The test measures the amount of time it takes for people to respond when asked to read colour words printed in black compared to naming the colour that the colour word is printed in (an example of this would be the colour 'red' printed in yellow). ... According to Schiller (1966) this is due to the fact that reading a colour word triggers the brain to visualise the specific representation of colour. ... For instance, the words orange and purple both printed in yellow would generate different reaction times. Since yellow and orange is visually more similar than yellow and purple, t...

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However, there are more than just what is about "Canadian- in his paintings; Thomson leaves the viewer perplexed in a world of purple sky and red trees, overwhelming the viewer within an enigmatic colour world of his perspective. "He began to paint that he might express the emotions the country inspired in him; all the moods and passions, all the sombreness and all the glory of colour, were so felt that they demanded from him pictorial expression. ... Words were not his instruments of expression - colour was the only medium open to him,"" and what Thomson tried to achieve were "truthfulness an...

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Herod partook in the mass homicide, slaughtering many innocents; "Cruell and sodaine, hast thou since/ Purpled thy naile, in blood of innocence". The mention of "purpled" corresponds to the colour of his royal robes. ...

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1. (a) Analyse the key concepts of religious experience as an argument for the existence of God. A religious experience can be described as one which enables God to be seen as a direct object of that experience. It is a non-empirical occurrence which can appear to be supernatural and drives the ...

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Bob Fosse's Cabaret (1972) is a film that uses the historical context of 1931 Germany to convey themes through utilising the various dramatic and technical elements of film. The well-known historical context of Nazi Germany provides the audience with an immediately confronting schema about the event...

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"Christina Rosetti seems towards the dark side of life." Choose three poems and consider how far they support this view of her work. A common interpretation of the work of the 19th century poetess, Christina Rosetti, is that her work is depressing, morbid and highly pessimistic. However, in this essay I shall explore this in further depth by looking at three poems: "A dream", "A Birthday" and one of the many poems entitled "Song", beginning "When I am dead, my dearest." By looking at her use of language, imagery, themes and her addressee I shall explore to what extent I agree with the sta...

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