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    Graphic Novel Deconstruction This essay will deconstruct Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel The Sandman Volume#1 Preludes and Nocturnes (1991)‚ in order to gain an understanding of narrative is presented through the use of image. It will also comment on the codes and conventions within the chosen text. Preludes and Nocturnes is the collection of eight comics in the Sandman series‚ with Neil Gaiman writing for a regular series for the first time. As such Preludes and Nocturnes is somewhat a work in progress

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    Title: Show how a proportional system might be used in deconstruction Name: Matheuss Adriano Bintoro Proportional system and deconstruction are symbolized as oil and water that in an instance can’t be integrated as one element‚ but somehow it compliments each other. The former is a method that emphasizes in playing with scale and form which must be logical and can be identified clearly‚ it has to be in exact order or has certain pattern that can be understand easily. The latter is a style

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    In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the way in which two different authors portray femininity in their respective dramatic texts. The two works I am using are Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw and Medea by Euripides. I will be looking at how the way men and women are portrayed can affect the way we interpret the texts‚ and showing that femininity isn’t necessarily a trait restricted just to women. I believe that femininity reflects expected female behaviour. There are certain traits which

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    The poem “Bitch” by Carolyn Kizer fits the critical theory deconstruction because the poem has two conversations going on in one poem. Kizer also uses words as though she is talking about a dog but instead it is a woman that was hurt by that significant other. The woman does not want to show her anger towards the ex lover so she tries to have a nice and polite conversation. The line “As the bitch starts to bark hysterically” meaning that she’s getting more and more furious inside as she talks to

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    Certain techniques of language and layout structures are often utilised in a variety of written media‚ such as magazines‚ books and newspapers‚ in order to manipulate the target audience’s opinions and beliefs. A journalist and their article’s motives can be deconstructed by considering five specific areas: the purpose and message of the article‚ the target audience and their susceptibility to persuasion‚ the language techniques being used‚ the bias of the article and lastly‚ the tone of the article

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    Alfred Doolittle’s Lower Class Representation in Pygmalion Realist author George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion challenges England’s upper class to realize the pointlessness of their flamboyant lifestyle and pokes fun at this society. Shaw writes to expose the differences in the lifestyles of the social classes and how different characters react to their status. Shaw uses Alfred Doolittle and his social status to depict a character that freely accepts his status and his reaction to eventually moving up

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    of both sexes have made major contributions to this area in literature but it remains surprising that male writers have been able to perceptively portray women above their previously subordinate positions in society. In George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion‚ we see the main character‚ Eliza Doolittle transformed from an ill-mannered Cockney flower girl into a high society debutante with the help of some elocution lessons provided by Mr Henry Higgins‚ a professor of phonetics and financed by his well-travelled

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    what drives to care about something or to accomplish great things. In the myth “Pygmalion‚” author Bernard Evslin uses literary devices to demonstrate Pygmalion’s unwavering devotion to perfection and beauty. A literary device used in the first segment in which Pygmalion is talking to Aphrodite is repetition due to Pygmalion keeps saying “you.” For example‚ a couple of quotes in Bernard Evslin’s version of Pygmalion in which it displays the literary device of repetition showing Pygmalion’s obsession

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    of Pygmalion) [pic] *Introduction: -The aim of this paper is to introduce the ways in which language can vary‚ including change over time and variation within linguistic communities‚ the effects of contact between speakers of different languages and dialects‚ the development of language as it is being acquired and learned‚ the sporadic errors which can occur in normal language production‚ and the nature of speech and languages disorders (According to the study of the play called "Pygmalion" which

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    the overall themes of the works should be the same and the movie should remain true to mid-weighted aspects of the original source. George Cukor’s My Fair Lady shares a practically identical plot with its source material‚ George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. This being said‚ certain aspects of the overall story are brought to the forefront or hidden through My Fair Lady’s use of song and dance. When the audience examines the small but important differences in the scripts of both works‚ it is evident

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