emergency room waiting area. I chose this because I figured the people that I would be observing would not necessarily be very different from me‚ but I figured that they would be in a different emotional state then I was. I was just an observer in the emergency room while everyone else was there because of some sort of serious medical issue. During my observations I tried to identify any emblems‚ adaptors‚ affect displays‚ eye gaze
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Ishita Kapur Professor Melissa Ragona Contemporary Art History‚ 60206 15 April‚ 2009 Opera for a Small Room “Opera for a Small Room” is a time-based mixed-media installation by Canadian artists‚ Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The mixed media includes sound‚ record players‚ records and synchronized lighting. It is exhibited in “a small room”‚ 2.6 x 3 x 4.5m‚ and plays in a 20-minute loop. This piece constructs a hyper realistic narrative centered on the character R. Dennehy. Dennehy
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The room is a metaphor for a reverse Plato’s Cave. Instead of a man who is confined to a cave for his life‚ the man‚ Gregor‚ is part of the outside world and confined to a room. Gregor is a worldly man‚ who loses his mobility when he becomes a “vermin”. He is confined to his room and iss punished for leaving his room. His efforts to leave his room are always met with physical and/or emotional trauma. Gregor learns to feel shame which acts as his main motivation for staying in his room. Gregor’s
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MY FAVORITE ROOM My room is my favorite place. The floor of my room is a golden brown carpet. A beige rug covers a small portion of the floor next to my bed. In an array of gloss and semi-gloss‚ shades of off-white cover these four walls. Entire sections are hidden by nearly a dozen posters of comic book characters‚ girls‚ or athletes. Along the top section of my wall I have my eight-teen hats. My room is about 10 feet by 10 feet so it is not too big or too small. I have a big window that
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Theoretical Background A.R.A (Attendance and Room Automation)‚ as the title suggest‚ this project is about automation. In applying creating this project we‚ the proponents‚ aim to integrate multiple devices to produce a system that would automate a room as well as attendance checking. But what is automation? According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ automation is “the technique of making an apparatus‚ a process‚ or a system operates automatically. The theory of automation states that “there are
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chapters 1 – 4 of ‘A Room with a View’ that Lucy Honeychurch and George Emerson will fall in love? ‘A Room with a View’ by E.M. Forster was first published in 1908‚ and heavily involves the literary genre of Bildungsroman: the psychological journey and maturity of a character. In the case of ‘A Room with a View’‚ this character is Lucy Honeychurch‚ a young woman bound by Edwardian society’s expectations of both her social class and her gender. The omniscient narrator in ‘A Room with a View’ gives us
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Twilight The word ‘Twilight’ - last time I checked – meant dusk‚ nightfall‚ sundown or sunset. However‚ nowadays‚ when the word ‘Twilight’ seems to arise out of someone’s mouth‚ it’s not these words that seem to crop up in their mind‚ its aaaaaahhhhhhhhh Robert Pattinson… Taylor Lautner. If I look in the dictionary‚ indisputably‚ these words WON’T be in there. Undeniably‚ I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. Twilight. Not the dictionary ‘Twilight’‚ the FILM called ‘Twilight’. It’s where they
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Coming Clean About Motives When someone is trying to persuade you into something‚ good questions to ask are: Who’s interest are they serving and how will they profit from their proposal? These questions get to the heart of ethical arguments. For example‚ Jonathan Smith wrote in A Modest Proposal that he receives no benefit from what his suggestion to end 18th century poverty in Ireland by selling their infant children as food. I profess‚ in the sincerity of my heart‚ that I have not the least
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The Red Room builds the suspension with the title; we as the reader are immediately attracted to the title "The Red Room" because it raises so much curiosity and leaves many unanswered questions. "What is the red room?" "Why is it red?" The colour red is associated with fear‚ danger and maybe even blood so is the room dangerous? Our minds can create so many thoughts about this one title that we are filled with an urge to read on to find the answers to our questions. With the speckled band we are
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political ideas‚ or taste in music. Shelves protrude from a wall adjacent to the door‚ topped by a number of knickknacks and decorative accessories. Yet nothing obscures the blueness of these walls quite as magnificently as the furnishings which fill the room. Standing at the doorway looking inwards‚ I see the birch wood framed futon bed directly across from me against the far wall. It’s sheets and blankets are ruffled and in dire need of being straightened. A plethora of pillows‚ different shapes and
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