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    Fast is Never Free: Critical Analysis of Fast Fashion and its condition of Freedom vs. Repression of Freedom Alejandra Carrillo-Muñoz A&D 603 October 22‚ 2012 Abstract Known to be a revolutionizing model for the ability of freedom that promotes artistic novelty while fulfilling function‚ fashion has certainly managed to establish some of those intents. In other ways‚ it has juxtaposed those intents and has functioned against its proposals. More specifically‚ what began as a utilitarian

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    The 1999 film‚ Fight Club‚ is controversial in the sense that it can be interpreted at a superfluity of angles. However‚ the effectiveness of the final scene to reflect the narrator’s catharsis is indisputable as it is accompanied by the song “Where is My Mind” by The Pixies. The song itself is vital to the ending scene and ultimately the entire film. The lyrics are significant to the narrator’s inner turmoil‚ not only throughout the film‚ but also at the concluding moment and the auditory elements

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    Died of a blood disease Characters The pilot himself (round character) The nurse The wing commander Plot Exposition: flying the Spitfire Complication: being aware of losing consciousness Crisis: losing his leg‚ being in the hospital  Catharsis: captured by the German Army Dénouement: will he surrender or play stupid ? Setting The story starts in a Spitfire‚ an English plane during WWII. (small space‚ only room for 1 person) ->The protagonist crashes‚ not knowing where he is. ->

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    In the nineteenth century‚ the aestheticism movement changed the way art critics viewed and valued art. The aesthetes‚ the advocates of aestheticism‚ believed‚ roughly‚ that art is meant to be created and viewed for nothing by the sake of art itself. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a proponent of his movement towards the end of his life. The first portion of this two-part essay will convey Oscar Wilde’s views of aestheticism and the value of art. The second part will compare Wilde’s assessment of what

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    the events lead to the downfall of the main character‚ usually because of his own actions. This character often a person of great significance‚ like a king or a hero.  Function of tragedy was to create pity or fear in the audience which created a catharsis or emotional purging. ITS FRAMEWORK Characters are whom the audience cares about.  The characters have a conflict or a problem that

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    The 1999 film ’Fight Club’ features a list of characters that are anything but psychologically stable‚ the best example of which is the nameless Narrator and main character of the film. The Narrator‚ as the original novel calls him‚ has numerous psychological issues that drive the entire plot of the film‚ but are only slowly revealed. Of the most obvious and apparent by the end are Insomnia‚ Schizophrenia‚ and Multiple Personality Disorder. The Narrator is a businessman who works for a car

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    Aggression WHAT IS AGGRESSION?  Textbook defines it as ‘behaviour that is intended to harm another individual’  HOWEVER‚ there are numerous examples of behaviours that exhibit aggression: murdering for money‚ verbally and physically assaulting someone‚ accidentally injuring someone‚ working persistently to sell a product‚ and many‚ many more  Almost every definition that psychologists have tried to come up with for ‘aggression’ can contradict a perfect example of something that is aggressive

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    Comparative Analysis: Oedipus & Okonkwo Okonkwo from a strict African culture and Oedipus from a Grecian society in 400 B.C. are oddly not too different from each other. Through Oedipus and Okonkwo’s downfall both represent the qualities of a tragic hero and the show their process of self-actualization. Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe depicts the life of Okonkwo and the honor he has strived for in his village is quickly falling apart. In Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles is ended

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    The comic and the tragic effects in Stephen Chifunyise’s transformative theatre: The case of “Rituals” and “Heal the Wounds” By ISHEUNESU MOYO DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF THEATRE ARTS 4TH YEAR SPECIAL HONOURS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE’S DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS SUPERVISED BY KELVIN CHIKONZO May 2012 DECLARATION I declare that this report is my own unaided work. It is being submitted in partial fulfilment of the 4th Year Honours Degree in Theatre Arts

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    My twin brother‚ Ben‚ took his own life about two months ago (July 22‚ 2017). Being a twin was (and is) a huge blessing‚ but losing him is the toughest pain imaginable. I created this channel as a way to cope with his passing and to memorialize him. Ben and I fought often (as seen in the video)‚ but we always got along when music was involved. The times where we listened to tunes together are when the twin energy was strongest. Music brought us closer together. Radiohead’s Bodysnatchers was a

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