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    Harvest of Shame

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    L Harvest of Shame Analysis of Stereotyping‚ Prejudice‚ and Social Identity Theory/Threat By Brenna Lofquist WSU ID #11190549 Brenna.lofquist@email.wsu.edu Term Paper submitted for COM471/CES404 Fall Semester 2013 Submitted to Dr. P.M. Wadleigh The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication Washington State University Pullman‚ WA 99163 Edward R. Murrow once said “Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up‚ at least a little bit.” This

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    One Sunday morning I was driving my children back from their regular soccer game. It was a warm summer day‚ sun shining ever so brightly‚ making the uneven town picturesque. As I drove along in my Holden with rigid brown seats and the windscreen wipers that didn’t work‚ I looked over to my sixteen year old daughter sitting next to menodding and shaking her head rhythmically to‚ in her words‚ ‘legendary’ music band One Direction. An image of Asreen flashed through my mind… …“Kiran?” the voice on

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    believe that everything is a matter of free will. Belief in Free will is the belief that your own choices lead you to your destiny. In Oedipus Rex the idea of predestination is the most important theme of the play. The main Characters Oedipus‚ Jocasta and Laius all try to escape their destiny and take matters into their own hands but do not escape from their fate. Oedipus speaks to the people of Thebes from his palace and tells them that there is nothing he can’t do to save his city. He asks for the

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    Andy Stoops Honors Language Arts Landow 3/4th hour 27 February‚ 2012 Discovering and Suffering: Why Oedipus is The Most Tragic Fate is the develpment of events outside a person’s control‚ regarded as determined by a supernatural power. In Oedipus’s fight against fate‚ he expierenced all aspects an Aristostlian Tragic Hero‚ but above all suffering and discovery. Therefore‚ Oedipus is far more tragic than Antigone and Creon; for his suffering exceeds greatly beyond theirs‚ as does his discovery

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    Villarreal Bibliography Essay Engl 2332 Sophocles: Oedipus the King The most obvious theme expressed is the symbolism of free will. This issue is manifested in the plot itself and is a central theme in the play. It goes without saying that this problem of free will is still relevant till this day and has been a major topic throughout history. Another central issue dealt with in Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus the King‚ or also known as Oedipus Tyrannus is fate. These two issues will be key issues that

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    Oedipus endured many different experiences on his search for the truth that he was not aware even lingered. Each one of these experiences had a polarity of sorts paired along with it in some way. Oedipus’ intellect throughout the play showed both his great strength and his ultimate downfall. Throughout the play of Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ there was evidence of great polarities in his search for truth ranging from fame and shame‚ and sight and blindness‚ to ignorance and knowledge. The most

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    Aristotle discusses in Book 2 Chapter 6 about Shame and Shamelessness. He defines shame as “pain or disturbance in regard to bad things‚ whether present‚ past‚ or future‚ which seem likely to involve us in discredit; and shamelessness as contempt or indifference in regard to these same bad things” (Aristotle‚ pg. 85). Aristotle makes an intriguing conclusion when he says that if we take these definitions as previously stated above to be true‚ we feel same at such bad things as we think are disgraceful

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    Many people feel shameful about some part of their identity for various reasons. Shame can derive from a bad decision or a character trait that one is born with and often‚ it can be an unpleasant burden for one to carry. In the short stories‚ “The Lie” and “Ysrael”‚ Dr. Remenzel and Ysreal both deal with shame‚ but Dr. Remenzel’s shame stems from trying to to use his name and identity to his advantage‚ while Ysreal feels shameful because of a traumatic experience in his past. Dr. Remenzel and Ysrael

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    Shame In American Culture

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    Shame is prevalent in most people’s life. Especially for someone who is completely different‚ or partially different in terms of home life‚ culture‚ religion‚ or looks‚ experience shame. One of the biggest contributes to shame is societal norms‚ and how different they are around the world. Personally‚ I think shame is dumped hardest on people who are only slightly different because they fit in‚ in a weird in-between‚ and not quite into one group or another. Although I am half Asian and follow much

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    HONOUR AND SHAME IN THE MED. By the end of the 1950s a group of anthropologists‚ led by J. G. Peristiany‚ started a discussion about the existence of the Mediterranean as a territory characterized by some common features that assured its cultural homogeneity. One of the main publications that contributed to found the anthropology of the Mediterranean was the anthology Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society edited by Peristiany (1966). Even if Peristiany and Pitt-Rivers have claimed

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