Nevertheless, the careful reader notices a curious trend in many of Shakespeare's plays: many of Shakespeare's female characters exercise a rather great deal of delicate forms of power and influence, and often do so in unusual and even subversive ways that challenge traditional gender roles. ... The contemporary reader can't help but be aware of them and in many cases, to view many of the characters present in several plays by Shakespeare as some of the main motivators of action as well as some of the most complex characters overall. ... Until this early point in the play, Herm...

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Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist who has been hailed the "founder not only of linguistics but also...semiotics"#, based his theory on a linguistic model that has been employed by most structuralists. ... The concepts derived from the relationship between signs within a system highlight the intention of a performance, whilst specific individual signs give emphasis to particular themes and themes and points of focus. ... Men were given the role of provider and pressure was put on them to meet these social expectations. ... The notion of a woman's duty to her husband and family has...

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Louis made ​​his own way through the great musicians, being accepted at the end for his splendid creativity and humility as a person. ... Consequently, with the two bands that he formed Hot Five and Hot Seven, recorded many themes that would cause much furor such as the composition ''West end Blues'', in which the final chorus by Armstrong was a masterpiece or of the song "Heebie Jeebies" which would be the first time where he began inventing words, when in a recording session, the sheet music fell on the floor and this spontaneity, was incorporated into his music, ti...

• Word Count: 1036
• Approx Pages: 4
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