Kenneth Burke’s Dramatism Life is drama; playing roles in relation to other people. Interest in the interaction of language and action. Symbolic Interactionist—Language is symbolic action. “Verbal symbols are meaningful acts from which motives can be derived (Griffin‚ p. 329).” “Human beings…are a symbol-creating‚ symbol-using‚ and symbol misusing animal (Littlejohn‚ 1978‚ p. 69).” A theory of Motives—why do people act (particularly rhetorically) the way they do? Assess motives
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today which shows how visionary Science fiction authors were. Isaac Asimov‚ Mary Shelley were visionary as they had their work transformed into multi million dollars films & games years after their work was published. I robot (2004)‚ Frankenstein (1994)‚ Frankenstein the video game (1994) are existing specimens of ideas that have been successfully adapted into popular culture media that originated from science fiction novels. The three laws of robotics: “A robot may not injure a human being or‚
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Kenneth Slessor Speech: Critical studies of Texts ”The gulls go down the body dies and rots‚ and time flows past them like the hundred yachts.” Kenneth Slessor‚ a renowned poet and journalist was born on the 27th of March 1901 in Orange‚ New South Wales. Throughout his eventful life‚ Slessor was able to compose an array of poems through which he was able to convey his experiences through life. But why exactly are his poems still considered so relevant and significant in this era? Firstly‚ Slessor’s
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AirBorn By: Kenneth Oppel Summary: Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora‚ a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean‚ ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt’s always wanted; convinced he’s lighter than air‚ he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist’s granddaughter that he
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The story of Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ has been told since 1818. Most people imagine “the monster” as this green beast with a square head and bolts sticking out of his neck. This image of Frankenstein is just one of the ways that somebody has retold the original novel‚ Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley. In fact‚ many people have tried to recreate the tale of Frankenstein in various movies. For example‚ Kenneth Branagh directed a movie in 1994‚ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ that came out close
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Ernst Hilaire Bonnie Ronson 3/10/13 Frankenstein The detached head of Elizabeth‚ poorly stitched onto Justine ’s body‚ the Frankenstein monster tucked into it ’s bed clutching onto its Wall Street Journal anxiously terrified for the arrival of it ’s new bride. Burning the flesh in the flames of a broken lamp covered in kerosene of the second monster after it ’s suicide. Inga and Frederick making love on the slab where the monster was born. These scenes‚ all while conducting similar objects
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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is a 1994 drama directed by Kenneth Branagh‚ starring Kenneth Branagh as Victor Frankenstein‚ Robert De Niro as the Monster and Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth. The plot starts off when Frankenstein’s beloved mother dies during the birth of his younger brother William‚ sparking his desire to “cure” death. He studies many scientific texts and frantically experiments in order to find a formula that could revive the dead. Eventually‚ he works hard to bring a life form back
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reflection of context. The capacity of thematic concerns to transcend time are manifested within Mary Shelley ’s 19th century gothic novel ’Frankenstein ’ (1818) and Ridley Scott ’s dystopian science fiction film ’Blade Runner ’ (1992) as both pose markedly similar existentialist discourses regarding the fate of humanity. Through ’Frankenstein ’‚ Shelley ’s romantic approach condemns humanity ’s intrusive assumption as creator during an era where scientific hubris prompted people to abandon the metaphysical
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Frankenstein By: Mary Shelley The book Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ is the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Robert Walton‚ captain of a ship exploring the “Land of mist and snow”‚ rescues Dr. Frankenstein. As Frankenstein lies ill aboard the ship he tells his story to the captain‚ who shares the encounter in letters written to his sister. The story takes place in Europe during the 1800’s. Frankenstein is sent to the University of Ingolstadt‚ where he studies natural philosophy and chemistry
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