Like many of Munro's beautifully-crafted stories, this one is notable for the depth with which these ordinary characters are developed through the author's typical and natural use of meticulously chosen images, phrases, and pieces of conversation that often say more in their omissions than in their actual words. As the students begin to explore these ordinary people, they begin to understand the tension and anger that exist in this new subdivision of shiny, new homes, where disorder, eccentricity, and non-conformity will not be tolerated by the upwardly mobile, good "people who win."...

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When analysis of Yeats" works is undertaken, especially when discussing Yeats" ideas and thoughts expressed through his poetry, it is often useful to consider the context of the poems. ... As part of Yeats" obsession with history in his poetry, a common idea among many of Yeats" poems is that the ordinary and seemingly insignificant aspects of life can lead to sweeping historical changes and the ends of epochs. ... The idea of the ordinary and seemingly insignificant is reinforced with imagery of the every day, such as in the passage, "Quiet the dog, tether the pony/To a distant post." ... How...

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Popular culture means that artefacts and styles of human expression develop from the creativity of ordinary people, and circulate among people according to their interests, preferences, and tastes. ... This perspective tears away at distinctions typically made between producers and consumers of cultural materials between the culture industries and contexts of reception. ... To conclude this section, the " popular" in popular culture really means that cultural themes and styles originate in everyday environments, and are later attended to, interpreted, and used by ordinary people sometimes, but...

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In his work, he wished to speak like an American within an American context of small cities, immigrants, and workers. He wanted his poetic line to reflect the rhythm of everyday speech and drew his subject matter from ordinary surroundings -- a painting, a red wheelbarrow, a dish of plums. ...

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Without the shot, it would be very difficult to place the drama, as the roads and scenery around them: industrial areas, highway toll points, the usual roadway scene, symbolising ordinary life, look much like any other part of America. ... The effect of these things is that a strong impression is given of New York as a fast moving place, where, however, ordinary people lead their ordinary lives. ... The fact that he may work as a gangster, or in some shady business, is somewhat irrelevant; he's still doing the ordinary thing of driving home from work, stopping as everyone else does to pay...

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That significance was brought out through the choruses, and the emotional structure of the play is based on them rather than on Thomas's exercise in self-analysis.For that was the point of the Festival;the ordinary human response to the exceptional events, the martyrdom which repeats and reminds us of Christ''s own sacrifice. ... The play had the advantage of referring to a well-known, highly dramatic story of a confrontation between two powerful personalities, both historically and spiritually significant.The story was taught to all as a central 'myth' of teh englis...

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The poem is in the context of a dramatic monologue or a conversation. ... Donne's use of intricate language allows for the use of wit to breakdown the barriers ordinary language imposes. ... Although it was common for the "poem to partake in the extensive tradition of erotic poems centred on flea's", and was not entirely innovative, it still seems odd that a base insect could be used as ordinary imagery of love. ... I think that another message within the context of this poem would be to allow all lovers to be free from the constraints of society. ...

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He tries to define or perhaps realign the contexts in which these ideas are used by analyzing the relationship between arts and crafts through the evolution or perhaps devolution of craft to art and vice-versa; relying particularly on the example of ceramics in the 1960's and 70's. ... He writes that there is no clear and decisive interpretation of definition between arts and crafts and that depending on the contexts it is put into there can be a certain amount of transgression between the two worlds. ... He goes on to outline the tangible aspects of usefulness, depending upon the...

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Edward Bullough says that psychical distance is created when art causes us to disengage from our ordinary emotions towards a thing or event and when it proceeds to remove the ordinary sense or uses of an object and an aesthetic is created. ... Consequently they are pushed back into their ordinary emotions, losing the psychical distance and disinterest and thereby losing the possibility of an aesthetic experience. ... He sets out four basic characteristics based on his studies of people involved with the art world. 1) perceptual experience comprises both the sensual presence of the piece as wel...

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The similar and different perceptions of the same values in the two texts provide the audience a greater understanding and insight of the values, even though their context may vary vastly. ... Both texts incorporate similar values (that are made different by their context) and the same basic plot, i.e. the heroine is transformed from an ignorant, spoilt brat to a rational, perceptive character through her own downfall. ... During the opening scene, Cher comments that she has an "ordinary" life for a teenager whilst picking her clothes for school using a computer. ... The change in context has ...

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In the context of World War 2, Jewish refugees were fleeing from Europe to Canada in order to find peace and security, but instead of aiding the Jews, the Canadian people greeted them with an anti – Semitic attitude. ... During World War Two, Jewish refugees were being treated harshly and unfairly in Canada in the context of the Holocaust, seeing that they were refused entry into Canada, they were sent to internment camps, and were labelled as "enemy aliens.... Subsequently, refugees were required to follow all the regulations that were implemented on ordinary immigrants, which was ...

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The art is a communication tool to graffiti artists to speak their perspectives on many prevalent issues that concerns ordinary individuals. ... The art that was designed from these projects often portrayed the issues ordinary citizens faced from their day-to-day lives in a less monotonous way. ... Creswell differentiates between the form and process of graffiti, asking whether graffiti is still graffiti if it is taken from its illegal context on the walls of the city and placed in a gallery....

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Their access to property and monetary rewards are definitely unequal to an ordinary factory worker since these people are the sources of capital in any form of industry. ... They socialize and mingle with celebrities and political figures giving them better weight on the judgment of politicos even though they are not different to an ordinary voter. ... The difficulty of economic progress, especially in the context of a third world country, is one of the reasons why most lower-middle class people migrate to foreign lands where job market is wider and the compensation is more lavish. ... However...

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Hawthorne believed that the natural world around us, as well as ordinary humans, contained dark places that the cold light of reason alone could not break through. ... Terence Martin sums up the meaning of Hawthorne's best known book, The Scarlet Letter in three sentences: "Taking its form in Hawthorne's imagination, the total context of The Scarlet Letter inheres in the letter itself. ...

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While idealism represents normative movement of thought, liberalism is a positivist notion in the context of survey methodology and philosophy of science. While idealism underlines ordinary care, liberalism analyzes what is happening. ...

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Gossiping, teasing, humor, communication, sharing experiences, exchanging information, interaction with each other's and even motivation in activity based engagement at school for the peer influences .The adolescent behavior is being affected significantly by Peergroups, which are considered the most influential social forces for bringing changes in the behavior from ordinary decisions regarding clothing, hairstyle, music, and entertainment, to more significant decisions relating to short and long-term education plans. ... Some of the studies found no significant peers' effects, wh...

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He continues that nations exist not as functions of a particular kind of territorial state or the aspiration to establish one-broadly speaking the citizen state of the French revolution but also in the context of a particular stage of technological and economic development. ... A certain view taken from Hobsbawms book is that the nation is not seen by governments and the spokesmen and activists of nationalist movements, but by the ordinary persons who are the objects of their action and propaganda. ... This would seem to agree with the argument that nation can be defined, but in different ...

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The storytelling is very straightforward, single-layered and fast-paced with its complete focus on describing another victorious journey of the great Perseus rather than guiding the viewers to a story of how a demi god, who wants to be an ordinary fisherman, tries to conquer the most terrified monster that even gods fear to save the humanity. ... The definition of power varies in different context. ... Even with Perseus' villagers, before the invasion of the fire-belching monster, everyone seems to live an ordinary happy life by themselves. ...

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Subliminal messages, mentioned by Pratkins and Greenwald, can be used by the media by embedding figures that are hidden in their context. ... In addition, when Jim was watching the previews, he did not notice anything out of the ordinary. ... The main context of the preview and the distorted nature of the subliminal message distracted Jim from realizing that he was being subliminally persuaded. ... Johnson states, even though the advertisers" practice may be used to subtly manipulate the audience into believing that their product seems greater then what it really is, it does not involve hid...

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"The classroom setting represents not only an educational arena but a powerful social context in which the psychological adjustment of children and adolescents can be affected."... "Under ordinary circumstances, parents and children rarely do things together, except at meal times. ...

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When placing the code in the context of business and the business environment, it is clear the Art of War serves a versatile and timeless role. ... The rule that most clearly represents the sentiment of the novel is "Thus, what enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge." ...

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Even though Walter generally refused to openly comment on the political context of the combat, in the part where he wrote how "[Napoleon's] outward appearance seemed indifferent and unconcerned over the wretchedness of his soldiers "2 is still apparent that he disapproved Napoleon's approach. ... Although Walter was just an ordinary man, his diary provided insight to the outcome of the Napoleon's campaigns from a rare perspective of a lowly soldier who had no ulterior motives, no moral or other judgment in mind. ...

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For example, these people may appear emotionally unstable, or their emotions may not seem appropriate to the context of the situation. They may fail to show ordinary emotional responses in situations that bring out such responses in healthy people. ...

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Understanding the complexity of society in terms of all the institutions, contexts, and interpretations and how all these are related is an important milestone in the study of criminology; to further study in criminology one needs to accept the fact that everything in society is related to the criminological field. ...

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Virtu Like most Western philosophers, Niccolo Machiavelli's ideas were heavily influenced by the early Greek philosophers. Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral virtue. Machiavelli argued against this Platonic philosophy. He believed in "virtu", whatever was best for the State was virtu. ...

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