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    LSD‚ fans began to believe that the song was a hidden message meant to represent LSD‚ but this pun on words happens to be sheer coincidence. When The Beatles released the album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967‚ its centerpiece track‚ “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”‚ featured John Lennon’s high pitched voice singing drug-inspired lyrics. It was not long before their fans discovered the pun hidden

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    the death of Mark Banister. Day uses the character of Claudia to express her purpose of commenting on the development of Sydney‚ the use of new technology and the rise feminism in he 1970-80’s. The humour and wit of Claudia is entertaining with the puns “curse‚ cursor” to illustrate the twin aspect of her investigation. It highlights the curse of crime and is linked to the computer jargon of the curser on the screen. Day also challenges the stereotypical role of a female by‚ making Claudia the though

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    battle‚ where elaborate puns are constructed. ‘Women are made to bear and so are you’ (II.i.200). Here‚ Petruchio twists the word ‘bear’ into meaning ‘giving childbirth’‚ thus twisting Kate’s insults into innuendo. Influenced by the ‘teen’ genre and the rise of feminism‚ in 10 Things‚ comedy exists verbally and in stereotypical teenage experiences. Ms Perky’s attempt to describe an erotic scene in her novel is evidence of verbal humour‚ similar to Petruchio’s use of puns. The concept of growing up

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    konseling rutin kepada psikiater tiap seminggu sekali. Satu per satu psikiater datang untuk “menyembuhkan” Will. Tapi‚ hingga psikiater kelima‚ tidak ada seorang pun dari mereka yang tahan dengan sikap Will. Di tengah keputusasaannya‚ Prof.Gerald teringat Sean Maguire (Robin Williams)‚ psikiater yang juga kawan lamanya saat di bangku kuliah. Sean pun akhirnya bersedia membantu Gerald untuk bertemu dengan Will. Kesabaran Sean mulai diuji. Di awal pertemuan‚ Will kurang menunjukkan respon positif atas kehadiran

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    Tragedy or Comedy The play writer William Shakespeare is widely considered one the greatest playwrights in history. His work transformed English literature forever. Most of his plays were either comedies or tragedies and some seemed to have the line blurred between the two as they contain elements of both. The play Merchant of Venice is one of these plays that contains flavours of both a comedy and a tragedy. Many scholars have frequently debated whether the play is either classified as a comedy

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    ways he will use to “woo her (Kate) with some spirit”. Petruchio expects Kate to listen to him and submit. The “wooing” scene between Petruchio and Kate in Act 2 is intended to be comical‚ the playful and witty repetition of Kate’s name and sexual puns such as “What‚ with my tongue in your tale?” that Petruchio makes‚ suggests this. We also know that Petruchio outperforms Kate on verbal acuity and wit. When Kate strikes Petrucio‚ he resorts to replying “I swear I’ll cuff you if you strike again!”

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    Hamlet Essay Transformations require an imaginative reshaping of significant elements and thus it does not require to mirror the original source as there are no rules about the process. A transformation can stand on its own merit but its interpretation and understanding is enriched when the viewer is familiar with both the original text and the ways the new text has paid tribute to the original piece. It is highly engaging and interesting to view these parallels and allusions as transformations

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    With the introduction of the radio in the 1920s‚ American television evolved dramatically. Television today is not simply for entertainment purposes‚ but rather it is a part of our culture‚ engaging viewers to universally be informed with the news‚ to have emotions towards television shows and dramas‚ and to find a sense of purpose or lifestyle with the adoption of watching recurring shows Americans enjoy. Television has the power to impact the audience’s perspectives as well as the technological

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    Introduction Judges do create law in the process of adjudication‚ especially when there are no precedent‚ competing precedents‚ or ambiguous law‚ Such judicial creativity‚ however‚ leads to a potential conflict between the judiciary and the legislature‚ since judicial law-making overlaps with the legislature’s function to enact law. To strike a balance between these two branches‚ self-restraint among judges is crucial. Whenever judicial law-making is unavoidable‚ it must be done subject to strict

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    The Importance of Being Earnest was his most popular work. Oscar Wilde uses satire to ridicule Victorian concepts of earnestness‚ marriage‚ and female independence. In the play‚ Wilde satirizes Earnest to mean more than just a name. The name is pun by itself (Moss). The characters‚ sober Jack and blithe Algornon‚ are thrown into the same title (Moss). Earnestness was a good‚ wanted quality of the Victorian time (Moss). Earnest means to be intellectual‚ to have deep thoughts‚ and to question things

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