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    women that exist in fairy-tales and the reader is often able to figure out a characters role in a fairy-tale based on their physical appearance. If the woman is attractive‚ it is often a sign to show a future of happiness and that she is a ‘damsel in distress’ in need of her prince charming to come and rescue her. On the other hand‚ women that are less attractive are automatically classed as a source of suspicion. The ‘evils stepsisters’ from Cinderella are a prime example of this. Carter‚ as a feminist

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    movies because people sit there and grab each other‚" said Stuart Fischcoff‚ a retired psychologist and screenwriter who is now the senior editor of the Journal of Media Psychology. "Boys can role-play being a man and girls can role-play being a damsel in distress." There are other theories‚ too‚ for why people seek out situations that scare them. One is that we can project our own sense of evil onto whatever bad guys are represented in fearsome entertainment‚ which helps us enjoy watching as they are

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    Frankenstein Analysis

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    Before reading Frankenstein: or‚ the Modern Prometheus I didn’t know much about the story because the only exposure to the story I had was from Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein‚ while this rendition was extremely amusing‚ it did not follow the story line of the book in the slightest. I thought that the monster was named Frankenstein‚ I thought that the monster always had bad intentions‚ and I didn’t think the monster killed Victor’s family. Now that I have finished reading Frankenstein: or‚ the Modern

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    How is gender represented in the sequence from Hustle? Refer to camerawork‚ editing and mise-en-scene. The sequence from Hustle has the storyline of two con artists which have a plan of tricking the sales man for money. The clip begins with the lady entering the shop and the sales man being instantly attracted to go and help her after assisting a poor old lady. After she agrees on buying the dress she says that she has lost her ring which her boyfriend custom made for her. She tells the sales man

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    Ex Machina Essay

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    Alex Garland’s critically acclaimed film‚ Ex Machina‚ has received national attention as a tech-based creation story. The film is abound with biblical references and imagery‚ along with strong parallels to Ovid’s tale of Pygmalion in his Metamorphoses. In the film‚ Nathan Bateman‚ the pseudo-genius founder and CEO of Blue Book‚ a massive tech company complete with a Google-esque search engine‚ has been working on advanced A.I. The film begins with Caleb Smith‚ an unassuming programmer employed by

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    Gender Stereotypes

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    Simply put‚ gender stereotypes are generalizations about the roles of each gender. Gender roles are generally neither positive nor negative; they are simply inaccurate generalizations of the male and female attributes. Since each person has individual desires‚ thoughts‚ and feelings‚ regardless of their gender‚ these stereotypes are incredibly simplistic and do not at all describe the attributes of every person of each gender. While most people realize that stereotypes are untrue‚ many still

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    Batkid You Rocked

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    Batkid You Rocked A photograph of Batman and Batkid was published on Friday‚ November 2013 from the Daily News. It is a reflection of San Francisco volunteers‚ TV crews‚ and even president Obama getting together with San Francisco’s Make-A-Wish foundation to help a 5-year-old boy fulfill his dream. (Kuruvulla) The little boy named Miles Scott‚ only 5 years old‚ already had a large number of audiences cheering on the cancer patient who wanted to be a superhero. He struggled with the illness

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    1. Identify & explain 5 symbols found in text. Although Haroun and the sea of stories is a children’s literature‚ symbols which overlap as archetypes are used to make this novel contain a deeper meaning and be just as enjoyable for adults. Weather in this story symbolizes the current feeling or emotion of the characters. Dull‚ gloomy days often occurred when the character is depressed: "this sudden mist positively stank of sadness and gloom" (47). This symbol is clearly evident when Haroun traveled

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    Archetypes in Star Wars Fill in the blanks with the correct information. Color Archetypes |Character Name |Color(s) |Meaning | |Luke Skywalker |White |Youth‚ innocence‚ untouched by world | | |Gold/yellow/brown

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    Question: Explain how media producers communicate a preferred reading to the audience and why alternative readings might be made. Response: Media producers create texts with an audience in mind‚ and while they try to remain entertaining and original in most of their films they also need to ensure that the audience is able to understand and engage with the text‚ and thus with the preferred meaning‚ by using conventions and generally accepted techniques. Tom Tykwer’s independent‚ and unmistakably

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