As the name would suggest, the film is set almost entirely in the future. ... The problem faced by Kubrik, and indeed the set designer was how to portray a near incomprehensible, purely conceptual journey on film. ... In this way, the set design encourages the viewer to open their minds, to consider abstract concepts and relative impossibilities. ... The glowing tiles also serve as a source of high contrast to the artworks and old furniture situated throughout the room. ... This can be attributed largely to the set design and its role in channeling our thoughts and emotions during these bizarr...

• Word Count: 1730
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For generations, literary writers have set their characters between the burden of discovering meaning in their lives, and the inevitability of their mortality. ... The character Hamlet has menacing thoughts while witnessing the deceptive actions of others as they attempt to suppress the justice that, according to Hamlet, has not been served. ... Hamlet is endlessly torn between what is right and wrong, living or dying, or to serve justice by committing murder. ...

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The success that we should strive for is the ability to love and have compassion, the capacity to feel joy and spread it to others, the security of knowing that one's life serves a purpose, and finally, a sense of connection to the power of the universe. ... There are four different guidelines to create a short-term goal: Set a goal you can visualize yourself achieving. Set a goal that is measurable and concrete. ... Set goals that will not allow for procrastination. use your imagination The next step we must take is to use our imagination. ... We get so unhappy and uncomfortable that ...

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A shaman or "txiv neeb" (literally term: father or master of spirits) acts as a physician, spiritual minister, dream interpreter, psychiatrist and an elder statesman who serves between the physical and spirit worlds, in his/her community. ... An altar (lub thaj) is use to set things such as: cups of water, popped patty rice, a small bowl (50%) filled with grains of rice, with a raw egg planted in the center, and with planted incense--acting as food: wine and cigars for the nang spirits. ...

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After reading the riddle that was found on the foundations of the Abbey of Theleme, the monk interpreted it to be like a tennis game, noting that the "provoking people- get to serve twice, and "the cord hangs right across the court, and whoever speaks up and says it went under or over, everybody takes his word for it- (128). ...

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Continuing his research, he set up his patients and performed experiments on their wounds. ... He read that his breakthrough would serve useful in his country and a growing conflict between two nations. ...

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A number of theories have been proposed in order to explain this, there are three main theories; psycho neuromuscular theory, symbolic learning theory and attention and arousal set arousal theory. ... Motor actions and sequences are considered cognitively before a physical response is required. a set-play in football is a good example of this. ... Imagery when used serves to improve performance in two manners; in a physiological view, imagery may help the athlete to adjust their arousal level for optimal performance. ...

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This sets up a very subtle antagonism between the reader and the narrator as the emotional manipulation slowly becomes more pronounced. ... This tension between the narrator and the reader only serves to dehumanize the prisoner further, reducing him to a state of dementia that turns the reader's pity into discomfort. ... Your foes are dead, and we are come, At last to set you free....

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A still unresolved question and debate arising from this state of affairs is: should we continue in our knowledge endeavors to follow the old, analytic tradition of Western science, or does it serve mankind (and especially intellectuals as creators of new ideas and understandings) better to become "contextualizers", "story-tellers", "faith healers" or "conversationists"? ...

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The fact that there is so much freedom in this world acts as an instigator to the act of binary thinking which serves as a process to construct an identity. Bell's examples of Jayanthi and Alicia reflects on their control over constructing their identity over time which is something the cadets at the Citadel failed to do as they were restricted by the boundaries set from the image of the school and were scared to be rebellious against the meaning of such image flow. ... Jayanthi and Alicia faced a completely different situation where they were not forced by their parents or community to...

• Word Count: 1904
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The good angel urges Faustus to repent and return to God and in many ways represents his conscience, while the evil angel gives reasons against repenting and serves as the evil half of Faustus" conscience. ... This constitutes a lack of inner strength to stand by his decisions; following one set path and accepting whatever consequences that might result from it. ...

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Theosophy Theosophy is a way of thinking that mirrors many forms of philosophical thought. It combines metaphysics and ethics to feed the mind by ways of reviving soul-memories, developing spiritual intuition and expanding the creative imagination. Theosophy serves to bridge the gap between relig...

• Word Count: 1945
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Reason is the natural instinct of logical compliments reflecting any situation's problems. It is the capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought, also could be known as intelligence. If certain things seem out of order then it would not be logical and hence is not believable. In the film...

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Tajfel and Turner's social identity theory was set against the backdrop of post war Europe where theorists such as Asch (1954 cited in Brown 2007) argued that groups were a negative force which affected otherwise rational individual behaviour which ultimately lead to conflict. ... This is what we know today as social identity theory, which proposes that the way in which individuals identify with their social groups and how they differentiate with other groups serves an important function. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate