Melodrama heavily relies on flat‚ overly emotional characters and a plot with almost too many coincidences. The film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane is an excellent example of melodrama. The main characters’‚ sisters Blanche and Jane Hudson‚ personalities are developed immediately and do not change throughout the movie. Baby Jane was a child star in the 1910s whose career as an actress faded away in her early adulthood. Now an older woman‚ Jane has an unhealthy obsession with her childhood fame and
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3.1 Explain how products are developed to sustain competitive advantage 3.1.1 The product life cycle (PLC). The product life cycle is used for determining the lifespan of products and there are 4 sub stages of product: introduction‚ growth‚ maturity and decline. From 2007 until now‚ Honda Air Blade has become the most successful line of Honda’s motorbike as well as on market. Since it was born‚ Honda Air Blade has achieved sales of more than 2 million products. This year‚ from April to the end
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Topic: A lot of people use the internet to communicate these days. What are the advantages and the disadvantages? Nowadays‚ people use the internet to communicate daily. Today‚ internet has become the most important tool for man. Advanced technology allows people to communicate even at the opposite ends of the world. However‚ like every single innovation in science and technology‚ the internet has its advantages and disadvantages. Internet can be used to send messages‚ also known as emails‚ to
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even though his professors discouraged it‚ but his drive for re-animating life was supposedly to be for the good of the public because he wanted to be able to “ ...[discover] if [he] could banish disease from the frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death…”(26)‚ but unfortunately Frankenstein was not able to understand the danger of the “astonishing power placed within [his] hands”(37)‚ because he was also driven by the greed for “wealth” and “glory”‚ and ultimately abandons his
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What happened to soldiers who died in the war? Introduction Almost a million British soldiers died in the Great War. Some died alone‚ killed by a chance shell‚ grenade or bullet; many died together as they attacked or defended against attack. Thousands of men died of wounds they had suffered‚ at the medical facilities along the casualty evacuation chain. Many died of illnesses or accidents. This is all well-known and well documented: but what actually happened to them after they died? [Insert Photos
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marketing advantages of strong brands There are many definitions of a strong brand‚ but in general it is assumed that a ‘strong brand’‚ or a brand with high ‘equity’‚ provides advantages to the brand’s owner (Wood 2000). These advantages allow the opportunity to charge consumers a premium price. Also‚ the product range of a strong brand can be extended (Spiggle‚ Nguyen and Caravella 2012). But moreover‚ a strong brand is less likely to be the victim of hostile competitive marketing activities (Wood 2000)
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Solar Energy In 1839 Alexander Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect which explains how electricity can be generated from sunlight. He claimed that an electrode submerged in a conductive solution would create an electric current. ‘However even after much research and development subsequent to the discovery‚ photovoltaic power continued to be very inefficient a solar cell were used mainly for the purposes of measuring light. Solar energy is radiant light and
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Douglas Kleinsmith Lisa Rochford 8:00- 9:20 MW 18 March 2013 What Can You See? For many‚ you have to see something to believe it. However‚ when looking at the beliefs of a blind person‚ we discover that seeing may actually distort our beliefs. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”‚ an unnamed narrator tells a story of meeting a blind man for the first time in his life. Before meeting Robert‚ the narrator tells us of how uncomfortable he is about him. If it had not been for his obligation
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Many individuals claim that there is nothing worse than death. But what about the great misfortunes and cruelties one endures long before they meet their demise? Perhaps something worse than death is the actual living itself‚ when a person’s differences are constantly condemned and excoriated by those around them. Andre Gide writes‚ “Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.” For gay teens‚ the vitriolic diatribes by peers at school‚ the ostracism
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(D3)Explain the appropriate methods of written communication to maintain confidentiality in the work place. What methods of communication can help to maintain confidentiality and privacy in the work place? Confidentiality is the protection of personal information. Confidentiality means keeping a client’s information between you and the client‚ and not telling others including co-workers‚ friends‚ family‚ etc. Examples of maintaining confidentiality include: * individual files are locked
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