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    TNT: “Push Button for Drama”. This commercial for a Belgian channel; which is focused on drama. This advert shows a button being placed in a street and when someone pushes it‚ ‘drama’ happens including an ambulance coming out of no where‚ a shooting reenactment and a man crashing his bike into a motorbike. The lighting of this commercial is great as it is set outside during the daytime so the light is natural and the clarity is perfect giving a easy perceivable picture. There is a large range

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    Symbolism In Frankenstein

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    Frankenstein A symbol is a person‚ object‚ or event that represents ideas in addition to their literal meanings. There are many types of symbolism. There are conventional symbols‚ which are the classic symbols like the cross‚ representing faith; the U.S. flag‚ representing freedom; and the four-leaf clover‚ representing luck. Another type of symbolism is literary symbolism. Literary symbols are things like common buildings like homes‚ representing a feeling of safety and love. A literary symbol can be

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    Symbolism in Cloudstreet

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    Contribution to Meaning – Symbolism Mark: 18/20 The most direct way in which an author reinforces the themes of a novel is through the use of literary devices. In Cloudstreet by Tim Winton‚ one of the most prominent of these devices is symbolism‚ which plays upon the aesthetic sensibilities harboured by the text’s audience and provides insight and deeper understanding to the themes of the novel. Indeed‚ Cloudstreet itself‚ the river and religious symbolism contribute to meaning and the author’s

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    Symbolism In The Odyssey

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    When reading fiction or realistic fiction we can often find hidden meanings behind why character do the things they do. These experiences usually reflect or discuss symbolism. Symbolism can almost always can help you figure out the underlying message that each book is trying to convey. The Odyssey also has an underlying moral or lesson that the author wants you to take away after you have read the book. All of the life-threatening experiences that Odysseus goes through in the Odyssey have helped

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    Q1. Many television genres like crime drama‚ the sitcom and reality shows presuppose tensions and fractions(部分) in ‘normal’(规范的,标准的) social relations. So to win support [i.e. become popular] programmes(节目介绍)are drawn to difficult ideological areas that will then have to be negotiated… Ideology works by masking‚ displacing(顶替,置换的)‚ and naturalizing(自然化) social problems and contradictions. Discuss a show or shows we encountered in class or one that you think are relevant and identify the ways they

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    Oedipus Symbolism

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    Oedipus Symbolism Many stories from ancient times as well as present times use symbolism to prove a point or to help with the understanding of the story. Symbolisms are used in stories and plays of all kinds to help get a point across or to help clarify the meaning of the story‚ and the play‚ Oedipus the King‚ is no different. There are many things throughout the play that are symbolic and very important to the understanding of the play. Two of the major symbolic things in the play are blindness

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    Dismissal in Society In Bradbury’s short story “The Pedestrian” characterization and symbolism are effectively used to reveal an intemperate demise in society caused by the advancements in technology. Instead of people worrying about scaring Leonard Mead from inside their houses‚ Leonard was scared of worrying the society within the houses fearing that the “lights might click on and faces [may] appear‚”(1 Bradbury) by them being startled by him passing throughout the night. With the uprise of powerful

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    Symbolism of Trifles

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    Symbolism of Trifles Webster ’s dictionary defines symbolism as the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations. Looking at the symbolism from different perspectives gives a whole new meaning to the story. At first glance Trifles may seem to be an ordinary murder mystery. However when digging deeper into the play we see that Susan Glaspell puts many various symbols

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    Symbolism in the Road

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    as: imagery‚ tone‚ metaphors‚ and a couple of similes‚ the most significant would have to be symbolism. Symbolism is when the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story. The author may constantly use the same object to express deeper meaning. Symbolism is also often used to support a literary theme in a subtle manner‚ which in this case is what McCarthy did. An example of symbolism‚ and the most noteworthy would have to be the road. Just like that‚ the plain road. McCarthy

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    Hope And Symbolism

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    COMPLETE: symbolism in Hope is the thing with feathers As a quick review‚ a metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two objects‚ and it can be used to compare a symbol to what it represents.  Metaphors are often used in poetry in which one thing is pictured as if it were something else as we see in Dickinson’s Hope. Answer the following questions‚ citing textual evidence to support your answers. 1.  In the first stanza‚ Hope is being symbolized as what?  (Do NOT say a thing with feathers!)

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