Whatever the degree of our attachment to our own traditions, it is almost impossible for us to step out of their framework and strip familiar connotations from words like god, soul, sin, piety" Mythologies also undergo a metamorphosis during the translation process, altering perceptions. ... These hidden agenda's are also the theme of many modern day literature and media productions, where the audience is aware of a characters heritage yet the protagonists remain oblivious. ...

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Society has finally accepted feminine independence and accredited Madonna as the pioneer for introducing that autonomy In many ways, she now represents the woman"""'s metamorphosis. ... This video forces the viewer to look past the images that they may see as obscene in order to question the confines of "gender constructs and the cultural constraints on sexual themes and sexual fantasies" (Rodgers 275). ...

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Pretty Woman is an appropriation of the play by Bernard Shaw called Pygmalion, because it's characters, plot and central theme can all be closely linked. Both Vivian Ward's and Eliza Doolittle's transformation into society's "ideal women" undertakes the same central journey, with pivotal moments in ...

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