television drama website (www.itvdrama.blogspot.com ) I was able to find out that in the past teenagers were represented as obedient‚ conforming young people who were un-sexualized and unsusceptible to the negatives of the world. It stated that as time progressed the representation of teenagers became more realistic. They

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    Analytic Commentary 2 Drawing and Representation This commentary will focus on a YouTube video (Eastwestman‚ 2010) and using it to demonstrate how mark-making/drawing is important for creative development in early childhood. Also that drawing for young children is a form of representation‚ Dyson (1993) claims that it is symbols which are used to express and communicate with others (Anning and Ring‚ 2004) The child in the Video (I will refer to him Sammy) is exploring drawing materials including

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    Drama 88 Day 4 How does Thucydides’ representation of the Athenians compare with the representation of the Athenians on the Parthenon Frieze? Thucydides describes the Athens as being superior to the other states while the Parthenon Frieze describes them as a whole and united and the figures they respected. Thucydides mainly talks about the warriors and the men of Athens while the Parthenon Frieze depicts people of all status. Thucydides makes the Athens seem arrogant and has the Athens believe that

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    Aesthetic Representation As my aesthetic representation I was bobbled for weeks trying to come up with a painting? Cooking? Performance? Sculpture? Sewing??? None of those topics were something I felt relating to my view on aesthetic representation and its connections to differentiation. So I decided to think of something I love doing‚ which was spending time with my awesome family. We are all united and all have connections besides the fact that we are related and stuck with each other we are

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    Dual representation theory by Brewin incorporates ideas from the information processing theory and social-cognitive theories. He proposes two types of memories because he believes that a single emotional memory is too narrow to describe the full range of the memory. The first type of memories is termed verbally accessible memories (VAM’s)‚ which are conscious and can be deliberatively retrieved. The other type is situationally accessed memories (SAM’s). These are much more extensive memories of the

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    Read carefully the following piece of text. What does it tell us about cross cultural encounters? In analysing this text and what it tells us about cross cultural encounters‚ we must ask and answer several questions. What is the interpretation of the text? What do we understand from the text? How was the text wrote? Who was it wrote by? And‚ is it representative of both sides? In interpreting the text we see that it is a piece taken from the “Trial of Chief Ologobosheri” and

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    issues of cultural intelligence and how we can better promote cultural intelligence in the workplace‚ the team conducted an intensive research on this issue through various research studies‚ academic journals and book references. In the process of the research‚ we also made several references to numerous videos relating to cultural intelligence. The videos were found mostly on the internet as well as in some movies. Once we felt better equipped with the knowledge of culture and cultural intelligence

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