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    EXISTED A LOT OF YEARS‚ MANY COUNTRIES USED THIS METHODIC PLAN TO QUIT THE OPPRESSION FOR PRESIDENTS‚ KING OR DICTATORS. A LOT OF YEARS‚ THE PEOPLE WAS ESCLAVOS‚ NOT HAVE THE SAME IDEAS AND WERE DISSAPOINTED WITH THE PRESIDENTS AND THIS DISSAPOINTS WERE USED TO MAKE A PLAN TO CONCENTRATE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND DECIDE MAKE A WAR AND QUIT THE OPPRESSION FOR THEIR AND THEIRS COUNTRIES‚ WHILE THAT THE COUNTRIES LIVE´S IN OPPRESSION OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE THE LIBERTY AND IT IS THE GREAT VALUE THAT THE COUNTRIES

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    points north‚ a man’s accusing finger always finds a women. Always you remember that‚ Mariam.” In this quote its shows oppression women faced and how they were always blamed for everything because men had the power. The mood is tragic‚ filled with despair‚ and very sad; at other times‚ it is uplifting and hopeful. The tone had very sad moments in this novel‚ which emphasizes the oppression and hardships the women faced. The hopefulness comes from the women’s actions and ability to continue to persevere

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    individuality conflicting with oppression. Oppression in general can come from society‚ human beings‚ or even from the same person. In this short story‚ Louise is being oppressed by all three groups aforementioned. She is oppressed by society in having to conform to a certain stereotypical method of mourning‚ oppressed by her husband and their marriage‚ and oppressed by her own heart‚ which dares not continue on after losing her independence once more. Oppression in America was not uncommon at

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    Gft. World Lit.-4 22 April 2012 Sea Imagery in Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities In Charles Dickens’s Book A Tale of Two Cities‚ he illustrates the French Revolution and its effect on the people. Through the stories of revolutionaries‚ upper-class‚ and lower-class citizens he creates a dichotomy between Paris‚ France‚ and London‚ England‚ to caution England about what will happen if their government continues to run as France’s does. Dickens uses imagery of the sea to warn that a hellacious

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    In winter afternoons‚ lights are dazzling‚ and they can be reflected by the surface of various stuffs‚ implying the light is powerful and it leaves people a sense of dysphoria and powerless. Therefore‚ the winter light brings a sense of oppression. In “Heavenly Hurt‚ it gives us- / We can find no scar‚” (5-6)‚ Emily Dickinson uses personification because actually‚ lights cannot hurt people. To some extent‚ the Emily Dickinson uses metaphor in these sentences too; she compares the things that

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    The Theory of Paulo Freire

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    THE THEORY OF PAULO FREIRE by Carien Fritze (a community worker/organizer in London‚ England) WHO IS PAULO FREIRE? Freire is a Brazilian. He was born in the North East in 1921 of middle-class parents‚ better off than most. He then went on to work with the poor and this sharing of their life led him to the discovery of what he describes as the culture of silence‚ of the dispossessed. He came to realise that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor people in his country were the direct product

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    Though part of American’s collective whole‚ they live and work outside society’s center‚ and take up space in the margins‚ much like the margins of a sheet of paper. Author bell hooks‚ however‚ believes these margins not only represent sites of oppression‚ but also serve as places of resistance. To hook’s‚ the margins are something the marginalized need to hold on to‚ for it is a site of resistance that allows the oppressed to hold on to their individuality and use it as a source of power. Resistance

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    and creation sought in remarriage comedy: in this melodrama the woman is meant to be decreated‚ tortured out of a mind altogether” (Cavell‚ 49). Gregory uses every means possible to convince his wife she is going crazy. We watch a progression of oppression and isolation happen between a man and a woman that is devastating to both Paula and the viewer. “In the claim of reason I call something like this ‘having a voice in your own history‚’ and compare the ways in which one may be so denied (deny oneself)

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    Meyerhold have greatly influenced the creation of their theatrical practices. Boal’s context within Brazil’s oppressive regime in the twentieth century developed his goal to use theatre as a therapeutic means of showing audiences how they could overcome oppression in his Theatre of the Oppressed. Meyerhold wanted to steer away from realism and utilise the body as a tool. Both practitioners developed their own systems of theatre and actor training which are still relevant in drama and theatre today. Augusto

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    The Party‚ and shows the reader what they are all about. Rebellions are started by those who feel oppressed by their superiors‚ people who feel like they have no way out unless they fight their way out‚ start a revolution. Winston’s feelings of oppression are transferred into intense desires to rebel against The Party‚ specifically wanting to break one of their cardinal rules‚ no sexual encounters with anyone. He meets a fellow member of The Party who feels an urge to rebel‚ it is a selfish urge

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