Winter 2015 March 17‚ 2015 A Double-edged Sword The world is slowly transforming into a high-tech society. Whether one is willing or not‚ he can not deny that endless innovations of technology are constantly changing our lives‚ and things as computers and robots have changed the way most of us used to work‚ think and live entirely. Apparently‚ not everyone is optimistic about this trend‚ they think that the improvement in science and technology could be a double-edged sword. Which means technology
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Double Happiness Double Happiness demonstrates how the force of media‚ production‚ and family dehumanize and objectify cultural hybrids. This objectification is defined by the process by which human potential is transferred to a materially existing form‚ setting one away from their unique nature. This is accomplished through the community’s ideal conception which inaugurates a low degree of integration and high degree of isolation in Asian Canadians. In turn‚ this pushes their consciousness towards
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which love can flourish and grow. The old man uses many ploys to persuade Alan to return to the store for subsequent purchase. For example‚ in the last dialogue‚ the words of the old man are “Au revoir” (Collier 3) .The definition carries an ironic double meaning. “Goodbye” suggests this is the last time they will meet‚ but the other meaning of the word is “until I see you again” which could relate to the next visit by the young man in return for the poison to kill Diana. “Then customers come back
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Within the play Hamlet there exists many puns and phrases which have a double meaning. Little ploys on words which tend to add a bit of entertainment to the dialogue of the play. These forked tongue phrases are used by Shakespeare to cast an insight to the characters in the play to give them more depth and substance. However‚ most importantly these phrases cause the reader or audience to think. They are able to show a double meaning that not all people would pick up on‚ which is the purpose of the
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Filipino novelty songs. The first feature is the heavy use of double meanings and entendres. The second is a reference to a number or a food which is used in relation to the first feature. Lastly‚ the Filipino novelty song‚ like any other in the world‚ has to have a catchy melody. The first feature is the use of double meanings and although it is not exactly unique to Filipino novelty songs‚ it is probably most used here. The double meanings are usually of a sexual nature and they slyly hint and
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Black Police Association (NBPA) believes that the stop and searches are indicators of institutional racism but even they admit that the UK has been trying to change the dynamic of policing. A consequence of Stephen’s murder is that the 800 year old double jeopardy rule as part of the Criminal Justice Act has been abolished and that particular rule stopped a person being tried for the same crime twice. Gary Dobson‚ Neil Acourt‚ Luke Knight‚ Jamie Acourt and David Norris were arrested over the murder
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Georg Simmel and W.E.B. Du Bois have had a significant influence on important theories and ideas developed in the Social Sciences. Perhaps two of the most relevant and well-known concepts developed by both of these theorists are the concepts of “double consciousness” and “the stranger”. In this paper I will be analyzing both of these pieces of work to draw upon differences and similarities between the two. The similarities I will be elaborating on are the usage of the paradoxical figure‚ which
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The evolution of the world and its civilizations is galvanized by continual scientific and technological progress‚ which is brought about by the vast reservoir of knowledge that humankind has gained over the centuries in countless attempts to quench their insatiable thirst for the ultimate key that will unlock all the secrets of life. In the last few decades‚ men and women of science who are determined to fully unveil the mysteries of the universe were already able to take evolution to a whole new
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pastoral or mythological ideas. Also‚ they were mostly homophonic‚ with a common 4 voice texture. A valid example of this first generation madrigal is “O bianco e dolce cigno” by Arcadely because of it’s use of word-painting‚ also known as double-entendre. Double entendre was a common concept used in the 16th and early 17th centuries...even though the text may be portraying one idea‚ there may be‚ and often is an underlying meaning that is easily understood. Progressing onward‚ 2nd generation madrigals
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beautiful poem by Naomi Shihab Nye. The poem is clearly inspired by the poet’s own life as she is a woman of two worlds: Palestine and America. Nye makes use of an extended metaphor throughout the piece‚ representing herself as skin. This is done in a double entendre sort of way‚ symbolizing a negative connotation in the first stanza and weaving its way into a positive meaning in the last. In the first part of the poem‚ skin is utilized for its description of being the exterior of a person. The poem
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