AGAMEMNON CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY AGAMEMNON‚ son of Atreus and King of Argos and Mycenae; Commander-in-Chief of the Greek armies in the War against Troy. CLYTEMNESTRA‚ daughter of Tyndareus‚ sister of Helen; wife to Agamemnon. AIGISTHOS‚ son of Thyestes‚ cousin and blood-enemy to Agamemnon lover to Clytemnestra. CASSANDRA‚ daughter of Priam‚ King of Troy‚ a prophetess; now slave to Agamemnon. A WATCHMAN. A HERALD. CHORUS of Argive Elders‚ faithful to AGAMEMNON. CHARACTERS MENTIONED IN
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Matheson I S S U E S IN CULTURAL AND MEDIA STUDIES S E R I E S E D I T O R : S T U A R T A L L A N Media Discourses Analysing Media Texts Some of the most important questions regarding the relationship between media and culture are about communication. How are the meanings which make up a culture shared in society? How is power performed in the media? What identities and relationships take shape there? Media Discourses introduces readers to discourse analysis to show how media communication
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TEXT after Ray Bradbury The sign on the wall read: TIME SAFARI(охотничья экспедиция)‚ INC. SAFARIS TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST. YOU NAME THE ANIMAL WE TAKE YOU THERE. YOU SHOOT IT. Eckels put his hand slowly out with a cheque for ten thousand dollars to the man behind the desk. ’’Does this safari guarantee I come back alive?’’ ’’We guarantee nothing‚’’ said the official‚ ’’except the dinosaurs.’’ He turned. ’’This is Mr Travis‚ your Safari guide in the Past. He’ll tell you what and where
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In a technology dominated world‚ simple pleasures for children are lost. Comment. Technology is the development and application of tools‚ machines‚ materials and processes that help to solve human problems. As a human activity‚ technology predates both science and engineering. The term technology often characterises inventions and gadgets using recently discovered scientific principles and processes. Technology has become very important in our society recently‚ and more people are getting involved
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T H O M A S H. C O R M E N C H A R L E S E. L E I S E R S O N R O N A L D L. R I V E S T C L I F F O R D STEIN INTRODUCTION TO ALGORITHMS T H I R D E D I T I O N Introduction to Algorithms Third Edition Thomas H. Cormen Charles E. Leiserson Ronald L. Rivest Clifford Stein Introduction to Algorithms Third Edition The MIT Press Cambridge‚ Massachusetts London‚ England c 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced
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�The Lumber room� is the text for analysis‚ which represents an ironical story written by a well-known British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. Hector Hugh Munro is best known in a literature word under a pseudonym Saki. He is acclaimed for his witty‚ sometimes whimsical‚ often cynical and bizarre short stories; they are collected in Reginald (1904)‚ The Chronicles of Clovis (1911)‚ Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)‚ and other volumes. Included among his other works are two novels‚ The
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RensnaEMBEDDED SYSTEMS AN INTRODUCTION USING THE RENESAS RX62N MICROCONTROLLER James M. Conrad University of North Carolina at Charlotte Alexander G. Dean North Carolina State University Micri m Press 1290 Weston Road‚ Suite 306 Weston‚ FL 33326 USA www.micrium.com Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. In all instances where Micri m Press is aware of a trademark claim‚ the product name appears in initial capital letters
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Text Analysis Art for heart’s sake. The author of the extract under analysis is an American sculptor‚ cartoonist and writer Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970). Rube Goldberg began practicing his art skills at the age of four when he traced illustrations from the humorous book History of the United States. After graduating from the University of California in 1904 he worked as a cartoonist for a number of newspapers and magazines. Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created
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Hector Munro (pseudonym Saki‚ 1870-1916) is a British novelist and a short-story writer. He is best known for his short stories. Hector Hugh Munro was a British writer‚ whose witty stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. The author’s style of writing is satirical in a humorous way. He uses a witty tone to mimic characters in order to subtly criticize them. The criticism is done in a subtle way that is humorous. The plot of the story revolves around a little orphan Nicholas who
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Interpretation Arrowsmith (By Sinclair Lewis) Sinclair Lewis is a famous American short-story writer and playwright. He was the first among American writers to receive Nobel Prize in literature “for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create‚ with wit and humor‚ new types of characters." His satirical method is largely based upon grotesque‚ on a revealing detail‚ overstatement‚ understatement‚ paradox and irony‚ the works of his pen are known for their insightful
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