There’s the Rub Toxic By Conrado de Quiros Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:20 am | Monday‚ November 26th‚ 2012 I’m glad Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Walden Bello have introduced resolutions calling for the scrapping of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in the wake of Glenn Defense Marine Asia’s dumping of toxic waste on the waters of Subic Bay. It’s way past due. On the face of it‚ the connection between the two is merely tangential. After being accused of dumping untreated waste on the waters
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‘Social class is still the main determinant of voting behaviour.’ Discuss. In some ways‚ this statement is correct‚ however‚ as society is evolving this is becoming less and less apparent. The change in voting behaviour based on classes started to change between 1945 and the 1980s‚ where the class de-alignment occurred. This was the decline in the relationship between social class and voting. After World War II‚ the distinctions between the classes became less important as the country had fought
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The Dark Knight and The Matrix neo-noir characteristics Both movies show neo-noir characteristics though both production and story elements. Production elements such as the dark scenes throughout the movie are used to show the contrasting sides to the story. Within both movies it also shows that a friend of the main character dies‚ and it shows how this may be devastating to the character however they avoid showing emotion or grief as they are determined to finish their quest and do what is right
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Catwoman There have been many versions of Catwoman’s origin over the years but details of her possible storyline suggested that Selina Kyle was born to Brian and Maria Kyle in the slums of Gotham City. Her mother was never close to Selina or her sister Maggie and would often rather spend time with her cats then her children. Her father was an abusive and drunken man who would always quarrel with Maria‚ a homemaker. In her spare time‚ Selina took gym lessons not just as an extra curricular but to
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Batman: the Dark Knight Batman‚ the Dark Knight is full of underlying philosophy on society and life in many ways; I will focus on three of them: good versus evil‚ order versus chaos‚ and the theme of corruption. This film masterfully portrays a philosophic insight into selfish human behavior as a whole in society‚ while also giving an alternative perspective on the evil that lies in people just under a thin veneer of good ethics. The Dark Knight marvellously explores how very close to each
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What is the significance of being a hero? In Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns‚ I would like to address the theme of rebirth and its relevance to Batman. Batman’s rebirth can be seen through‚ his physical changes‚ superhero power struggle‚ and his death. Batman’s rebirth is witnessed by his initial physical changes. For example‚ Alfred points out‚ “Master Bruce. Whatever happened to your moustache” (20‚ 7).This physical change is what hints at a different stage or “rebirth” in Bruce Wayne
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The chronicles of Batman and The Joker continue to evolve in complexity for every generation. They are the ultimate good vs. evil who are equally as different as they are similar. Many will argue that they will continue the game they play infinitely‚ due to the rules they follow. Neither can exist without the other for there would be no arch nemesis for Batman to oppose. These two men are psychotic as well as brilliant which constantly creates a dilemma between the both of them. While Batman is spending
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The joker is one of the most popular villain’s to this day. He is well known for causing chaos and anarchy‚ he doesn’t have a purpose to why he’s always causing trouble he just does it out of entertainment. His characteristics are very distinctive‚ His purpose is to corrupt everybody and everything to cause evil for everyone. The joker wants to corrupt batman and make him just like him‚ his whole purpose is to make batman go crazy and kill everyone instead of him being the hero. The characteristics
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In the film The Dark Night‚ Batman sacrifice’s his life for the citizens of Gotham city. As Batman has fought the Joker trying to save lives of citizen‚ in the process many have died. People may say that Batman has caused many of these tragedies due to not doing the job right or saving peoples’ lives in time. The motivation of his sacrifice’s is to put the Joker away and stop the crime rate in the city. He doesn’t want more deaths due to crime from the Joker and any other crimes. He wants to keep
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How would you feel if you were judged only by your father’s accomplishments? This was once the case for Dale Earnhardt‚ Jr.‚ son of legendary stock car driver Dale Earnhardt. When Dale‚ Jr. had debuted in NASCAR as a third-generation driver‚ many people thought that he was getting special treatment because of his father. However‚ after the death of Dale Earnhardt‚ Sr.‚ Junior began to make a name for himself. He had been interested in racing since he was a child and would one day become a spiritual
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