In 1606‚ William Shakespeare wrote and presented a dark‚ psychologically charged story about the evil nature of a man at odds with his conscience in the play Macbeth. Four hundred years later the movie "Scotland‚ PA" takes the play someplace it has never been: 1970’s white-trash America --- not always accurate‚ but clearly connected. Although worlds apart‚ this dysfunctional fast-food fantasy mirrors Shakespeare’s story of royal deception and assassination by capturing elements of character and plot
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has a fatal flaw that‚ combined with fate and external forces‚ brings on a tragedy" (www.dictionary.com). And until recently we were satisfied with that At the Cannes Film Festival in 2001‚ a low budget comedy was unveiled. It was called Scotland‚ PA. This film was written by a first-time director‚ Billy Morrissette‚ and depicts the familiar story in a surprisingly different form. The premise of the plot is held in tact but the setting is shifted several hundred years‚ to the 1970s. The characters
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CLASS. $13‚800 + $1‚000 + $500 + $2‚400 = $5‚000 + $2‚400 + $10‚000 + $300 (b) Bell Consulting Pty Ltd Income Statement for the month ended 31 May 2008 Profit $500 (c) Bell Consulting Pty Ltd Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2008 Cash Accounts receivable Supplies Office equipment Total assets $17‚700 Accounts payable Bank loan Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
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and maintain an affluential reputation. This central theme is apparent in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ which is further translated into Billy Morrissett’s Scotland‚ PA. Although Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s desire to “achieve absolute monarchical authority is absurdly reduced to the McBeths’ desperate bourgeois ambitions‚” in Scotland‚ PA‚ the main concept remains intact (Hoefer 154). Essentially‚ Macbeth is transformed from a tragic play about the uncontrollable desperation for monarchial power kindled
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Most probably‚ fragment 22 CA was not composed during the archaic period. Its meter and especially its language -which has affinities with archaic epic and lyric diction‚ later Euripidean drama and even Moschion‚ and is full of rare words- situate it within the broader context of the ‘New Music’. The same is true about its intertextuality with archaic epic‚ Alcman‚ Sappho and Ibycus. Its self-referentiality and its sensuality were constructed to captivate the audience’s attention. It was either performed
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I found there to be many faux pas in other countries that I would easily violate and offend others. For instance in Egypt‚ it is offensive to the chef if you add salt to your food (Huffington‚ 2013). In Russia I would certainly offend someone by refusing to drink vodka‚ it is against my religious beliefs (Huffington‚ 2013). My love of chewing gum would surly cause some suffering because of the $5‚500 fine in Singapore (Huffington‚ 2013). All of the listed faux pas are perfectly acceptable the US
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Chapter 9 – Employee Benefits Employee benefits are all forms of consideration given by an entity in exchange for service rendered by employees. PAS 19 prescribes the accounting and disclosure by employers for employee benefits. Such benefits included in the standard are short-term employee benefits‚ postemployment benefits‚ long-term employee benefit‚ and termination benefits. 1) Short-term employee benefits – employee benefits other than termination benefits which fall due wholly within twelve
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Frederick Douglass’s Fourth of July Speech In 1852‚ the leading citizens of Rochester asked Douglass to give a speech as part of their Fourth of July celebrations. Douglass accepted their invitation. In his speech‚ however‚ Douglass delivered a scathing attack on the hypocrisy of a nation celebrating freedom and independence with speeches‚ parades and platitudes‚ while‚ within its borders‚ nearly four million humans were being kept as slaves. Fellow citizens‚ pardon me‚ and allow me to ask‚
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After Descartes goes over what he has previously covered‚ including his proving that God exists and that God is perfect‚ he begins his fourth meditation. In this meditation‚ titled Truth and falsity‚ Descartes contemplates how he‚ Descartes makes mistakes if he is a product of this perfect being. First‚ he knows that God would not deceive him‚ since the will to deceive is a sign of weakness or hatred‚ and God’s perfection would not allow it. Second‚ if God created him‚ God is responsible for his
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I am not supporting the Republican candidate because he is a saint. People change‚ grow and often have regrets. Thankfully for most of us‚ our past sins‚ words and faux pas are not recorded. I doubt if they were‚ any of us would pass the test of refinement and purity. He has to answer to God and his wife. I am seeking someone who will stand for life‚ marriage and restore the US to its full sovereignty‚ leaving the UN and the global melding behind. I would like a person who is competent‚ who
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