In a recent film, one of the characters suffered from TS. ... Chronic tic disorders are differentiated from those that are transient, not only by their duration, but by their relatively unchanging character (1984, p. 4). ... Tourette syndrome is a complex disorder that can mimic other disturbances, sometimes making accurate diagnosis difficult. ... However, there are four kinds of motor tics: simple motor tics, complex motor tics, copropraxia, and echolpraxia. ... Complex motor tics are hopping, clapping, throwing, and writing over-and-over the same letter or word. ...

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Women Prevail in Shakespeare's Comedies William Shakespeare's writings feature many complex and timeless characters. ... A common theme in the two plays is a contrast of characters. ... Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew is undoubtedly the central character in this play. ... This back and forth battle of wits informs the reader early on that Kate is, indeed, a strong character, unlike most women of this era. ... Many argue that she has given up her will and her strong character. ...

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Since the male protagonist in the story presents a male, mainstream viewpoint, a feminist point of view may lead readers to a more balanced understanding of the character. Apart from this, it is apparent that Hornby has developed a complex character through integrating gender stereotypes into one realistic personality, a technique also seen in his other novels. ... These stereotypes will be analyzed independently and then juxtaposed with corresponding sterotypical female characters in the novel. ... Statement of the Problem Rob, being the unique and well-developed character that he is, al...

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Stream of Consciousness Technique in To the Lighthouse and Its Function as Psychoanalysis of the Characters Everybody in the world has a story to tell and everyone has their own way to tell. ... This essay examines one of the pioneer's work, To the Lighthouse and the significance of stream of consciousness technique throughout the novel in order to understand the psychological analysis of the characters in To the Lighthouse. ... Writers seek to record portrays of the inner chaotic workings of a character's mind, in other words, in order to describe and often to evaluate, the motives...

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In fact, examining the similarities of the characters of the play and the real characters in Williams life gives a deeper insight into their personality. ... (529) The setting of the play has great influence on the characters. ... One is the character who recollects the play and the other one is the character who acts within those recollections. Even taken as a single character, Tom is full of contradiction. ... The relationship between Tom and Laura is actually a complex one. ...

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Character Analysis John Proctor A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth Proctor's husband. ... Of the major characters, Abigail is the least complex. ... Throughout the hysteria, Abigail's motivations never seem more complex than simple jealousy and a desire to have revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. The language of the play is almost biblical, and Abigail seems like a biblical character "a Jezebel figure, driven only by sexual desire and a lust for power. ... Over the course of the play, however, he experiences a transformation, one more remarkable than that of any ot...

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The technique allowed for characters to seamlessly change from one image to another. ... James Cameron6, who directed and produced "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" used CG graphics to create"T-1000", an evil metallic robot which chased after the characters, changing from one form to another seamlessly. ... The ball room scene used conventional cell animation by "inserting" dancing characters into the 3-D ball room. ... Images created by computers can be very simple, such as lines and circles, or extremely complex such as fractals and complicated rendered animations. If you want to crea...

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Through Lawrence's description of the Morel family, the reader is given a tour through the psychological evolution of the main character, Paul. ... The Oedipus complex is a complex when a man loves his mother, and hates his father because of his strong love of his mother. ... The Oedipus complex of mother towards son To be further, the Oedipus complex can be divided into two aspects on Sons and Lovers. One is concerned about the Oedipus complex of mother towards son; the other refers to the Oedipus complex of mother towards son. ... So, towards his wife, Morel is absence of softness and...

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It also in a specific manner tries to make parallels between Poe's own character and his projections onto his tales and poems, in here "The Oval Portrait". The main focus will be the traces of Freud's ideas on the "Life and Death Drives", "Guilt Complex", "Fixation", "Sublimation", "Dream work" and "Ideal Female complex" in this short story. ... Keywords: Freudian Psychoanalysis, Complex, Vampirism in Art, Eros and Thanatos, Women, Death, Immortality 1. ... In other words, the main focal point of the article is on...

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They viewed the world as a complex causal chain where everything that happens must have a cause. ... And this would be the same for the birth of a child, which Chrysippus's complex event. ... There is still no clear distinction between what Chrysippus calls a simple event and a complex event. ... Chrysippus's own example of a complex event is Milo being fated to wrestle at the Olympic Games. ... And since they say that these characters are in our power, and virtue is rewarded an...

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Police misconduct is a complex singularity that occurs when police officers abuse the trust of the society they are sworn to protect. ... Laws at times tend to be very complex and unclear in their application. ... In the individual approach, corruption is explained as a consequence character faults, and the principal motive is the pursuit of personal gain whether materialistic or promotion. ...

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The development of motion picture complexity has been driven by a continuing technological evolution, ignited and manipulated by human initiative and inventiveness, which has afforded filmmakers the opportunity to practice a more complex craft to tell more complex stories. ... Thompson and Bordwell detail Impressionist uses of the camera's optical devices: Superimpositions may convey a character's thoughts or memories. ... Throwing the lens out of focus could also convey subjectivity, whether we see the characters or through their eyes. ... The innovative use of these uniquely ci...

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Summary of Rebecca Rebecca's narrative takes the form of a flashback. The heroine who remains nameless, lives in Europe with her husband, Maxim de Winter traveling from hotel to hotel, harboring memories of a beautiful home called Manderley, which, we learn, has been destroyed by fire. The story be...

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These complex parameters of Pure Cinema will be examined through the films of the great narrative filmmaker Alfred Hitch cock, among others. ... Unfortunately for film purists times change, silent film is dead and we live in a world of films that exhibit complex conventions in both picture and sound. ... We must attempt to find the elusive guise of Pure Cinema within the complex and unPure film world in which we live, and I guarantee it is there one must simply look harder. A complex world of film requires the ability of a viewer to look closer to find the art among the entertainment. ... ...

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"In his plays Ibsen focused his attention on character rather than situations and created realistic dramas on psychological conflict." ... Whether consciously or unconsciously, however, Ibsen has managed to create extremely well developed characters. ... George Bernard Shaw points out how Ibsen's characters are people from our own society and his themes are universal. ... Psychologists discovered a depth of meaning and human understanding in his delineation of characters. ... The distance between what his characters can achieve and what they want to achieve is th...

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Unlike Lucentio though, Hortensio grows in his character throughout the play. ... She is a very complex character and it is definite that Shakespeare intended her to be this way. ... The complexity of her character is demonstrated in many ways throughout the play. ... Katherine was indeed a great source of energy in the play and she was also the play's most complex character. ... Petruchio, Katherine's tamer, is also a very complicated character. ...

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Sparked off by a seemingly trivial affront " a versified insult, a brawl over the rights to a beached whale, unsanctioned wooing of a woman, or one party allowing livestock to graze a neighbour's land, " conflict generates highly complex structures where at every point there are many options for resolution. ... The characters are seen discussing matters of concern in the main rooms of their (rarely described) turf and stone farmsteads, or in the temporary booths at the Althing or national assembly. ... CHARACTERS Linked to the complexity of saga plots is the plethora of chara...

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Perhaps the best way to define the diverse forms of this social institution is to draw attention to its character. ... Family drama, or "domestic" drama, is centered on characters‟ intimate relationships, their actions towards each other and their responses to the surrounding circumstances and events. ... The characters are ordinary people like us, taken from the lower and middle classes of society, who struggle with everyday problem, such as poverty, sickness, crime, family strife and other problems within marital and paternal relationships. ... In a society where the conception of social l...

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In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very clearly. Fr...

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According to Freud, Oedipus complex is known to be a theory where males unconsciously hold negative feelings towards their fathers. ... Bret Easton Ellis's novel, Lunar Park, is a work of art that reveals the author's Oedipus complex. ... Eventually, Bret's father influences Bret's character. ... Freud stated that in self-defense of their Oedipus complex, children develop an influential conscience called the superego (Berger 272). ... Without control, Bret slowly adapts to his father's character. ...

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Thus such a move from telling to showing and specifically, from a long and complex novel to any form of performance is usually seen as the most fraught transposition. ... Conflicts and ideological differences between characters must be made visible and audible (Lodge, 1993:196-200). ... Characters placed in close suggests lack of statue. Another idea, which can be suggested by closeness, is discomfort, as with a character who invades the personal space of others. ... According to Gianetti, film language has the capacity to be even more complex than written language (Gianetti, 2005: 241). ...

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Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 is a very deep, complex, and demanding novel, requiring the wide breadth of knowledge. One of the most fascinating aspects of the novel is Pynchon's choice -- or rather, invention -- of the names he gives the characters and organizations described in the novel. ... On one level, this may be an insight into Oedipa's personality; perhaps Pynchon is trying to assert that she is a multi-layered character who cannot be fully exposed under any circumstances. ... There are always more layers to the complex plot, and Oedipa will find that each time ...

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This allowed for Tolkien to develop his unique story and to form complex characters the world had never seen before. ... In turn he was able to create a world filled with imagination and mythology which his individual characters and languages were used to make more realistic. ... This novel became popular because of its rich magical adventure and the unique characters such as the wizard Gandalf, the dragon Smaug, and one cannot forget about Bilbo. ... The trilogy has multiple things going on at once, allowing for interesting themes and a complex plot to form. ... For Frodo, his life flipped up...

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In most sitcoms the settings and characters will remain the same throughout the entire time it is on air. Sitcoms are popular because viewers can relate to one or more characters in the show. ... Aliens seem to symbolise our fear of what our complex technological world might become if not carefully controlled. In the seventies special effects were becoming more and more complex and the need for realism in the audiences was at last satisfied. ... The themes of survival, the use of the force' to guide the good characters and the defeat of evil all captivated audiences. ...

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The character of Harrison Ford (Indy) in this movie wasn't as great as other movies such as The Fugitive because he didn't get to do a lot of action scenes. ... "Indiana Jones movies were always journey movies, but even that is lost as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull focuses primarily on two sprawling complexes, the Area 51 complex and the lost city and the area around it. ... You can say that everything you saw except the characters and buildings are made by CGI. ... "The downside is that great character actors such as Ray Winstone and John Hurt don'...

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