Richard Dawkins idea of a meme was not created to explain religion. It was an idea that spread within a group of individuals. A meme is the cultural equivalent of a gene‚ hence the similar name‚ and it was meant to describe the way ideas are created and propagated throughout society. Ideas replicate themselves just like genes; that was the idea. He did use the religion or God as examples of successful memes‚ but the idea was much more than simply attacking religion. Dawkins wasn’t as much an advocate
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When designing earthquake safe structures the first consideration is to make the highest bit‚ the roof‚ as light as possible. This is best done with profiled steel cladding on light gauge steel Zed purlins. This can also have double skin with spacers and insulation. It can have a roof slope between 3 and 15 degrees. If it is required to have a ’flat’ roof‚ this could be made with a galvanised steel decking and solid insulation boards‚ and topped with a special membrane. Even a ’flat’ roof should
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are composed of only males who have most likely dropped out of school and are unemployed. Louis Rodriguez is the author of "La Vida Loca: Two Generations of Gang Members"‚ and he writes about his and his son’s gangbanging experiences.
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low degree of integration and a high degree of distance or isolation between individuals‚ or between an individual and a group of people in a community or work environment. I‚ personally‚ know what it feels like to be in the same situation as Richard Rodriguez‚ the feeling of alienation. My family‚ including myself‚ can barely communicate in English‚ but I did come to study in the US anyway. At first‚ it was scary to stay in a completely new environment‚ alien culture and language. I was alone with
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Richard II For further information regarding the critical and stage history of Richard II‚ see SC‚ Volumes 6‚ 24‚ 39‚ 52‚ 58‚ and 70. INTRODUCTION Richard II (ca. 1595) is the first drama of Shakespeare’s second historical tetralogy‚ a sequence of chronological narratives based on events in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries that chronicle the ascent of the Lancastrian line to the throne of England. In the play‚ Richard‚ an ineffectual monarch and the last of the Plantagenet kings
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Through exploring connections between Shakespeare’s Richard III and Al Pacino’s Looking for Richard the values of the era are often a product of the context of the text. However‚ through studying the theatricality of man and the pursuit of power‚ it is clear these notions transcend time and context. Shakespeare valued the way an actor could act within a play and theatre was valued in this context. Shakespeare also demonstrated how Richard pursued political power‚ whilst Shakespeare himself pursued
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How easy can you trust others? how about holding a grudge on others? In “Proof” by David Auburn Catherine‚ the protagonist in the play had to sacrifice her personal life to care for her sick father‚ Robert. In the jest of him being sick‚ we learn that Catherine has written a mathematical proof that intellectually resembles her brilliant mathematician of a father. Unfortunately after the death of her father‚ Catherine grows the courage to show her work to her new boyfriend and also her sister‚ but
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character of Richard Hoover (Greg Kinnear) is developed when he goes from winning is everything to supporting his daughter while she has fun onstage. At the start of the film Richard’s character is introduced showing his strong ideas of winners and losers. When we first see his character he is giving a speech about his philosophy on the 9 steps to success‚ “There are two types of people in this world‚ winners and losers.” We know that this will be an important message throughout the film for Richard as this
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Moore’s “Proof of an External World” attempts to prove that an external world exists by using his own common sense. The problem with common sense is that while the person may just know something by thinking about it properly‚ it comes down to their own perception. Moore’s argument and proof for an external world is “here is one hand‚ and here is another”. He goes on to state that he knows this to be true‚ so an external world does exist. He states his three conditions for an argument to work‚ and
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Shakespeare’s epic‚ Richard III‚ there is a clear theme showing the power of word choice. Richard uses words to gain power‚ woo Lady Anne‚ motivate his army‚ and to trick Hastings in putting himself to death. Throughout Richard III‚ Shakespeare shows the power of diction in getting what one wants. The first evidence of the power of diction is evident when Richard wins over Lady
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