Four artists that have included the themes of human frailty and mutation in their artworks are Peter Booth, Ryoko Suzuki, Gordon Bennett and Francis Bacon. ... A sense of movement is present within Painting 1977, with the use of swirled lines giving the effect of smoke and darkness drifting aimlessly throughout the disrupted city. ... Suzuki's artworks mainly focus on the theme of gender roles and society's portrayal and misconception of women. ... As a child, Suzuki was introduced to the concept of pigs being 'cute' by adults through the fairy tale story "The Three L...

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The story contrasts the lives and ideologies of two sisters, Marlene and Joyce, and the resultant conflicts between them. ... This is evident in Top Girls, where Marlene has thrown a dinner party to celebrate her promotion and has invited Isabella Bird (1831-1904), Lady Nijo (b.1258), Dull Gret (1562), Pope Joan (854-856) and Griselda (Canterbury Tales). ... In addition, when it is discovered that she is a woman, she and her new-born child are dragged out of the city and stoned. ... These two instances notwithstanding, if feminist theatre is not just about political change, then this play can ...

• Word Count: 3095
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Both texts make reference to the Lamb(s) of God, to a messianic figure who will herald the end of days, to the beasts (dragons and leviathons) who will raze the earth of sinners, and both texts describe a very similar process by which this earth will be destroyed, and replaced by the eternal "holy city.... In a close reading of the two texts it is clear that Revelation and Enoch draw from a shared pool of apocalyptic symbols and numerological concepts. ... In this paper, a review of the literature regarding Enoch's influence on Revelation will be followed by an analysis of the simi...

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Although they are caught between two different cultures and expectations, Vietnamese refugees and immigrants successfully adapted and integrated into America with their infinite perseverance and diligence. ... The paper focuses on two specific aspects: how these developments create or recreate a sense of identity and how has it helped the Vietnamese immigrants integrate into American society. ... Preserving the culture not only consolidates their ethnic identity, but also integrates the Vietnamese Diaspora into the U.S popular culture, bridging the two cultures and nations. ... Little Saigon...

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By being an author, publisher, and lover of books, Friedrich Schumann influenced his child's younger years; Robert spent much of his time reading books such as the Greek classics, the imaginary Romantic tales of Byron and Sir Walkter Scott, as well as other Romantic literature and poetry. ... To spite Wieck, the two married on September 12th, 1840, one day before Clara's twenty- first birthday. ...

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By being an author, publisher, and lover of books, Friedrich Schumann influenced his child's younger years; Robert spent much of his time reading books such as the Greek classics, the imaginary Romantic tales of Byron and Sir Walkter Scott, as well as other Romantic literature and poetry. ... To spite Wieck, the two married on September 12th, 1840, one day before Clara's twenty- first birthday. ...

• Word Count: 4114
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Their success seems to have surprised Eco, who puzzled for "two years" after the publication of his first novel, "trying to figure out why the book was being read by people who surely could not like such 'cultivated' books" (Eco, 1983). ...

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Within 1984 there are various recurring themes involving "homelessness", an "encounter with nothingness" and the "nostalgia for the absolute". ... "To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy, to forget whatever it was necessary to forget, then to d...

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Mao Zedong Mao Zedong rose from peasantry to become one of China's most historically significant political leader. While working in the Peking University library under Li Dazhao, Mao became a member of the CCP. His political ideology was formed in the 1930's when he rose to party leadership. Mao believed that China's Marxist revolution would be victorious for the peasant class. Mao's political platform included rousing the nation's masses to create a united front including the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and national bourgeoisie. ...

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Barrie's Peter Pan (1904) circulates in the popular imagination as a happy tale for children that, through the adventures of Peter and the other children in Never Land, celebrates playfulness. ... As its name implies, the middle class falls between the upper and working classes as an unstable site of mediation between the two. The instability of the middle class means that arriving at a definition is difficult, but a point of departure might be the consideration of the broad terms of work for the middle class, which requires a degree of intellectual engagement and is remunerated at a leve...

• Word Count: 7291
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate