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    THE MALTESE FALCON Take note that Prospero says "made on‚" not "made of‚" despite Humphrey Bogart’s famous last line in the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon: "The stuff that dreams are made of." (Bogart suggested the line to director John Huston‚ but neither seems to have brushed up his Shakespeare.) Film buffs may think "made of" is the authentic phrase‚ but they’re only dreaming. (We are such stuff / As dreams are made on; and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep. [The Tempest Act 4‚ scene

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    Silence Speaks Louder than Words: How to Communicate about CSR Engagement Effectively 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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    tell that Henry fell in love with the idea of Catherine long before she reciprocated the feelings‚ showing that Henry was just as weak as Catherine was. Catherine can not be categorized as a one-dimensional personification of a male fantasy nor a “femme fatale” because she captures the essence of both. In one aspect of the story‚

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    second essay‚ “Woman as Sign: Psychoanalytic Readings‚” Freudian theory is applied to Rossetti’s paintings. Specifically‚ Pollock claims that Rossetti’s femmes fatales incite fear of castration in the male viewer‚ producing an anxiety about loss of the mother3. Pollock also suggests that the viewer attains delight in viewing Rossetti’s femme fatale paintings through the constant alternation between a sense of threat and a sense of desire. The essay is greatly grateful to the above mentioned historiography

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    who was married‚ then divorced after WWI. Brett’s character can easily be related to many of the women in the present time. Hemmingway portrays women as manipulative‚ objects of lust‚ promiscuous and elusive. Brett is the perfect example of a femme fatale which Hemmingway is trying to portray women as‚ as well. Near the beginning of The Sun Also Rises‚ we are introduced to the character of Lady Ashley who is portrayed as manipulative from the start. In most cases‚ Brett has a kind of power over

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    MDST –Comedy Movie Report For this assignment I choose to see the following three movies: My Man Godfrey‚ Gabriel over the White House and Meet John Doe. The three movies give different perspectives on how comedy is used and the role it plays in what the movie wants to convey. My Man Godfrey (1936) directed by Gregory LaCava present the typical screwball comedy of the 1930’s. The film presents the life of a rich family where the two daughters; completely opposite go down to a poor colony during

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    Bibliography: Allen‚ V. (1983) The Femme Fatale: Erotic Icon. New York: The Whitson. Baudelaire‚ C. (1968) Oeuvres completes. Paris: Editions de Seuil. Dijkstra‚ B. (1986) Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture. Oxford. Fumagalli‚ V. (1990) Solitudo Carnis.

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    Comparative Study of Text and Context: Elective 2- Texts in Time – Gail Perry Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context This module requires students to compare texts in order to explore them in relation to their contexts. It develops students’ understanding of the effects of context and questions of value. Each elective in this module requires the study of groups of texts which are to be selected from a prescribed text list. These texts may be in different forms or media. Students

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    The word “archetype” today means a stereotype; a definition of something that comes to us naturally and that is plugged into our consciousness. So where did we get these archetypes from? What society began the main traits that our characters have followed ever since? Our society has followed behind Greek influences since the beginning‚ probably because Greece is one of the oldest known civilizations to humans. Literature as well‚ has been followed up to today. Homers’ epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ presents

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    Pin-Up or Pin-Down? Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism‚ Sexuality‚ Popular Culture is a book written by Maria Elena Buszek that explains how third-wave feminists are taking back pin-up culture. This new pin-up culture is shown developing through a 150 year time span. Buszek examines old and new female sex symbols as well as the beginnings of this new revival of the pin-up genre. This book illustrates how women are often publicly depicted and the representation of our sexualities since the early 1860’s. Buszek

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