I put positive with quotation marks‚ as I view positive racial stereotypes as an oxymoron‚ and are actually negative stereotypes in of itself. For example‚ there is the stereotype that African Americans are athletic‚ or Asians are intelligent. These may sound like positive associations‚ however‚ if someone does not fit this "positive"
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In my personal opinion‚ the term “victimless crime” is a bit of an oxymoron. I have come to find out‚ opinions on this topic seem to be split right down the middle. People either believe that if a crime has no victim is not a crime at all; the only real victims are the offenders because the harm is self-inflicted. Or‚ they believe that these laws are vital to prevent the harm of others from said acts. There are even some who believe that these laws are just a way to be controlled by the government
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their new jeans for at least six months. It has also opened satellite repair stores around the world where customers can take their knackered trousers in for a free fix up. Nudie wants to be a fully transparent company. "Caring capitalism" may be an oxymoron but Nudie appears to be shifting the public gaze towards something akin to responsible consumerism. Nudie Jeans are becoming popular and not everyone buys them for the ethics‚ but they soon get the hint. Nudie Jeans is the ”naked truth about denim”
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Cristina Degli-Esposti stated that “Our culture is indeed postmodern in this oxymoron-like manner as it transcends the notion of present. It reaches back to the past and forward to the future trying to synthesize these two imaginary places” This notion of both reaching back to the past and forward to the future‚ can be seen in Ridley Scott’s 1982 Blade Runner. The film although set in L.A. in 2019‚ shows many aspects of both the 1980’s culture and that of the 1940’s‚ when the film noir genre rose
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Mary Karr’s poem "Still Memory" is her recollection of a childhood memory as experienced through a dream. It explores the issues of her past memory wondering the presence of change in her life‚ both through her parents and setting‚ but also through time itself. This theme of change is explored through inquiring her parent’s death‚ "not dead‚" and "not yet born each into a small urn of ash‚" dramatizes her views of how she see’s her parents alive‚ giving a sense that as she looks back on this memory
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Another aspect of Borduas‚ he sometimes included numbers in the titles of his paintings. At first he “numbered his works simply to create a personal inventory. Later‚ a numbered title corresponds to the date a canvas was painted or to its number in a sequence of paintings.” A second example of a surrealism automatism painting is “8.47 ou Les carquois fléchi” (Fig.2). The gigantic abstract oil canvas had the highest pigment levels‚ with widest choice of color‚ from red yellow and green; however
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“Four Quartets” Thomas Stearns Eliot The Battle After the Battle "The battle is going very heavily against us. We ’re being crushed by the enemy weight...We are facing very difficult days‚ perhaps the most difficult that a man can undergo” (Erwin Rommel). During World War II‚ Field Marshal Erwin Rommel says on behalf of Germany that his army faces the most difficult days they have ever been through. This relates to all soldiers in all wars‚ as well as to people who lost their loved ones from
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imprisoning‚ stultifying and repetitive. Irony Saying the opposite of what you actually mean. Do not use “ironic” in the vague sense of “funny/humorous”. Teacher: “You are absolutely the best class I’ve ever had.” Actual meaning: “the worst class” Oxymoron A condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words (mostly adjective and noun) are used together. sweet sorrow / wise fool / bittersweet / “O hateful love! O loving hate!” (Romeo and Juliet ) A metonymy is a word or phrase that is used
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The jaguar by ted Hughes In stanza 1‚ an image of distorted nature commences. The opening line ‘the apes yawn and adore their fleas in the sun’ presents an oxymoron that evokes a sense of both boredom and decay for the reader. The aural imagery and onomatopoeia of ‘the parrots shriek’ is complemented by two similes ‘as if they were on fire’ and ‘strut like cheap tarts’ to add visual imagery‚ parrots that are acting desperately and unnaturally for attention and food In stanza 2‚ the empty cage
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Romeo and Juliet – Answer Key to Study Guide 1. Although they are servants‚ they maintain the Montague/Capulet feud. 2. Gregory 3. These men are too quick to fight. 4. The punishment for more fighting is death. 5. quick-tempered 6. moody and depressed 7. Juliet is too young for marriage‚ she is his only hope‚ and she must give her consent also. 8. to see Rosaline 9. He falls in love too easily. 10. They fall in love. 11. an infatuated Romeo 12. The names
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