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    Gangs are portrayed on TV and in the movies as if they are totally evil‚ but in reality there are more positive aspects that are not shown. The media only shows gangs involved with drugs and the violence‚ and as a result the media has scared many people into believing that gangs will take over our cities if we do not stop them. The movie Colors and the TV show American Justice overwhelmingly portrays gangs as bad. The movie Colors displays the bad things in gangs like how easy it could be to join

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    To kill a mocking bird is a novel written by Harper lee set in the southern part of America just after the civil war had ended . This means that though slavery had been abolished ‚ black people were still held to a lower standard than white people . It is not only black people who are subjected to racial prejudice but also anyone who fails to conform to the social norms of the ‘tired old town’ of Maycomb. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters in To Kill a Mocking Bird.He is the father

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    Jesus in the Bible‚ also he is a savior. He represents Jesus’ kindness. In the book‚ Aslan was willing to die for the redemption of Edmund‚ who had been betrayed‚ similarly Jesus willing to die for saving people. When Aslan was walking toward death‚ Susan and Lucy accompanied him‚ just as Jesus before he been crucified‚ and several women followed him far away. “‘Stop!’ said the Witch. ‘Let him first be shaved.’ … Snip-Snip-snip went the shears and masses of curling gold began to fall to the ground

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    or foundation that every tragedy needs for maximum expression and catharsis. It needs Plot‚ Character‚ Thought‚ Diction‚ Song and Spectacle – arranged in order of importance – so that it can be considered a Greek drama. In Plot‚ Aristotle explains how the drama is in the form of a tragedy‚ is efficiently maximized through the use of certain rules or laws called the Three Unities. Aristotle wrote after the Golden Age‚ and he was describing what made ancient Greek works so much better than his modern

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    Dulce was written in response to Jesse Pope’s patriotic poem motivating men to go to war called Who’s for the Game? She compared the war to a innocent rugby game‚ a verse that could have irritated was Who would much rather come back with a crutch Than lie low and be out of the fun? The fact that Jesse said that people would come back with just a crutch was insane‚ it was portrayed as bad to stay at home‚ instead of not fighting being described as safe Jesse called it ‘ lying low’ which comes across

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    time periods. 18.The reason being was because that Selma felt bad for Grendel since they were in the same boat as being seen differently. 19.This is one of the many complexities in life because he was trying to get over the death of his father‚ and the only way he knew how was to seek revenge. 20.Grendel’s father was added to humanize Grendel‚ and to give him a reason to go out and kill all those people. 21.The child is a product of Grendel and Selma‚ another additional character that serves

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    William Thornhill grew up in the extreme poverty of South London. After getting caught stealing wood to feed his family‚ he is sentenced to hang. Sal‚ his wife‚ saves him by getting him expatriated to Australia. When Thornhill arrives in New South Wales‚ he works his way into buying his freedom and claims a piece of land up the Hawkesbury river. It is later brought to light that the land he “owns” does not in fact belong to him completely‚ as it is already inhabited by an Aboriginal tribe. Grenville

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    (Mintz‚ 2016). For some people‚ this new culture brought more conflict then celebration. Although for others‚ the 1920s were truly “roaring”‚ which is portrayed in the movie The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway‚ a bond-seller‚ is persuaded by his doctor to write a therapeutic account of what put him in a sanitarium for depression. Nick’s journal describes how seven years earlier‚ in 1922‚ he had moved into a tiny house next door to a mysterious‚ giving millionaire‚ named Jay Gatsby (Luhrmann‚

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    Runaway Source Work: How Are Child Runaways Portrayed In Media? A Runaway is a person who leaves a place‚ usually from their family or institution. Runaways is a comic book series by marvel comics. In Runaways‚ running away is portrayed as an exciting adventure with children as the protagonists. A woman called Sue Scheff specializes in children’s behaviour has a blog‚ and in her blog is a post about dealing with your runaway child; the post portrays running away as dangerous and that it must be

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    Shakespeare portrays love in Romeo and Juliet in many ways. Their love is portrayed by images of light and dark and is juxtaposed against death‚ and he sets next to Romeo and Juliet the love associated with sight and appearances. In all‚ their love is of another world. The love of Romeo and Juliet is portrayed as otherworldly and heavenly. They are "star-crossed lovers"‚ with their destiny pre-determined; they and other humans have no control. Instead the control lies with fate and God. The lovers

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