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    Nelson’s 2000 movie production of “O” shows differences as well as similarities to the original. The themes of jealousy‚ racial bias‚ and deceit function as structure for both. In both versions‚ the Michael Cassio character is goaded into a drunken state‚ and a brawl ensues which damages his reputation. The scarf came from Othello’s mother‚ and serves to bait the jealousy of O. The scarf is taken from Desi who is unaware of the fact until Othello/Oden wants her to show the scarf to him. In both

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    often fail to differentiate between culture and art. Art is generally defined a wide range of activities executed by human beings and also it is somewhat a product of their rich imagination. Artistic field is quite vast which ranges from visual art to performing arts and other kinds of arts are also there. While culture is a modern idea which deals with the way of live a people of particular area lives‚ their behavior and their

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    Films vs. Theatre Theatre as we know it today (called Western theatre) comes from Greek festival of Dionysus while films appeared only in the end of nineteenth century when first motion-picture camera was invented. On the one hand films and theatre are quiet similar – both are performing arts‚ both are reflection through moving and acting‚ film and theatre industries give labour to actors‚ producers‚ sound producers and other ancillary staff and implicitly also to composers and script and screen

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    As the number one fan of the musical “Hamilton”‚ I was immediately drawn to Washington & Hamilton: The Alliance That Forged America by Stephen F Knott and Tony Williams. I have always been interested in the relationship between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton‚ but have heard little about it prior to this book. I was really pulled into this book when I read the second paragraph of the introduction‚ “But one of the more important founding collaborations has been overlooked by readers: the

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    two political parties of today. One of the most influential members of the first congressional congress was none other than Thomas Jefferson. Being the primary author of the Declaration of Independence‚ Thomas Jefferson was a political icon since America was even a thought. He had many positions within

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    Joseph Fountain Dr. Jaime Cantrell English 224: Section 41 01 April 2016 Social Boundaries of late 20th Century America Many interpretations can be inferred after reading Alice Walker’s Everyday Use (1973). A trend in part of 20th century American modern writers was the art of realist writing. With the use of informal diction and colorful language‚ Walker added realism to her story to fully immerse the reader in setting and enhance the overall reading experience. In more ways than one‚ Walker’s

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    Statistics show that a majority of domestic violence‚ automobile accidents‚ and rape‚ all involve (many times) alcohol. Whether one thinks consumption is "right" or not has been asked by people for people from time to time. This would be the case of the 18th Amendment of 1919. The Act passed by those concerned with the above-mentioned problems‚ prohibited the vending‚ transportation of‚ and consumption of alcohol. The law was intended to be enforced nation-wide. Police raided and trashed many vendors

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    precedents according to which a state is acknowledged to be governed. Generally‚ a constitution is only written after a major event. In the case of America their constitution was written in 1787‚ after the American Revolutionary War came to a close. There are a number of issues with America’s constitution which make it‚ arguably‚ unfit for the 21st century. The most apparent issue with the constitution is the overall ambiguity that it’s based upon. Take for example the eighth amendment which forbids

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    Have you ever thought about the difference between assassination and murder? Well‚ i’ll tell you. Assassination is the killing of a political figure usually for political reasons. Murder is the unlawful killing of a person by another person. There are many popular assassinations that we all know one of those assassination being Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr was on April 4th 1968 at the lorraine motel in Memphis‚ Tennessee. Martin Luther King Jr was well known for being a civil activist

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    are split into two different types of housing. The types of housing include jails and prisons. The main difference between them is the amount of time that the offender spends behind bars and jails are typically ran by local law enforcement while prisons are either ran by the state or the federal government. There are also different levels of security in each facility (“What is the Difference Between Jail and Prison?” (n.d.)). While there is a high incarceration rate among the entire population there

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