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    The Myth Of Sisyphus

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    Ultimately‚ the conflicting idea of wanting universal acknowledge and the world’s inability to fulfill that need creates the feeling of the Absurd. This conflict with the world is a fundamental aspect of human nature‚ explored extensively in Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus.

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    PORTRAYING MEURSAULT FROM AN EXISTENTIAL EYE “Meursault is not a piece of social wreckage‚ but a poor and naked enamoured of the sun that leaves no shadow. Far from being bereft of all feeling‚ he is animated by passion that is deep because it is stubborn‚ a passion for the absolute‚ and for truth.” - Camus‚ “Preface” to “The Stranger”. Camus’s antihero‚ Meursault is condemned in a court of law‚ not necessarily for the crime of killing an Arab under a blinding North African sun‚ but rather he refuses

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    First of all‚ beauty contests unify concept of beauty and sometimes the concept is superficial. There are two arguements support this point of view. One was raised in a book written in 1991 which caused a phenomenon upon publication: The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf. Wolf theorizes a cause-and-effect relationship between women’s liberation and society’s ideal of beauty. Although females have already advanced and more open minded than before‚ Wolf resists

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    Life is beautiful is a beautifully depicted film that has shown the experiences of the Jews from the holocaust. It was set in the World War I where Jews are made into slaves then later on‚ are killed. The main character‚ Guido‚ was a humorous Jewish man who married an Italian woman. Unfortunately‚ on the 4th birthday of their son‚ Guido and their son Joshua were forced to go into concentration camp together with other Jews. This movie has illustrated what love really is about. In fact‚ this movie

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    Pima Creation Story

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    his creations of the world‚ which implies the thought that are all gods meant to be perfect or are they meant to be artistic. This legend‚ although stated that is not based on the biblical version‚ in my perspective embraces varies features of the myth in an imitational way. Gods are perceived as flawless‚ immaculate spirits. Reading this selection actually gives the reader a different mindset of how to view a god. The Pima God is not only the opposite of flawless; he illustrates a god with human-like

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    The Banquet vs. Hamlet

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    A NOTE ON THE ENUMA ELISH CREATION STORY The Genesis creation stories are best read as ancient Israel’s response to other creation stories circulating in the Ancient Near East. For example‚ the Babylonian creation myth‚ known as the Enuma Elish (http://www.sacred- texts.com/ane/enuma.htm)‚ was filled with violence. The god Apsu (= fresh water) and the goddess Tiamat (= salt water) commingled resulting in the birth of gods Lahmu and Lahamu‚ followed by the the gods Anshar‚ Kishar‚ Ea/Nidimmud

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    Look at Me. Jennifer Egan

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    AND TECHNOLOGY IN JENNIFER EGAN’S LOOK AT ME Word counter: 2.701 ‘The beauty myth tells a story: the quality called ‘beauty’ objectively and universally exists. Women must want to embody it and men must want to possess women who embody it. An imperative for women and not for men(…)’ (Wolf‚ Naomi‚ “The Beauty Myth”‚ page 2) We live in a post-modern world. Images‚ surface and appearances have gained a huge importance in the last decades

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    Thea104 Exam Review

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    THEA104 EXAM 2 Review KEY QUESTIONS: (1) What is bardolotry and what are some of the ways Shakespeare gets adapted today? - Bardolotry is the worshiping of Shakespeare. Shakespeare has a lasting impact. People are interested in the man and the mystique. 1) The Bard a) William Shakespeare i) The Bard – “He was not of an age but for all time” ii) Bardolatry – don’t read Webster or Marlowe but you are tormented with Shakespeare iii) Adaptation

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    Women in Religion

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    define cultural roles * Male coercion and plow agriculture * Males take over agriculture‚ decent of land * Conquest of tribes: women for labor and sexual service * Patriarchal law: women‚ slaves‚ animals‚ land * Babylonian Creation Myth: Marduk vs. Tiamat * Marduk is a warrior ‚ taimat is a female‚ marduk defeats tiamat and kills her‚ her body becomes the ground. This patriarc is already built in. Women are associated with earth. HEBREW CONCEPTIONS * God creates‚ shapes

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    Body Image in Society

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    This is basically the message society is sending to women today. If you conform to the world’s idea of what a woman should look like then you will be accepted. In the two articles “The Pitfalls of Plastic Surgery” by Camille Paglia and “The Beauty Myth” by Naomi Wolf‚ the way women have responded to the message from society is discussed from both perspectives. Wolf is clearly against women’s confinement to societal pressures. She reveals that there is a "secret underlie poisoning our freedom‚" referring

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