Representations Seminar “Riding the Black Cockatoo” and “Company Sin” Matthew Magin “The land is my mother‚ my mother is the land. Land is the starting point to where it all began.” (S. Knight) Words are powerful tools that can be used to represent people and shape opinions about others. In a similar way‚ certain actions and our treatment of other cultures demonstrate our understandings and acceptance of‚ different beliefs and cultures. Two texts that support these statements and include
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Explore the way in which different contexts affects the representation of similar content in the texts Frankenstein and Blade Runner. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner‚ whilst separated by 174 years‚ feature very similar content which can be seen by comparing the two side by side. Coming from different contexts‚ they both express their anxieties about technology‚ which is shown through a man made creature‚ and they both exhibit a strong valuing of nature. However due
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When it comes to disability‚ society is often oblivious to the struggle many people face. Despite the progression and modernisation disabled people’s private lives have undergone in the aftermath of political and medical progress‚ there has been no evolution of their public image (Riley‚ 2005). This is undoubtedly been a result of the misrepresentation of disability in the media‚ regardless of the fact as many as one in every five people in the world is disabled (Riley‚ 2005). There are few examples
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Media writers have a profound impact on society. They influence the ways in which people think and behave. Teenagers are especially susceptible this kind of influence‚ as they are struggling to define their identities. Without realizing it‚ their opinions come to be influenced by the media around them. The clothes they wear‚ the music they listen to and the activities they are involved with are all influenced by the powerful advertisements and messages from the media. Over time they are inundated
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In Homer’s Greek epic poetry‚ "Odyssey"‚ the Sirens are described as devilish‚ mythical creatures while in Margaret Atwood’s poem‚ the "Siren Song"‚ are portrayed as innocent‚ mythical creatures trying to escape their fate while using tone‚ point of view‚ and monologue to each’s advantage of portrayals of the Sirens. Throughout‚the encounter of the Sirens in the "Odyssey"‚ Homer’s diction places the Sirens as villains preventing Odysseus from completing his journey. Homer writes‚ "...the Sirens
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To what extent did Thatcherism represent a revolution in economic management in the UK? It is a fair assessment that Thatcher did represent a sea change or ‘revolution’ in economic management. It can certainly be said that Thatcherite policy transformed Britain to a post-industrial economy and killed off any remnants of post-war collectivism and egalitarianism with the aims of public ownership and full employment. Thatcherism also restructured the UK from a country dominated by big government to
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Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Audience and Representation Analysis My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding was a programme broadcasted on channel 4. At it’s peak Big Fat Gypsy Wedding drew in an audience viewing of up to 8.7 million people‚ making it Channel 4’s eighth highest viewed programme. There are many different opinions as to what makes the programme so popular‚ that it is able to draw in audiences of half a dozen million and more week in week out. One theory as to why the programme is so popular could be due
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This essay will explore the construct that representation of body types is perpetuated in the media. It is said that current social ideologies are impacted by these powerful images and throughout this essay‚ examples will be cited to reinforce this theory. One common consequence of the media’s representation of the body is that the audience (more particularly women) may turn to an eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa. This eating disorder involves fasting; self-starvation; vomiting; fear
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NAME: FRANK YAW AMEWUGA THE DYNAMICS OF FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN CHANGES BY AMA ATA AIDOO Swimming against the tide has always been an uphill task especially in a male dominated terrain. And it goes without saying that West African writing has been male dominated in terms of volumes produced. In representing females‚ therefore‚ the tendency may be to consciously or unconsciously relapse into stereotyped representation of females in the literature produced my male and sometimes female writers
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MULTICULTURAL REPRESENTATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT: RECRUITMENT‚ RETENTION‚ AND PROMOTION INTRODUCTION Multicultural is related to several cultures in society‚ and educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than a mainstream culture. The Impact of Cultural Diversity in law enforcement is hard to uphold‚ currently in law enforcement it’s hard to keep officers because of the lack of interest that goes on‚ pay grade‚ and taking too long to rank up within the
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