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    the children in. People go the Santa Fe’s gallery to see all types of art‚ by different types of people‚ and expressed in several different ways. In addition‚ viewing a variety of artwork is going to include pieces that some people consider obscenities‚ but no one is forcing them to look at it. The gallery is placed in a room and the only way to enter it is to walk through the door. The set up of the gallery is well done and does not make people look at it as they walk through a hallway. Also

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    Wilfred Owens’s poetry evokes the obscene horrors of war. Discuss with close reference to Mental Cases and at least one other poem studied. War is brutal and impersonal. It mocks the fantasy of individual heroism and the absurdity of utopian goals like democracy. The horrific post traumatic stresses are graphically exposed. In Mental Cases and Disabled by Wilfred Owen. They both expose a chronicle of the debilitating stages of post war traumatism; this is achieved through the employment of various

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    The AICPA term “spousal equivalent” seems to be open to interpretation. Left to my own senses‚ I found in an internet search the Free Dictionary version of what a “spousal equivalent” is. According to the definition‚ a spousal equivalent is  “a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship”. This definition leaves a lot to be desired and can be interpreted and misled in many directions. Just because one cohabitates with someone else (regardless

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    it is an adoration story‚ yet it is likewise an anecdote about American life in the 1920s‚ a period when the American dream deteriorated after a time of thriving and achievement. It was a period of the ascent of a few individuals into riches and fortune through bootlegging and their yearning to be acknowledged by the individuals who are considered as a component of the American nobility. It showcased the conflict between old cash and new cash as appeared by the land refinement between the homes

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    critics have vaguely touted as The American Dream’s most "absurdist" moments. These defenses are nevertheless "absurd" in the truest sense‚ involving her apparent deafness‚ senility‚ memory lapses‚ epigrammatic wit‚ and general obscenity. This decidedly anti-social obscenity (L. ob- scaenus‚ off-scene) prefigures her departure from the household and "American Scene"‚ Grandma literally becoming a commentator on the action from the outside. Crossing the frame of the action‚ she directs the resolution

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    and then goes on to describe his actions as "witchcraft of his wits". The serpent represents his loss of faith‚ akin to postlapsarian belief. The fall of man here not only could be used to reference Gertrude and her giving into temptations‚ "though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven"‚ but also to describe the Ghost’s fall‚ from a faithful warrior king to a man of no substance and existence. Denmark at the time this is written is in the process of being overrun by second wave reformist‚ Calvinist

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    prevent inappropriate content and protects people’s identity. Not only does it prevent inappropriate content‚ but also protects the eyes and ears of young individuals. In the article “Censorship in the Schools” it says “It restrains vulgarity and obscenity.” This is explaining that censorship prevents vulgarity from being exposed. According to Aric Segman‚ “Children are prevented from learning things that could harm them.” This states that censorship blocks out content that shouldn’t be seen. It prevents

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    advertising. It can be restricted more than any other types of speech but has been receiving increased protection from the Supreme Court. iii. Basic restrictions on speech include: prior restraint‚ government preventing material from being published; obscenity‚ inappropriate speech; libel‚ false statements being published; slander. The government can limit symbolic speech if the act was to intimidate. iv. Brief Explanations: 1. Search and Seizure: must have probable cause to search personal affects;

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    book earned its share of positive reviews‚ but some critics weren’t so kind. A few saw the main character of Caulfield and his quest for something pure in an otherwise "phony" world as promoting immoral views. The book is filled with profanity and obscenity. Holden swears steadily throughout the book. The most reoccurring curse

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    A great novel about war is not one that explains detailed events of violence or gore‚ but‚ rather‚ one that extracts the raw emotions of all who were involved. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien achieves this perfect balance between truth‚ empathy‚ and fiction. American author‚ Elliot Ackerman‚ shares that different experiences or events can encapsulate “the war in miniature”. Composed of short stories‚ each chapter in The Things They Carried could be interpreted as an example of “the war in

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