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    Kracauer's Caligari

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    A large proportion of the criticism is directed at the inclusion of narrative frame‚ the story of Caligari being told by Franzis from the grounds of a psychiatric institution and then accusing the director of the asylum of being the murderer Caligari himself. Kracauer claims that this inclusion ‘perverted’ the intentions of the scriptwriters‚ but the degree to which this is true is questionable. (Kracauer‚ 66) If the frame sequence added nothing of value to the impact

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    Discourse Analysis Notes

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    to ‘understand’ the world better -> power behind the phenomenon -> the ‘way’ in which we talk about something has a major influence on the way we respond to it and interpret it Discourse about asylum seekers in Australia •queue jumping •illegal •equality •asylum rights •distinction b/w asylum seekers and refugees •border security •us+them •race‚ culture: ‘our way of life’ •assimilation •detention sentence •idea of threat -> people with a platform to talk (politicians‚ journo’s) have

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    The Miracle Worker

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    her own hands. All of this with the pity looks on their faces of her family. She is well loved by her family but they think of her as a dumb person who will never learn anything. Mr Captain Keller‚ father of Helen‚ had planned to put the child in an asylum. Mrs Kate Keller‚ mother of Helen‚ did not agree on this. She begged Captain Keller to find other solution for Helen’s situation. This is where Ms Annie Suvillan enters. She will be the teacher of Helen. Helen’s family wanted Annie to teach Helen

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    Refugee Law

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    The instruments include The United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (CRSR) is an international convention that defines who is a refugee‚ and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. Basically asylum is s an ancient juridical notion‚ under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority‚ a foreign country. The Convention

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    continued. Snowden applied for political asylum in 20 countries but each was indirectly threatened by US. A hero‚ dissident‚ traitor‚ whistle-blower‚ and a patriot. Snowden made contact with The Guardian in late 2012. Left Hawaii for Hong Kong on May 20‚ 2013. Iceland was his choice but could not make it coz of fear of being interdicted. A 5min movie Verax was also made showing his successful hiding in Hong Kong 20 applications for asylum. Temporary asylum of 1year in Russia which could be renewed

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    How did I get away?

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    argued all the time. Her mother would not let her meet the man. But she did it anyway. One day her mother was taken to an insane asylum. In the asylum she was given shock treatment and she became insane. The man was glad that her mother was finally out of the way. All of a sudden‚ the girl realised what was happening. She told the man to get her mother out of the asylum‚ but he would not do it. After a while her mother

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    Of mice and men

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    You need to state it clearly and confidently. E.g. Mandatory detention for asylum seekers is extremely unfair and shameful; it must be stopped. (1 sentence) Overview of three main points: Briefly outline the three ideas in the body of your speech that will help the audience to agree with you. E.g. The conditions that asylum seekers suffer in detention centres are terrible and even the UN is against this process. All the asylum seekers want is to live in peace. (1-2 sentences) Body Paragraphs: You

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    van gogh

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    1889 Irises-1889 Vincent Van Gogh J-Paul Getty Museum Oil Pint During Van Goghs stay in the asylum at Saint- Remy‚ he devoted himself entirely to his artwork calling it the ’lightening conductor for his illness’ he believed that painting was the only thing that kept him from loosing his sanity. His painting ’the irises’ was the first completed work in the asylum‚ which differes from his later pieces as it does not show traces of tension and bad mood which represented his thoughts

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    defining moment in the immigration debate that is tearing Europe apart. After Cologne‚ the ugly truth can no longer be ignored. The assailants‚ described by a senior German official‚ Ralf Jaeger‚ as being mainly Arab and North African men‚ including asylum seekers who arrived in the past year‚ come from cultures that are deeply misogynistic. Their attitudes toward women are the worst possible fit with Europe’s tolerant‚ sexually egalitarian liberal norms. A large number of Europe’s swift and sudden

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    Cosi Essay

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    the development of the protagonist‚ Lewis. Set in the era of free love and war the 1970’s‚ the use of dramatic techniques creates chaos and conflict as Lewis’s opinions of love and madness is challenged by his interactions with the patients from an asylum and through the production of a play-within-a-play “Cosi Fan Tutte”. Nowra begins ‘Cosi’ by commenting on the way society treats mental patients and he continues to develop this comment throughout the play. He suggests that there is a fine line

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