On the other hand, when gentleman becomes a sage, it is because they were able to do and act with benevolence all the time. ... Like the philosopher kings, Confucius's gentleman would ideally rule their city. However since "the asking of questions is in itself the correct rite" (3:15) and the gentleman is suppose to follow the rites, a gentleman would question where a philosopher might not. ... Therefore, Confucius's gentleman, are better at being rulers than the Socratic philosophers. As Socrates defines them, philosophers are "those who come to love the spectacle of truth" (bo...

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Her sexuality was not only defined by her looks, and, as an actress, she did much more than sit there and look pretty. ... Here, I will examine the evolution of the image of sexuality and women in film by comparing and contrasting Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) and, present-day sex symbol, Angelina Jolie's character in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). The same year that Monroe shocked society and posed nude for Playboy magazine, and at the peak of her career, she starred in the film Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) as a "dumb blonde" choru...

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James' novel is a "study" of the character Daisy Miller, as seen through the perspective of the character Winterbourne, an American European gentleman. ... When Daisy is going to meet an Italian gentleman, Mr. ... Costello as the character that initially begins defining class boundaries through the behavior analysis of Daisy. ... While James' aim in Daisy Miller was to portray behavior as the defining factor in European class boundary distinction, other equally pertinent issues are presented as a result of this portrayal. ... While the function of Daisy is clearly to def...

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The OED defines 'homosocial' as being of or relating to social interaction between members of the same sex, typically men and for our purposes we shall consider this term in relation to it's manifestation in friendship to which we will return later. The OED also defines 'homoerotic' as that concerning or arousing sexual desire centred on a person of the same sex or that which we in the 21st century would call a homosexual desire. ... If follows then that if there exists a confusion of what is homoerotic behaviour then any boundaries that it has with homosocial behav...

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Most characters have both good and bad qualities, virtues and vices, this is what makes them human, what allows us to relate, but Mickey has no downfalls, he remains "the perfect gentleman." ... Through all these changes, Mickey became a perfect gentleman-- but one who resided in the body of a mouse. ... So many artists have made use of Mickey Mouse's image, each one using their own style to communicate the essence of Mickey, but one defining element in each seems to be the ears. ...

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The books Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens were written in the Victorian era where gender and social limitations were forced upon the protagonists by society; both books use very simple characters to define and defy these limitations set before them, which ultimately created classics. ... There was one other option; a son of a gentleman could toil for long hours working, in hopes to move up a class. ... Murdstone would have been replaced with a gentleman of the upmost standing. ...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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After Kate hears from the maid "the young gentleman as you passed by in your present dress, asked me if you were the barmaid, he mistook you for the barmaid, madam!... She explains she will just move on with her life, showing everyone she will not allow Marlow's decision to define her. ... This could be seen as Kate pleasing her father and trying to make this set up with Marlow work but really it's Kate not allowing Marlow's first impression define her opinion of him; she is in control of her own opinions. Even though Kate knows Marlowe's name has power and he has rel...

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He has a very distinctive directing approach with particular techniques that define his style. ... Another technique that defines Baz Luhrmanns directing is his use of music. ... Zidler is a highly stereotypical ring master style entertainer and the Duke is a wealthy stereotypical upper class gentleman with an exaggerated accent and a twirly moustache. A technique that really seems to define Luhrmann's directing style is the way he uses camera shots. ...

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Miss Maudie succinctly defines the character of Atticus Finch when she calls him "civilised in his heart". He stands for all that is best in Maycomb as a citizen, a father, a Christian and a southern gentleman. ... He is invariably kind and considerate to others and is Harper Lee's ideal of a true gentleman and a true hero. ...

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In defining semiotics in its relation to advertising, Leiss writes, "semiotics highlights the way that we ourselves take part in the creation of meaning in messages, suggesting that we are not mere bystanders in the advertising process, but participants in creating a code that unites the designer and reader....

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How could his father constantly urge him to be a gentleman and good Catholic above all things when he cannot even earn a living anymore? ... In doing so, Stephen rejects the efforts of his family, friends and community to make him an honorable, good Catholic gentleman - frees himself from the confines of the maze - and assumes his true identity as a writer, poet, and artist. ... It is interesting how Mabel has a deep understanding of how society influences the way she sees herself, yet in the end she is not strong enough to reject the pressures of society and truly define her identity fo...

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While defining the differences between perverse and virtuous people, Hsun-Tzu reminds his reader continuously in his writings with the emphasis that it is possible for people to be perfected through study and the guidance of a teacher. ... Throughout Hsun-Tzu's Basic Writings, he separates people as either a gentleman, he who is virtuous, or as the petty man, he who is perverse. ... He also defines a person that lacks goodness as lazy, without modesty, and with a great attention to food and drink. ...

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Hazing, defined by Alfred University, is "any activity expected of someone joining a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses or endangers, regardless of the person's willingness to participate"(Wieberg C2). ... There needs to be 100 percent support from the coaching staff to enforce and communicate to the athletes that they must strictly maintain the rule to conduct oneself as a gentleman both on and off the campus. ...

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The characters of Tom, Phillip, Lucy and Maggie all demonstrate how Eliot defines gender roles throughout the novel. ... He ends up losing her to another gentleman who exhibits a more traditional male gender role. ...

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By the time Rockwell was twenty-one he illustrated for such magazines as Life, Literary Digest, and Country Gentleman. ... His style was so simple but told you everything you needed to know which went on to define American art at perfection....

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More specifically, myth is defined "by the way it utters its message", it is thus a product of "speech", rather than of "language". ... The gentleman's eyes are gazing downward towards the woman. ...

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