Teachers’ Notes This study guide examines Peter Weir’s film The Truman Show’ released on October 9‚ 1998. It is aimed at students of GCSE‚ A Level‚ Scottish Standard‚ Scottish Higher and GNVQ Media Studies and English Language. Areas covered in this study guide and the accompanying BBC Learning Zone television programme focus on representation and reality‚ forms and conventions within the film world‚ the popularity of docu-soaps and issues they raise and their place and effect within the media
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February 8‚ 2013 “Three Sins in Killing Three” The seventeenth century saw the creation of the anti-Petrarchan poem. Its purpose was used in a satirical way to make fun of another popular poetic style of the era‚ the Petrarchan poem. The Petrarchan poem is notorious for glorifying women and portraying them as unrealistic‚ goddess-like creatures; and so the anti-Petrarchan poem did quite the opposite. “The Flea”‚ written by John Doe is a perfect example of an anti-Petrarchan poem. “The Flea” is
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“The Laboratory” by Robert Browning is a poem about a woman being engrossed by jealousy. Browning uses many literary techniques to show the escalating changes of the main character. Through the tone‚ persona‚ and figure of speech‚ Browning utilizes these three elements in order to create the envious nature of the woman in the poem. The poem begins with a tone that is filled with resentment‚ which also describes the speaker’s emotions that soon escalates erratically. The first sign of resent is when
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Reality television (also known as reality shows) is a television programming genre that presents unscripted situations‚ documents actual events and usually features unknowns instead of professional actors. Such shows usually have various standard tropes‚ including frequent interviews with participants that double as the show’s narration‚ and sometimes an emphasis on drama and personal conflict. Competition-based reality shows‚ a notable subset‚ often have additional common elements such as one participant
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Phenomenal Woman is a dramatic poem by Maya Angelou about the love a woman has for herself even with her flaws. This poem is meant to be performed in front of an audience because the poem’s body movements reflect her flamboyant actions as she performs on stage. The speaker is a strong‚ confident woman (possibly Angelou) whom men seem to be incredibly attracted to. This is odd because the woman seems to not consider herself beautiful. Through her poem‚ Angelou speaks to all women‚ beautiful or
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Learning to Give a Pep Talk —— 《上海学生英文报》高中进阶 (2413期20170314) ·4版 Everyone wants to be the type of person who gives the critical talk that turns around a friend’s outlook. However‚ giving a good pep talk (激励性讲话) isn’t easy. It requires an understanding of what your audience needs. You need to not only listen and empathize‚ but also stress the other person’s strengths. You also need to know when to stop talking. “A lot of people think they are giving a pep talk‚ but they are just saying what they
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The Woman Warrior While reading The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston it makes the reader wonder how our ancestors dealt with their everyday lives in the 1920’s. What we consider hard labor and sacrifice; they might have considered a mini vacation. We could go out about our lives and not have to worry about anybody but ourselves. They had to deal with everyday criticism from the people in their neighborhood‚ watching their every move and every choice they made. Kingston talks about an aunt
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Pablo Picasso’s‚ Weeping Woman (1937)‚ is a most expressive and eccentric image of a woman in distress. The geometry and shapes in the painting are imaginative and outrageous‚ with bright colors and shapes of boats and flowers that are‚ to some extent humorous‚ except for the profound suffering of the women. The eyes of the women are shaped as boats within a rough sea‚ spilling tears in the form of diamonds. Diamond shaped tears are also the nails of her hands‚ held up to her face in fright. With
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‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ is an American reality show based on the lives of the Kardashian / Jenner family. The show mainly focuses on the daily lives of Kourtney‚ Kim and Khloe Kardashian. The Kardashian / Jenner family has turned out to be so famous that they’ve almost turned into a brand name‚ from shows‚ to modeling‚ to clothing line and also make up. Reality show is a genre of TV show that aims to be both real and entertaining. The show involves filing of the actions and behaviors of people
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Do you ever wonder if woman’s rights are universal or do they vary all over the world? How the roles of woman are now different based on their location in the world. Woman should have the same opportunity as men. “Equally rights”. In places such as India‚ Taliban and South Sudan woman are having their right held against them. These women have hard times getting what they need and want. Throughout this the rest of this passage I will go deeper into their living environment and everyday life. In
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