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    Module 1 - Background "Invention is the mother of necessities.” - Marshall McLuhan Questions We Ask Ourselves Marshall McLuhan ’s saying‚ "Invention is the mother of necessities"‚ is an example of wit. How is it witty? What is the original saying? You need wit to think about technology‚ for wit demands creative thinking. And once you start thinking creatively‚ you start to see the effect of technology on us all. The usual saying is‚ "Necessity is the mother of invention." That makes sense:

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    When speaking about Cleopatra’s undying charm‚ Enobarbus stated‚ Age cannot wither her‚ nor custom stale Her infinite variety This is how many readers feel about the heroines in Shakespeare’s comedies. In both Twelfth Night and As You Like It the action revolves around strong female characters. Both Viola and Rosalind show immense strength‚ courage and power highly uncharacteristic of women in Elizabethan literature. In addition to their strength‚ the women also retain traditional feminine characteristics

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    woman” (I.ii‚146) Gertrude’s need to be needed is also shown because she cannot resist Claudius’s desire of her sexually. This is supported when the Ghost states “Ay‚ the incestuous‚ the adulterate beast‚/With witchcraft of his wit‚ with treacherous gifts-/O wicked wit and gifts‚ that have the power/So to seduce!-Won to his shameful lust…” (I.iv.42-45) Instead of Gertrude accepting her fate to be alone as a widow‚ she is faced with an anagnorisis by recognizing the truth about Claudius‚ although

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    Renaissance Drama in England From Medieval to Renaissance Drama  Mystery plays ->  Historical (chronicle)  Miracle plays -> plays  Tragedies  Comedies  Morality plays ->  Interludes -> Other public “spectacles”… The Elizabethan Drama  The Elizabethan era saw a great flourishing of literature‚ especially in the field of drama.  The Italian Renaissance had rediscovered the ancient Greek and Roman theatre‚ and this was instrumental in the development

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    Vicky Przybysz Ms. Innes-Murphy ENG 1DA 15 May 2014 A Lifelong Masquerade: The Role of Women in The Merchant of Venice In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ the expectation and role of women to be passive is highlighted in the way they are regarded by men as weak‚ and the juxtaposing irony of their power. Since the beginning of time‚ women have assumed the natural role of caregiver and mother‚ and women in the Elizabethan era were no exception. Elizabethan women were subservient to

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    z CASE STUDY: Air France – KLM: Changing the Rules of the Game [Type text] Introduction Air France-KLM Case (Som 2009) provides the background for airlines industry and factors impacting companies’ positions‚ details about the history of air-carrier alliances and their challenges. The main focus of the Case is on two companies: Air France and KLM and their decision to merge despite predictions of failure. The period covered by the case ends in 2006. As most aviation companies worldwide

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    essential in maintaining cell functions and homeostasis. Furthermore‚ ion transport across membranes generates membrane voltages‚ which are important in maintaining osmotic balance. Previous related experiments have been conducted‚ for example de Wit and van Gastel (1969) investigated the relationships between cell age and osmotic fragility. Their findings concluded that younger cells are more resistant to lysis and older cells were comparatively more susceptible to immune haemolysis. Naccache and

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    Blahaha Ms.blahaha English III CP 25 Febuary 2014 They say with age‚ comes wisdom. They say a tough life will build tough people. That the world‚ no matter how terrible it may seem or how bad things get‚ is only what you make of it. This has never been shown more so by Phoenix Jackson from Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”. Encumbered with age and poverty‚ Phoenix shows fortitude‚ cleverness‚ and a child-like view of the world while traveling to the city for medicine. Welty’s love of literature

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    The Pearl Literary Analysis Wallid Soukaki 8R Introduction/Thesis Statement: Kino Paragraph 1: Kino is an individual that knows the value of knowledge. Since he knows‚ he values it so much. Kino knows that the only way out of being the inferior group in his fishing village is to get educated. According to page 26 of The Pearl‚ ‘“My son will read and open the books‚ and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers‚ and these things will make us free because he will

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    The History Boys Essay 13. “Brilliantly funny….but by the end‚ tears are as near as laughter.” To what extent can we read The History boys as comedy? One of the key factors that makes the History Boys such an iconic play is its witty comedic effect throughout the entire book. Using various techniques‚ such as parody‚ contrasting characters and clever juxtapositions within the plot‚ intelligent metaphors‚ bathos and many more. But at first glance the history boys could seem a typical dramatic

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