While these losses, combined with admittedly high unemployment in the past few years, have contributed to seemingly dismal prospects for prosperity in the United States, I believe that the ideals and values of the American Dream are still very much alive. ... I would redefine the American Dream today as the potential to work for an honest, secure way of life and save for the future." ... Living the American Dream meant going from dirt poor to filthy rich and becoming more than you could have ever imagined. ... I agree: gov­ernment funding for Wall Street and struggling businesses makes the ec...

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In this quote, he describes that every man will have some dream in his life, and though he may spend his whole life dwelling on such a hope, he may not even take the time to understand it. ... "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams---not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion," Nick acclaims in the novel. ... Another quote follows: "He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. ... Though Gatsby may have been the base of the corrupti...

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In the end as nature would have it, true love dominates false pretenses. From the very first scene and conversation in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the notion of dreams foreshadows the major underlying concept of the play, the suggestion that it is all merely a dream. ... There's that word "dream." ... Furthermore, Puck alludes to the play as a dream when he says, "If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended, that you have but slumb'red here while these visions did appear. ... Though Egeus expresses a vehement desire for Hermia to consent to this wishes...

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Historically, most of the world's cultures have believed that dreams come from an outside sources, as visitations from the gods. ... In fact, as late as the last century, people have interpreted the horrifying apparitions in nightmares as demons intent on seducing the innocent (Fontana 22). ... All through history we have sought to fathom the meanings of our dreams and every culture has it's theories about dreams. ... The conscious mind is governed by the ego- the "I" which can act in the outside world, and has a will. ... Researchers have collected a number of clairvoyant dreams a...

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" Thus the reader can therefore draw parallels between the definition of empathy and the intertextuality that Duffy is perceived to have employed in the poem. The concept of a dream is also well-ensconced in Van Gogh's artwork, which could imply that the poem, like the artwork, is nothing but a dream; a figment of the poet's delicious imagination. The concept of a dream is also a prominent theme in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and is linked to the strange and dreamlike misadventures that occur in the magical forest of the play. ... One of the many mechanis...

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I actually think that As You Like It is definitely a more interesting play in terms of its treatment of gender and how Rosalind "teaches" Orlando how to woo her. A Midsummer Night's Dream, whilst having its more serious elements, in particular the way that it could have so easily been a tragedy and the play within a play, is a more light-hearted, frivolous romp in the forest with the central human characters, the Athenian lovers, showing little growth, development or even distinguishing aspects that can be used to separate them from each other. ... Although one is fantasy, both have si...

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The authors deal with individuals who have been dislocated from the community that eventually saves them from disintegration. ... Night Swan takes up the narrative after we have been introduced to her via Josiah and the spotted cattle episode. ... Like Tayo in Ceremony, the protagonist of Animal Dreams undergoes a transformation through a journey. ... "We were a bad family I became a man with no history" (p 287). ... "I have made changes in the rituals but only this growth keeps the ceremonies strong" (p126). ...

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"I" ..and "my childhood" etc. ... "I am standing up". It is supposed that the conclusion is reached through examination of the premise, "I cannot know for certain that I am awake, rather than asleep and dreaming" according to Wilson. I think that this theory of dreaming is more interesting as it can be related to individuals more readily than some of Descartes other statements/theories, as dreaming can be so real that it is impossible to tell at the time an individual is asleep. ... I believe philosophers have examined too deeply into his writings generating false presumptions. ...

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Thus, key events have no logical or psychological explanation. ... While the two sides are arguing, Ultima's single voice cuts in: "I pulled this baby into the light of life only I will know his destiny"(6). ... As Anaya denotes, "I bless you in the name of all that is good and strong and beautiful, Antonio. Always have the strength to live. ... I shall be with you". (261) Though Ultima dies, her spirit and her influence will guide Antonio throughout his life. ...

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Gatsby is thus the novel's representative of the American Dream, and the story of his youth borrows on one of the dream's oldest myths: that of the self-made man. ... As Nick puts it, "There must have been moment even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams...no through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. ... Gatsby ultimately knows in his heart that his lifestyle with be his eventual downfall and that her fervor for only the finest aspects have life, have corrupted his destiny of reclaiming his aristocratic roots. ... As Nick Carraway n...

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He builds his identity based on this money, just as his cultural surroundings would have him do. ... I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn't far wrong. " Gatsby's illegalities allow him to "brush shoulders " with the wealthy. ... The greatest change to the American culture of the 1920's came in the form of the death of the American Dream. ... Specifically the deterioration of this dream in an era of unparalleled prosperity and material excess. ... An additional note for interest is that there was a very famous flapper named Josephine Baker who would ...

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After all, when a person dreams at night, they do not typically include their bed in the dream. ... This painting is clearly an influence on "The Dream, " which was first shown three years later. ... Finally, while Rousseau's snake charmer seems to have summoned several snakes to her side, Plath's snake charmer creates the snakes and, when he grows tired, can banish them. ... In this last stanza, she describes the muses as standing "their vigil in gowns of stone Faces blank as the day I was born " (50-51). ... Whatever approach taken by Plath when writing these poems, she always cr...

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As soon as I started working and received my first pay check, I endowed myself to be Victoria Secret's best costumer. I own just about every type of bra that they have created and even check online frequently to see what new bras' are out. One of my favorite products they have is the "Demi Bra". ... I sometimes would call it my "Dream Bra" because it goes with every outfit. ... He is trying to prove how young adults in early ages of 17-40 years old do not dream of hanging out in a pool hall while just wearing a regular bra but instead they would all have on Victo...

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Today, online viral videos have been a global sensation, with more people watching viral videos than feature films. ... Similarly, in Waking Life, the main character, a man trapped in a dream world, meets performance artist Tiana Hux as he is going down to the subway. ... And Louis Malle says "Well, it's sort of a dream within a dream." ... So here we have a filmmaker on a television in a dream inside a dream talking about a filmmaker making a film about a dream inside a dream. ... It is these themes of implicit suggestions on the nature of filmmaking and film viewing found in these fi...

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It is in this scene that the school gate closes on Vincent and his parents, symbolising exclusion and discrimination, " we now have discrimination down to a science." A key scene in which Vincent's developing desire to succeed is revealed, is when he expresses to his brother Anton that he dreams of travelling to space, Anton replies with "I bet I could be one if I wanted." ... The belligerence and abuse continue as adults, "I have a right to be here, you don't." ... Despite the title society gives him from birth, Vincent knows that he can break free of this insignificant name and...

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After the dream, he was courageous and willing to go fight the barbarians. The deep spiritual significance of the dream came to him when he was older and wiser. ... The Black Elk realized in having the power to cure people as few other spiritual leaders could. ... Black Elk realized that it was all a beautiful dream and it was over. ... Many people have different views on the persecution of Native Americans, some think that it was all Indians" fault and that they caused their own suffering, which I think is absolutely ridiculous, because they were not the ones who invaded. ...

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After the dream, he was courageous and willing to go fight the barbarians. The deep spiritual significance of the dream came to him when he was older and wiser. ... The Black Elk realized in having the power to cure people as few other spiritual leaders could. ... Black Elk realized that it was all a beautiful dream and it was over. ... Many people have different views on the persecution of Native Americans, some think that it was all Indians" fault and that they caused their own suffering, which I think is absolutely ridiculous, because they were not the ones who invaded. ...

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After Mattie asks her father if she can work for money to fund her education she wonders, "why had I even asked? I knew he would say no.... Grace Brown's baby can be seen as a metaphor for the death of Grace's dreams. ... Ambition is also seen in Mattie's dream of being a writer. ... Donnelly and Frankel have chosen to represent women in certain ways that highlight societal pressure....

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Every day, I don't lie to you, its constant. ... Many deportations involve immigrants who have little or no criminal history. According to the Human Rights Watch, 400,000 immigrants are sent to detention facilities not for having criminal offenses but for violating immigration laws. ... A journalist and National Public Radio commentator, Ruben Navarrette, questions the public: "How many Americans do you know who complain that it was their life's dream to pick strawberries, or tar roofs, or clean horse stalls, or do some dirty job but, darn it, an illegal immigrant got there first? ....

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In game shows, women frequently have a minimal role. ... Growing up as a child I often wondered why there were hardly any female super heroes that I could emulate. Now that I am older I still ask myself that question, in fact I also ask why is it that the few female superheroes are portrayed in the manner that promote their sexuality. ... They fail to realize that this is often an illusion as these women have been prepped and have had their make up professionally done. ... Women of the dream media world never speak about matters that are important and worthwhile. ...

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I don't think I could agree anymore with that statement made by him. ... I have to wonder if, because of the relaxed state of mind that the cocaine gave to Freud, if he really did get into the unconscious state of mind (Thorton Webpages). ... The Interpretation of Dreams also led into the friendship with Carl G. ... Did he in fact have a break in normal human develop? ... But I have to wonder if there wasn't an underlying reason for his emphasis on sexuality. ...

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Willie's main purpose in the play is to fulfill the American Dream. ... The goals that Willie has set was to raise a American family and have a successful career later in life he realizes that his first goal had fallen through, by biff not going to college and happy not having a "good" job. ... The head of the company Howard Wagner is the son of one of Willie's deceased friends, and upon Willie's request to have a stationary job, Howard declines. ... Biff then makes it expressively clear that he wants nothing to do with his father and does not have any respect for him after the ...

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"I believe in America. ... And I raised my daughter in the American fashion. I gave her freedom, but - I taught her never to dishonour her family. ... I said to my wife, for justice, we must go to Don Corleone'."" ... Shadoian agreed with this idea, in his book, Dreams and Dead Ends he stated that the gangster is an urban figure whose "drive for success embodies the contradictions of the American Dream- (1977 cited in Neale 2000). ...

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Keating replies; "I always thought the point of education was to think for yourself" and Mr. ... Others have had similar notions and have failed just as surely you will fail. ... Neil drops the school annual but, when he actually dares to dream of being an actor, his father steps in again; "We are trying to understand why you insist on defying us; whatever it is I will not let you ruin your life. You don't understand, you have opportunities that I never had, you"re going to Harvard and you"re going to be a doctor!". ... This intense scene also shows us the guilt, which is placed upon the ...

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The American dream, crazily sought after, and rarely achieved, as some theorists would say. People of the lower class or should I say of all socioeconomic classes have this preconceived notion that the American dream is attainable if you just work hard and believe in the system. ... The American dream means that anyone can make it big. ... In reality, however, disadvantaged minority groups and the lower class do not have equal access to such legitimate opportunities. ... This strain is produced by the disjuncture between society's dream of equality and success for all and the actual i...

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