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    Manuel Puig uses many recurring themes and motifs to convey his views and opinions on many highly political‚ and also controversial‚ matters‚ from his attitude towards Marxism‚ and his belief that people should be free to express themselves as well as being tolerant of others’ views‚ to his homosexuality being reflected in one of the two main characters. Themes: • Tolerating each other’s and other people’s views: Molina and Valentin obviously have contrasting views on sexuality and politics

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    On Thursday‚ March 17th at 7:30 pm in Williams Hall‚ I attended the lecture Descent into the Spanish Labyrinth: Politics in Contemporary Spain‚ which Dustin Shannon presented. After studying abroad at the Complutense University of Madrid‚ Dr. Shannon slowly gained an appreciation and became accustomed to the daily lifestyle in Spain. As a result‚ he has lived and taught in Spain for about the last 17 years. During the two decades‚ Dr. Shannon was able to acquire more knowledge on Spain‚ which allows

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ William Shakespeare brilliantly uses the night as a motif which plays a valuable role in the play. He combines this motif with the related symbols of the play to demonstrate the power of night and its correlation with love and vision. He uses symbolism and imagery to develop the motif and makes extensive use of the night forest which‚ in part‚ helps the situation of the four young lovers‚ one of the main plots of the play. It might seem strange that Shakespeare would

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    Toro is a director that likes to portray fairy tales‚ myth and legends and science fiction stories using magic‚ fantasy‚ horror‚ darkness‚ creatures and monsters. The two films that I have selected to study and analyse are Pacific Rim and Pan’s Labyrinth. Pacfic Rim (2013) is a fantasy‚ science fiction story that tells of how aliens‚ (Kaiju) come from a disastrous‚ dying and chaotic underground oceanic world with their objective to destroy mankind. To defend their Planet‚ mankind manufacture robots

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    decades and he was a pioneer for shooting on-location and the extreme long shot. Of the many John Ford movies‚ there is an ongoing presence and repetition of several motifs. These themes are usually significant to the plot or character development in the film and often represent similar themes from film to film. Some of these motifs Ford uses in his films are dances‚ fights‚ doctors‚ women‚ and arrivals and departures. First of all‚ the dance is present in many of Ford’s films. Dances are used

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    In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Shakespeare uses the motif sleep and dreams Is used to convey contrasting moods. In Macbeth the motif sleep and dreams is used to convey a mood of suspicion. “And yet I would not sleep. Merciful powers. /Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature/ gives a response” (2.1.8-11). In this scene Banquo laments to himself that something feels wrong‚ Suspicion has encompassed Banquo. While he can keep these negative feelings at bay in the day‚ at night he struggles

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    Pan Europa Case Analysis

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    1. Using the company ’s cost of capital‚ the net present value (NPV) is the sum of the discounted cash flows minus the original investment. One of the major problems with Pan-Europa is their existing low stock price. In order to increase their value‚ they must take up projects that increase their stock values‚ including those that would allow them to increase gross sales that have been stagnant over the years. The values presented in Exhibit 3 allow us to compare these projects based on various factors

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    Motifs in Fahrenheit 451 This is the novel Fahrenheit 451 it was written by Ray Bradbury. During the novel‚ Montag works with a mechanical hound. Montag is a fireman and the hound lives in the station. The hound is both dead and alive‚ he moves around like a normal dog although is mechanical. Bradbury uses motifs during Fahrenheit 451 to get the reader to focus on certain ideas. Some of the motifs he uses are fire‚ mirrors‚ and being both dead and alive. Throughout the novel‚

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    Blood Motif in Macbeth

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    Blood The longest running tradition in medicine‚ bloodletting‚ was a widely accepted practice with a three-thousand year-old history from the ancient Egyptians to the late 19th century. At that time‚ physicians thought that disease was a curse caused by the supernatural. It was a common idea that blood carried the vital force of the body and was the seat of the soul. Anything from body weaknesses to insanity were attributed to a defect in this vital fluid. Bloodletting was a method for balancing

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    Motifs in Jane Eyre

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    The Red-Room Mr Reed passed away in this room (male establishment) The room inspires a feeling of fear‚ gothiscism‚ and emptiness Recurrence of various shades of red – scarlet‚ pink‚ crimson – signifies passion‚ danger‚ aggression‚ suppression‚ and confinement…a way of policing female passion The red-room can be viewed as a symbol of what Jane must overcome in her struggles to find freedom‚ happiness‚ and a sense of belonging. In the red-room‚ Jane’s position of exile and imprisonment first becomes

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