Dyke Hard is a celebratory pastiche of multiple B-movies and genre films‚ exploiting their tropes and clichés in a wild LGBT party of a film. Inspired in part by the work of John Waters‚ it gives a nod to a dynamic and creative underground of the pre-digital past – a time when political incorrectness and trash rhymed with transgression and carried real meaning and clout. Though "trash as trash can" is the film’s credo‚ these concepts have lost most of their impact today; their milder forms have been
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Bibliography Columbus‚ Christopher. “Letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella”. In Worlds of History‚ Volume Two: Since 1400. Fifth Edition. Edited by Kevin Reilly. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press. 2012. Columbus describes in detail the land he is has discovered‚ and is still exploring. He speaks of claiming the land for the Spanish crown‚ and explains the wildlife and people he encounters. This particular work provides evidence that undermines the power of the Catholic church‚ like the discovery
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by analyzing specific characters in widely viewed films. These will include the classic movies Psycho (1960) and the character Norman Bates‚ A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Alex‚ The Shining (1980) and Jack Torrence‚ Silence of the Lambs (1990) and Hannibal Lector‚ Fight Club (1999) and The Narrator‚ and The Dark Knight (2008) and The Joker. Through these films we will gain an understanding of madness as marketed to the public‚ as well as what about the portrayals and plot lines centered around these
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Machiavelli’s conception of virtu and fortuna Niccolo Machiavelli is considered the father of modern political science. Living in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth-century’s‚ Machiavelli was a citizen of the city-state of Florence where he served as a secretary to the city council and as a diplomatic envoy for 14 years. The Prince was published five years after his death and is regarded as his most famous work. The Prince is an articulate and precise explanation of the way to use the lesson
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Class Number 13 – 16 IV – St. Hannibal 1. Find m if x3 + 3x2 – mx + 4 leaves a remainder of m when divided by x – 2. 23 + 3(2)2 – m(2) + 4 = m 8 + 12 – 2m +4 = m -3m = -24 -3 -3 m = 8 2. When the expression 6x2 – 2x +3 is divided by x –a‚ the remainder is 3. Find the value of a. 6a2 – 2a + 3 = 3 6a2 – 2a = 0 6a2 = 2a 6a 6a a = 3. The expression x4 + x3 + 2mx2 – 14m4 leaves a remainder of 32 when divided by x + 2m. Find the possible
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tried everything in his power to assimilate his people into Roman society. This was evident in the lines of Themistius‚ a Roman orator and imperial propagandist‚ who stated following Stilicho’s deal‚ “These fire-breathers‚ harder on the Romans than Hannibal was‚ have now come over to our side. Tame and submissive‚ they entrust their persons and their arms to us‚ whether the emperor wants to employ them as farmers or as soldiers” (Themistius 124). Themistius believed that in time‚ the Barbarian Goths
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County”‚ to create an amusing short story to illustrate southwestern humor. Mark Twain‚ then known as Samuel Clemens‚ was born on November 30th‚ 1835 in Florida‚ Missouri. When Clemens was four‚ his family moved to the small frontier town of Hannibal‚ Missouri‚ right along the Mississippi River. Missouri was a fairly new state and it was also a state that leaned towards slavery. Clemens’ father was a slave owner himself and his uncle owned several spaces. During his childhood‚ Clemens spent summers
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became a celebrity when her third book rolled around (Encyclopedia of World Biography). Published in 1999‚ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the fastest selling novel in the UK beating Hannibal by Thomas Harris. Harry Potter had 68‚000 copies sold in three days beating out old record set by Hannibal of 58‚000 copies sold in five days. Not to mention‚ after the third book in the JK. Rowling’s Harry Potter series was
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they realized they could not win without a navy. The Roman navy eventually defeated the Carthaginian navy‚ and won the first Punic War. Sicily became the first Roman province as a result. Eventually‚ Carthage retaliated‚ and with the help of general Hannibal‚ almost retook all of Rome’s provinces. However‚ Rome fought back and won the Second Punic War. After the Battle of Zama(202 B.C.E)‚ Carthage signed a peace treaty and lost Spain. Fifty years later‚ the third and final Punic War defeated Carthage
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16 March 2010 Bizarre Eating Disorders When we think of eating disorders‚ bulimia and anorexia are the ones that come to mind. However there are many more‚ even more severe and harmful to the body. What is an eating disorder? An eating disorder is a physiological condition which affects an individuals eating habits‚ either as a result of their own doing (self-inflicted)‚ or as a bodily reaction to the consumption of food. Anorexia is one of the most common eating disorders by using self-starvation
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