Peter Weir’s film Witness explores the contrast between the two worlds by contrasting the Amish culture with a modern Westernized society. Weir presents many themes and issues in his film. Through his use of film techniques like long shots and close-ups make the film more enjoyable. These themes include clash of two cultures/different worlds‚ Peace and violence‚ innocence and corruption. These are presented effectively with a variety of film techniques‚ editing‚ setting‚ dialogue and music/sound
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Eastern and Western cultures have extremely different ways of learning. In the article‚ Jim Stigler experiments with these various cultures in order to fully understand how each of them tackle learning. Therefore‚ Stigler traveled to Japan to study teaching methods presented there. While he was there‚ he noticed many things that Japanese classrooms obtained. For instance‚ the teachers call up the students that are struggling to demonstrate the problem opposed to the child that already understands
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Charon’s Cosmology Charon’s Cosmology What does the poem mainly discuss? Death. The poet uses an allusion of Charon to discuss about death. What does the poet mean by “swift‚ cold‚ and deep” in the last line? What is swift‚ cold‚ and deep? The River Styx. This poem is about death. The last line can also be interpreted as the description of death. Death is like a river. River of no return Death Death is swift. What does it mean? You don’t know when you’re going to die. It might happen so
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Communication and the Conflicts between Chinese Culture and Western Culture Abstract There are many matters of cultural conflicts in intercultural communication of Chinese culture and western culture‚ and it seriously affects the course of communication. So‚ it is necessary for us to find the in-depth reason and make some plans on how to improve the ability of intercultural communication. This is the right way to avoid the cultural conflicts. There are several culture conflicts: the conflicts on privacy‚ the
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Ancient Greek culture was full of different types of art. Ancient Greeks decorated almost every part of their lives‚ from their buildings and city’s streets to the inside of there homes‚ many objects in Greek life were created with beauty in mind. Greek artists created masterpieces in painting‚ metal work‚ mosaic‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ literature‚ and pottery. Until recently‚ archaeologists only knew about Greek paintings through Ancient Greek stories. These stories‚ which were written by authors
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Fiji’s Mythology Reflects Unique Culture and Location The Fiji islands were discovered in 1643 by a Dutch explorer named Abel Tasman. The island cluster was once known‚ as Viti are now rich with history‚ and culture. Fiji Island’s unique terrain‚ climate‚ origin‚ culture‚ religious beliefs‚ and history have all attributed to the folklores that are known today. The Fiji islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean. The 332 island and 500 islets were formed more than 150 million years ago through
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Fashion within the social hierarchy‚ economic and political back drop of the time was quite prevalent within the Byzantine era. As Snodgrass (2012) notes unlike the draped Greek and Roman silhouettes‚ Byzantine fashion introduced opulent costumes constructed along the body’s lines as “…emblems of social‚ economic‚ religious or political prominence.” Byzantine Fashion and the aspect of political‚ economic and particularly social hierarchy is very much interconnected. You could easily determine which
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individuals would participate in intellectual discussions about a variety of subjects‚ ranging from political topics to philosophical questions and rhetoric. The formal atmosphere of the gatherings was a reminder of how civilized the Greeks were‚ and of how wine embodied Greek culture. Originally‚ wine was scarce and expensive to acquire‚ so only people of higher social class could afford to purchase wine. However‚ by seventh century BCE‚ cultivation of the grape vine had spread
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Aboriginal Culture and Western Culture are almost at opposite ends of the spectrum‚ we view the world and our futures quite differently. My Western culture doesn’t connect to the land or to each other like Aboriginal culture does‚ compared to Aboriginal culture‚ my culture feels superficial‚ shallow and individualistic‚ I have strong family connections but it’s limited to my immediate circle of family and close friends. Aboriginal culture is much broader and their ties run deeper. When I look into
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Americans have little to no exposure to foreign cultures outside of TV‚ movies‚ and the Internet. However‚ these depictions are often poorly written and stereotypical at best. So if that is how the U.S. views the rest of the world‚ how does the rest of the world view us? What would an outside opinion of Americans tell us about our own culture? What stereotypes do other nations have about us? Reading foreign
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