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    NATIVE REPRESENTATIONS 2

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    201 V NATIVE REPRESENTATIONS: MEDIA AND THE ARTS 201 M05_LOBO3944_01_SE_C05.qxd 202 9/9/09 12:25 PM Page 202 NATIVE REPRESENTATIONS: MEDIA AND THE ARTS I n academics‚ the term representations refers to how meaning is constructed in our minds through language; be it words (e.g.‚ writing‚ poetry)‚ music (e.g.‚ traditional‚ modern‚ or rap lyrics)‚ storytelling (e.g.‚ spoken words‚ traditional languages)‚ or visual language (all forms of art‚ filmmaking‚ and performance). How Native Americans

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    Was U.S. Policy Toward Native Americans During the Periods of Expansion‚ Colonization‚ and Early U.S. an act of Genocide ? “To conquer a nation‚ one must first disarm its citizens.” - Adolf Hitler‚ 1933 Abiona Yemane US History Ms.Brown Section F Independent Research Project 4 June 2014 Introduction In August of 1492 Columbus set sail from Spain hoping to soon arrive in Asia‚ but a few months later he arrived in the Bahamas and claimed it as new land. He

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    Odysseus return home? How is he disguised? Secretly returns in a magically swift Phaeacian ship disguised as a beggar. 2. In Book 14 who does Odysseus go to first when he returns home? Eumaeus 3. In Book 15 what are we told about Telemachus? He seeks out old comrades of his father to see if he can learn of his whereabouts but is advised by Athena to return home. THE MEETING OF FATHER AND SON pp. 929-931 1. How does the swineherd treat Telemachus? He treats him as a long lost son returns and greets

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    Chase Tidmore Intro To Lit Analyst Ms. Sheperis 10/20/11 Irony Within “The Gift of the Magi” “Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it‚ but cherished by those who do”‚ Soren Kierkegaard knew what he was talking about when he said these famous words. “The Gift of the Magi”‚ written by William Sidney Porter‚ often known by his pen name O. Henry. It is a short story depicting literary elements of irony‚ romance‚ and Porter’s sense of twist endings‚ and is all about a

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    The Prince & The Return of Martin Guerre It appears as though human beings did very little in shaping and controlling their own destinies in early modern Europe‚ and the works of The Prince‚ written by Niccolo Machiavelli in 1513 and The Return of Martin Guerre‚ written Natalie Zemon Davis in 1928 helps to exemplify this view. The Prince is a primary source recollection of Machiavelli’s thoughts on what makes a good ruler. He discussed his feelings on Princedom on how a prince should rule and

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    ROLE OF IRONIES IN OEDIPUS REX Oedipus Rex is one of the best tragedies. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy must be an imitation of life in the form of a serious story that is complete in itself; in other words‚ the story must be realistic and narrow in focus. A good tragedy will evoke pity and fear in its viewers. Irony: Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. In Oedipus Rex‚ ironies play a vital

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    In the video “Futbol Flop” is satirical because of the exaggeration and irony being used. The people the article is making fun of‚ is soccer players worldwide and the fans. The events in the video shown was a soccer game and later on was a player walking to the gates of heaven. The author makes fun of how a soccer player can be barely touched or not touched at all and make a big scene about it. As the video shows a defensive player stealing the ball clean from the opponent and the offensive player

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    1. [Financial Risk and Return Considerations] Explain how you would choose between the following situations. Develop your answers from the perspective of the principles of entrepreneurial finance presented earlier in the chapter. You may arrive at your answers with or without making actual calculations. A. You have $1‚000 to invest for one year (this would be a luxury for most entrepreneurs). You can earn a 4% interest rate for one year at the Third First bank or a 5% interest rate

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    cohesion in native and non-native articles in order to investigate the distinction between them. Lexical cohesion is the role played by the selection of vocabulary in order to link and hold text together. Lexical cohesion is categorized into two major sections: reiteration and collocation. Reiteration includes‚ for instance‚ repetition‚ hyponyms‚ synonyms‚ and antonyms. The analysis is applied to a non-native article written by Lubna Abdel Aziz The Food We Eat‚ Al Ahram weekly‚ and a native one by Mark

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    story‚ Montresor takes revenge on Fortunado and kills him. Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”. Irony is when something happens‚ but you expected the exact opposite‚ Edgar Allan Poe used irony by having Montresor pretend to care about Fortunado ‚ by making comments about Fortunado ‚ and by Montresor saying he wants Fortunado to have a long life. First‚ Edgar Allan Poe uses Irony “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ when Montresor pretends to care about Fortunado. To illustrate

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