"What is there about Shakespeare that would interest a contemporary audience?" If being “contemporary " means being focused on reality TV‚ greed‚ casual sex‚ money‚ sports‚ The Family Guy‚ professional wrestling‚ technology or State of Origin ... then the answer is probably "Nothing." Life in reality though‚ is a play that forces individuals to choose between right and wrong and‚ like Macbeth‚ decisions we make can have a lasting effect and decide the outcome of our future. As Shakespeare
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Naturalism is‚ ironically‚ a controversial philosophy. Our modern civilization depends totally for its existence and future survival on the methods and fruits of science‚ naturalism is the philosophy that science created and that science now follows with such success‚ yet the great majority of humans (at least 90% of the U.S. population) believe in the antithesis of naturalism--supernaturalism. Our culture persistently indulges and celebrates supernaturalism‚ and most people‚ including some scientists
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“The Turn of the Screw” offers two very different readings; the text could be interpreted as an exploration of the paranormal or the paranoidal. Those who view the novel as being an exploration of the paranormal take events throughout the novel on face value‚ trusting the narrator to give the whole truth and nothing but. However those who read the novel with more cynical perspective begin to doubt their narrators version of events believing her paranoid or dishonest. In light of this knowledge I
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Literature‚ Filipino & Art Appreciation “The folk stories and urban legends on paranormal activities in San Antonio Heights Santo Tomas‚ Batangas” Submitted by: Ralph Anthony M. Tuzon P3A – Litform 2013 I. Introduction This literary research is about the folk stories and urban legends on paranormal activities in San Antonio Santo Tomas‚ Batangas. There are some urban legends on paranormal activities in every place we live in. Some of those urban legends are about “duwendes
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The Ghost Story Because of all the recorded evidence of paranormal activity‚ this leads to the evidence being real. Yet‚ because of skeptics and nonbelievers debunking the evidence‚ some people are led to believe paranormal activity is fake. Many people have obtained facts that suggest ghosts are real. Whether someone believes in ghosts or not‚ there will always be logical theories and unanswered questions to ghostly encounters. Ghost stories have been told through real-life experience (hauntings)
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Ghosts are a significant part of a religion. It was mentioned and written in many parts of religious scriptures. The life after death was acknowledged in many of these scriptures. Nevertheless‚ it probably holds the logic behind paranormal activities. We acknowledge our existence because we believe we can see‚ touch‚ and feel ourselves. We tie in the existence of God as an extension of ours‚ without God we would not be here. As the Heaven and hell exist so we can separate the good from the bad.Ever
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beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.” The Supernatural was discovered during 1520-1530 A.D. The term “Supernatural” is mainly used when something paranormal appears or happens. The first paranormal movie was in 2007 which was named ¨Paranormal Activity.” The movie was about Katie and her family experiencing paranormal and demonic activities‚ strangely enough most of the family ends up disappearing without an explanation. Their grandmother ¨made a deal with the devil‚” for money therefore
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do exist. Of course they do. The existence of ghosts can be proved by unexplainable paranormal activities. Nevertheless‚ they have a strong connection with religions‚ explaining the whole logic and theory on the occurring of paranormal activities. Based on the statistics on Wikipedia‚ ten of thousands of people from all nations around the world and all periods in human history reported encountering paranormal activities under more or less similar circumstances. Scientists who have witnessed and
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Paranormal activity has been a hot topic worldwide for decades. Horror movies‚ novels‚ and television shows have been based on myths‚ legends‚ and even stories that are claimed to be true. Since many choose to watch or read about ghosts‚ there is debate over the authenticity of the stories and the existence of apparitions altogether. Author Joe Nickell‚ a stage magician‚ private investigator‚ and journalist argues that his experience with apparitions proves that paranormal accounts are entirely
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‘The X-Files’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ The television drama ‘X-Files’ episode ‘Gender Bender’ is about unsolved cases in the FBI investigation. The special agent Fox Mulder and Dana Scully believe that it involving aliens and paranormal phenomena. In that episode‚ a man in the club is taken by a woman for casual sex. Then‚ the man was found dead in a room in a hotel. The special agents‚ Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were selected to investigate this case. They try to look at CCTV where
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