The Female Prototype: Formal Analysis of Wangechi Mutu’s Tiny Split Character As you walk up the cold‚ concrete steps‚ it looms above you‚ intimidating and inviting all at the same time. A wall of windows gives you an intimate peek before entering‚ without showing too much‚ heightening the anticipation. A pair of small‚ rotating doors‚ portal you into another world. The Museum of Contemporary Art’s interior is vast and simplistic‚ leaving a sense that the building itself is detached from the
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message to other female emcees interested in making a name for themselves that now was the time to step their game up and enter the world of hip-hop. While the eighties seemed to represent an emergence of females in the culture‚ the nineties proved to be an explosion‚ with as many as forty-plus female emcees saturating the market at one time. Fast-forward to 2011‚ and the amount of female emcees has dwindled to a mere fraction of what it used to be‚ with only one major commercial female emcee to speak
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Prototype Theory Rosch (1976) has proposed an alternative to the view that concepts are com¬posed from sets of features which necessarily and sufficiently define instances of a concept. Rosch proposes that concepts are best viewed as prototypes: a ‘bird’ is not best defined by reference to a set of features that refer to such matters as wings‚ warm-bloodedness‚ and egg-laying characteristics‚ but rather by reference to typical instances‚ so that a ‘prototypical bird’ is something more like a robin
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For the formal analysis Essay I have chosen Fig. 1-14: female figure (nkisi)‚ Kongo people (muserongo)‚ Zaire‚ late 19th century. Wood‚ iron nails‚ glass‚ resin‚ height 20 1/4 “ x 11” x 8. University of Iowa Museum of Art‚ Iowa City‚ IA. The subject of the female figure is one in the 19th century as European states colonized the continent. IN central Africa certain people can communicate with the dead and are accepted as healers‚ diviners‚ and defenders of the living. They believed in the Minkonde
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roto Coleman And Kay - Prototype Semantics - 1981.pdf ================================================ Prototype Semantics: The English Word Lie Author(s): Linda Coleman and Paul Kay Source: Language‚ Vol. 57‚ No. 1‚ (Mar.‚ 1981)‚ pp. 26-44 Published by: Linguistic Society of America Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/414285 Accessed: 16/05/2008 18:33 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Comparison between Female Characters in Beowulf Beowulf‚ the Old English epic tells the story of one brave hero and his battles against evil monsters. The poem deals with mostly masculine elements like fight descriptions‚ depictions of armor and long inspiring speeches. However‚ the women characters in the epic also have important roles and they are far from being superficial‚ as it may seem at first. There are several female figures in Beowulf; this paper will focus on three of them- queen Wealhtheow
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ANALYSIS OF FEMALE CHARACTERS IN OTHELLO In this paper I have tried to analyse the female characters of Shakespeare’s Othello in the light of Elizabethan Era‚ and status of women in 12th century‚ the age from which the character of Othello is taken. I have also discussed the status of woman in Christianity in Shakespearean times. The main purpose of this research article in the analyse the female characters of Othello that they were not different from the real life of Shakespearean times nor alien
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Sophocles’ play Antigone presents us with three very different character depictions of a particular group of three females. The characters represent three distinct sorts of women: Antigone‚ the strong willed hero; Ismene‚ the feeble sister of Antigone; and Eurydice‚ spouse of Creon. Each of these characters’ identities‚ ways of life‚ and decisions straightforwardly influences the character’s mortality. By breaking down the female characters‚ it can be seen that the individuals who die‚ Antigone and
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Rhetorical Analysis of Split Skins The essay titled "Split Skins: Female Agency and Bodily Mutilation in The Little Mermaid‚" was written by Susan White‚ an English professor whose research is mainly on film criticism. Her essay was originally published in Film Theory Goes to the Movies‚ an anthology of film criticism in 1993 and again published in the Third Edition of the University Book‚ an anthology of writings‚ in 2003. In "Split Skins‚" White uses rhetorical strategies such as style‚ diction
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presents three female characters in Othello‚ however‚ each of these women play a crucial role in developing the plot line. Desdemona‚ Emilia‚ and Bianca are all significant woman in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ but they each play their own important role. Desdemona’s character represents purity and devotion‚ while Emilia’s character models the exact opposite. Emilia represents a witty‚ smart-mouthed woman who is not afraid to let others know what she thinks. The last female‚ Bianca‚ represents
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