Many people do believe that both of the cases have been caused by the violent content previously seen by the children in the video games they have played. ... This suggests that children who have previously experienced violence on their own skin (whether it was caused in the family or socially) have a much better control of their emotions and their aggression levels are not caused/do not increase rapidly when playing video games with violent content. ... They found that children who do play video games over a long period of time clearly showed increased development of aggressive behaviour. ...

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At the tragic centre of the play is not Iago, but the lovers' own perspective ". ... This gulf between Desdemona's perception of things and actual reality illustrates the isolation in which women of the elite class were placed from the world outside. Emilia and Bianca have a better understanding of the men they deal with, being women of lower classes, than the "pure " Desdemona. ... An observation of the play's distinct terminology, as it changes the connotations of words and what they signify, reveals the precariousness of identity and character of the woman as it is subject t...

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More often than not, they find themselves in the office working long after the usual working hours. ... By doing this, he has just taken on the burden from the employee and has chosen to carry it on his behalf. ... What do you do when faced with a big change in your life? ... Had there been effective management in the banks, they would not have engaged in selling such high risk products. ... Managing isn't about doing the work for others; it is about empowering those who work for you to do the things necessary to accomplish the goals of the department. ...

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This teaches a child of the minority to regret her background because she is different and does not represent the values of the community. ... She still sees the levels of color and feels she does not belong. ... Thurman does this by giving the reader insight into Emma Lou's mind and showing how the character has come to be racist against herself and her own people. Thurman's character is constantly looking for acceptance by others although she is not strong enough to accept her own color or those who are as dark as or darker than she. ... Thurman's character travels from pl...

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This paved the way for our world to move into the information age carrying forward a new wave of hope that implementing information systems would bring cumulative impacts to the way they communicate and operate, or Brown & Duguid said "to transform the dinosaurs of the industrial age into phoenixes for digital age". ... In the first category, there are many systems for gathering information such as surveys, censuses, R&D labs that are carried out by researchers and journalists. ... Due to the character of systems, in particular computer networks, both centralization and decentralization are ...

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One comparison of ideas can be drawn from Aristotle and Plato's belief about things not of this dimension, demonstrated through Socrates and Aristotle's text. The philosophies of the two minds constantly concern themselves with the ethereal, the things not of the Earth. ... Once they are brought to the inquizzitive musings of Socrates, the myth of their knowledge in what they do as well as the confidence in themselves as the people they are seems to crumble, and the way we see each character is ultimately changed. ... As an unwilling sort of guide (not a teacher as he does not...

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When Palantine asks Travis what he would change about America, Travis is frightening in his response. ... They do nothing to build character, further plot, or even (after a while) establish setting. ... In early noir, location shooting carried a sub textual message of "This is real. ... Scorsese, on the other hand, does not need to convince anyone that psychopaths live in New York. ... They dwarf characters, isolate them, frame their perspective, and trap ...

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The miscommunication theory is quite troubling, as it seems to almost justify the act of date rape or coercive sex, by explaining that many of these men are not violent – they are simply "wishful thinkers", and that women will sometimes use a "token no" when they really do want sex. ... While many of these men fitting somewhere on this spectrum would not consider what they did to be rape or coercion, they make no reference to the woman changing her mind about intercourse in their stories. ... In the cases where women were ambivalent about having sex at first, there w...

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I as a reader know that Huberto does care about Eva and he obviously trusts La Senora, but why does he consider La Senora's place the safest harbor for Eva considering the nature of La Senora's business? ... But hiding away and even leaving the country with the help of her powerful friends did not take away the only stir of feelings that La Senora was to have in her life: imprisonment of Melesio did not let her sleep at night or carry on her revolutionary activity in the sex-care industry during the day. ... Melesio knew exactly what was the best for him and in him, and I do not thin...

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When Oedipus discovers his parents are not who they seem to be and later discovers the prophecy, in a similar way to which Laius tried to manipulate fate by sending Oedipus away, Oedipus also tries to change his destiny, by leaving Corinth "At this I fled away, putting the stars between me and Corinth, never to see home again." ... This reflects the beliefs of the ancient Greeks that changing fate was futile and fraught with danger, and this is further exposed by comments the chorus make towards the end "and let no man be called happy until the day he carries his happiness to the grave in peac...

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Therefore, childhood experiences do not only affect adulthood but they can be used to provide a vivid depiction of their personality and behavior, while resembling their values and beliefs. ... Not my voice, though instantly familiar. ... Sarah could see this too, but also other things. ... When moral values derive from society and government they, of necessity, may change as the laws and morals of the society also change. ... What they believe in, what they find important and what they see as acceptable or desirable is an essential part of their values and beliefs. ...

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They are very rarely turned off or altered at any stage of the play; even scene changes are conducted in full view of the spectators! ... Characters in an ancient Greek play are larger than life and driven mainly on their emotions. ... It is common for Brechtian actors to break character and address the audience directly and in this w! ... This method of acting is intended to keep the audience at a distance, that is not let them get too involved in the play that they forget they are watching a play. Acrobatics and mime also feature strongly in a Brechtian performance as does singing. ...

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Holzer's works are confronting and provocative and inspire us to make changes. They make us remember that language is not always a factual statement; it can be true or false depending on the context. ... The woman seems to be embracing the gun as a part of her, giving off a threatening feeling, but at the same time, it does not feel dangerous because of her conflicted emotions: freedom versus oppression. ... Her art does not disapprove nor approve of Islam, but instead encourages the audience to reflect upon their own ideas, assumptions and expectations. He works carry both personal and e...

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Ruskin believes the wife must stay at home and "shut yourselves within" and let the man do the fighting, she must support him and rule their minds rather than in physical way, the husband must do the fighting because it is in "their nature". ... Ruskin's tone of voice changes from didactic to moralistic, in paragraphs 15 and 16 where he takes on a more poetic mode, " the harebells should bloom, not stoop,-, he refers to flowers in the garden rather than her husband and sons, (para 15). He tells us that with the woman's protection and her constant love of all that she cherishes ...

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In what ways do foreign lands threaten or affirm the traveller's sense of identity? An identity is something that determines an individual character, often representing "who" and "what" that individual stands for. ... If this is the case I also aim to establish how those foreign lands interpret change and if so, do they threaten the traveller's identity or do they merely enforce the traveller's original values and beliefs. ... He asks why humanity can never get things correct and that when everything in society is inverted, failure is inevitable. ... Like that of a human ...

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These various approaches to "Bartleby " have deepened our understanding of the issues in the story, even if they have not solved the riddle of Bartleby's behavior. ... Melville refused to change his message despite the consequences, as he complained to author Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Dollars damn me...what I feel most moved to write, that is banned "it will not pay. ... Like many who have interpreted "Bartleby,"" Marx sheds some important light on the story, but he does not explain enough. ... Bartleby functions in the story not as a character but as a symbol. ... Ahab desires to know t...

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Fergus carries out the request and goes to England to hide from the IRA and to meet Dil, who he ends up falling in love with. Before they consumate their relationship, that she is not really a woman, but a man. ... This certainly makes sense because Dil wants to pass as a woman, but what does it mean that she conforms to socially and culturally constructed views of what gender is? ... In addition to Dil, Jordan also plays with the gender of other characters. ... The movie was made more than seven years ago, and even now our ideas about gender haven't changed radically. ...

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or carries out this investigation using two parameters in particular, the Italian virtu and fortuna. They can be translated in many ways (Robert M. ... Politics here reign supreme; while he does acknowledge that there are ideals in the world, he asserts that it is futile to discuss them because in real-world situations they are never applied. ... To Machiavelli, fortuna always exists in our lives as a constant yet changing force. ... (The first holds the actual character, personality, beliefs of the prince;! ...

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Corruption can take many forms and shapes, not acting would then be not to do anything, thus a flaw. ... Arendt also stresses the fact that action is the beginning step since it is the actualization of freedom, it carries with it the capacity to do so much good, to introduce what is totally unexpected. ... This character of startling unexpectedness is inherent in all beginnings. ... And this again is possible only because each man is unique, so that with each birth something uniquely new comes into the world" (p.177).The reality is that humans will do many things that can't be predi...

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Congress passed an act to quarantine imported animals, they passed this act on to the treasury department, but that did not fix the problem, as a result ranchers and veterinarians pressured for harsher regulation system. ... (Lerner) The United States Department of Agriculture was an extraordinary character in the Great Depression. ... In 1977, these things transferred to the Food Safety and Quality Service that was renamed in 1981, to the Food Safety and Inspection Service. (allgov.com) What Does the USDA do? ... The Farm Service Agency arranges for agriculture producers who do not alwa...

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So how do we 'define' creativity? ... Bethesda followed with '' As scientists continue to investigate the brains of people who have mental illnesses, they are learning that mental illness is associated with changes in the brain's structure, chemistry, and function and that mental illness does indeed have a biological basis''(1). ... Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that carries information from one neuron to another. ... What does this mean to the artist, what does this mean to you as audience/viewer, how does it make you feel? ... It helps patients to expres...

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This allowed for colonial policy makers to believe whole heartily in these labels since it is their mission to carry out the development of Africa. ... It can be seen that the main Holy Grail was to change the identity of Africans and by slowly assimilating Africans into European culture; a common example to illustrate this is the changing of African names to Christian ones. ... As Jomo Kenyatta illustrates: "When Europeans came to Africa, they had the bible and the Africans had the land. They gave the Bible to the African and told him to hold it in his hand, close his eyes and pray. ... ...

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The reader of the adverts will identify with the people portrayed, because they recognise certain, if not all the characteristics pictured. ... People are observed to be more in control with their self-images and do not adhere to stereotypical notions of the past. ... These social roles were meant to be complimentary, and since they were seen to be natural, dissenting behaviour was not expected. ... Marketing activities carried the same message stereotyping men as the producers and women as the consumers. ... In the 1960s women made it clear that they were not going to be kept indoors. ...

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Kinship and family ties provided the personal and collective character of Africans and when taken beyond their shores they became rootless and "all at sea". ... With slaves spread over a vast region it was difficult to find a suitable female partner, many slaves died in the early years without ever doing so. However this was all to change when traders and planters began to buy more female slaves since they could labour in the fields and in their masters homes bringing valuable skills with them. ... Allowed by their owners to bring up their children and organize their domestic lives, they ...

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The premise of the film is therefore a discussion into whether or not people are fundamentally unscrupulous liars. ... In the piece, Sontag quotes Virginia Woolf asking, "whether when we look at the same photographs we feel the same things," with the answer given by Rashomon being a resounding "no" (3). ... The different stories portray the other characters in very harsh light, and with wild disparity between all of their accounts, the depravity of humanity is further explored. None of the men believe the stories they heard, assuming humans to be at their base self-serving ...

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