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    of an Individual freedom. This is explored in both the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell and "Pursuit Of Happiness" by Gabriele Muccino. In the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell‚ Frank is an alcoholic academic educator who has taken on the tutorship to pay for his drinks‚ and Rita‚ who is dissatisfied with her work and social life and seeks inner growth by signing up for an open university english course. Rita speaks in local dialect filled with slang and swearing which enables

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    Rita Dove’s imagery and writing style made this poem fairly clear. It tells the story of one woman’s typical day. The mother is exhausted by each day. She barely gets a rest. I did a bit of research on this poem‚ and I found out that Dove published “Daystar” in a collection of poems in 1985. It was the year that caught my attention. Current society prides itself on gender inequality‚ though it is obvious to anyone who looks that is not a reality‚ yet it has been getting better. The women in 1985

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    January 23‚ 2014 “Dove: Real Beauty Sketches” by Ogilvy & Mather Ad Agency‚ April 14‚ 2013 < http://realbeautysketches.dove.us/ > In April 2013‚ Dove launched a “Real Beauty” campaign after performing marketing research and discovering that only 2% of all women consider themselves to be “beautiful”. In an effort to boost self-esteem and moral‚ Dove introduced a television ad in the form‚ which incorporated a powerful and touching social experiment. In this commercial‚ several different

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    The story of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption starts in 1947 when Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank prison. Unlikely the other convicts Andy is not a hardened criminal. He is a soft-spoken banker convicted of killing his wife and her lover. Andy claims he is innocent. Soon after he arrives at the prison "The Sisters"‚ a gang of prison rapists led by Bogs Diamond‚ turn their attentions to Andy. The story is narrated by Red. He is "the guy who can get stuff." Red his well known for being

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    Reflecting on the Past and Future Poetry is a way to express a deeper truth and to move people or make them feel emotion. This is true in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “Combing” by Gladys Cardiff. In “The Road Not Taken” the speaker is at a fork in the road and must choose a path. They are both worn down about the same and he tells himself he could always come back for the other. The deeper meaning is the speaker has a dilemma and must make a decision. In “Combing” a mother is

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    Bibliography: Benitez‚ Conrado. History of the Philippines. Boston. 1929. Brooks‚ Cleanth and Robert Penn Warren. Understanding Poetry. New York: Holt‚ Rinehard and Winston‚ 1996. Christopher‚ Milbourne. Search for the Soul‚ Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers‚ 1979 Fernando‚ Francisco Demetrio S.J.‚ Gilda and Fernando Zialcita. The Soul Book. GCF Books. Panay Avenue‚ Quezon City‚ 1991

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    Educating Rita An exploration through a variety of texts that deal with ‘aspects of growing up and transitions into new phrases of an individual’s life’. Connection to: Into the World * Rita moves from an ‘uneducated’ working class life to a tertiary educated life. * It is this transition with its positives and negatives that is to be focused upon. Positives of Transition * Discovery & Enlightenment: Rita discovers a new world far removed from her ‘restrictive’ world as a wife and

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    Hannah Ostrow Professor Janoff Perspectives in American Literature October 21‚ 2012 Midterm Question #1 Emily Dickinson writes her poetry with startling different perspective‚ bold metaphors and similes‚ and deceptive simplicity. In each of her poems you can recognize her unmistakable personal voice. Her poems also often can be related to the human condition. You can especially see this in Emily Dickinson’s two poems “Much Madness is divinest Sense” and “”Hope” is the Thing with Feathers.”

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    appearance strayed from the stereotypical beauty standards that are commonly seen in the media.The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty was communicated to the public through print and television advertisements‚ Web site‚ workshops and films. Dove wanted to get “real” feedback by having the ads ask viewers to judge the women’s appearances. In February 2007‚ the third phase of the campaign was introduced with Dove using advertisements that targeted women 50 years and older. This celebrated the beauty in older

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    scene of ‘Educating Rita’ that Rita has changed since the beginning of the play? ‘Educating Rita’‚ written by Willy Russell‚ follows the relationship between Rita‚ a young Liverpuldian working class hairdresser and Frank‚ a middle aged University lecturer. One of the main themes in the play has been conveyed: personal relationships. Rita is moulded by her tutor‚ Frank‚ and learns a great deal from him‚ whilst also teaching him in many ways. The play focuses on the way that Rita and Frank influence

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