King Lear is a text that has been continually recontexualised but its universal nature is reflected through its reception in a range of contexts. ... "Interpretations of texts can shift & change with time and place." This quote states that regardless of the time and place this text is read or watched, audiences will continuously interpret the play and will explore it furthermore through contextual factors which will have shaped their critical understanding of the tragedy King Lear written by Shakespeare....

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Besides family life, the texts books preach a lot about patriotism. ... (Ibid: 152) Lastly, in China, the texts books focus on social services with a focus on Marxist ideology, which is different than texts books in Taiwan that focuses on family services. ... (Ibid: 141) The Chinese stress the importance of manual labor in their texts. ... The texts books give an image of society continuously working. ... (Ibid: 145) In China, politics are taught through the texts books. ...

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The focus with this critical approach is that it attempts to deconstruct the social reality and "givens" within the text. ... Harriett's profuse economic status is seen early in the text, when she is sent to a boarding school. Here she meets the poor Priscilla Heaven, who is first described as " thin, thin, in her shabby black velvet jacket-2 (Pg. 29), this differentiation in the text is shown through Harriett's eyes and once again shows the differences between social positions within the text. ... Another image within the text that is repeated continuously is Harriett's mother&...

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The characters of the text include Brett, who is the protagonist of the story, Sam who is the Director or caretaker of the institution, Frog and Josh who are friends with Brett in the institution and Caitlin who is Brett's "girl" at the farm. The themes incorporated in this text are authority, community and friendship. ... This text explores the impact of institutions on their "detainees" attitudes, personality, and the detainees themselves. The text also reveals the institutions and their ability to implement rules, laws and the need to enforce these through an institution. ... This tex...

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The attitude towards certain values such as marriage, social status and education in both texts are reinforced by each other. ... Even though now Emma is considered a canonical text, during the time of first publication it would have been perceived the same way as Clueless (just another "teen flick"). ... The audience that have been enlightened by both texts (a minority no doubt) gain an insight into the values created by the characters in both texts as the different perception of these values reinforce each other. ... However, the composers achieve the ironic mode of the text thro...

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In composing a juxtaposition of the two texts I have concluded that the main differences in this film relate to content, form and purpose. ... Both texts showed differing social concepts, values and ideas. Both texts displayed the ideals of social class, sexism and changing priorities however the way in which the creators represented these standards differed. In comparing these texts only slight differences are concluded, the most prominent being content, form and purpose. ...

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Both the concept of social hierarchy and notion of caricature are prevalent to any reading of the text in light of criticism of society. ... Les Liasons Dangereuses, critical guide to French texts, Simon Davies page 30 teenage character of Cécile, as Tourvel is equally guilty of conceding to Valmont's charms. ... Although a pivotal force in the lives of two female characters, the convent remains to be an ephemeral body in the text itself, notable only in its absence. Although Cécile addresses many letters to the convent and her friend Sophie Carnay, no correspondence from th...

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According to the ancient text "Rigveda", the division of Indian society traces its origins back to Braham's divine manifestation of four groups. ... Where men were featured in texts presenting their virtue and ethical responsibilities, women were featured in minimal texts; only focussing on that of a woman meeting her cultural expectations as a good wife. ... The archetypal depiction of women in ancient Hindu texts and the roles associated with them is important to how women are perceived in Indian society. ... The practices, texts and beliefs of Hindus have greatly influenced t...

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Read an essay, analyze the ideas, and write a paper using your analysis to bring the text to a new light. ... Whether it's the style in which ideas are presented, the organization of text, or the ideas itself, all literature contain characteristics that make it unique or just flat out likeable. ... With a picture book like essence, she will even occasionally plug a picture next to her text that visually describes her ideas. ... Besides style and opinion, the way in which a body of text is organized can be crucial to how a reader approaches an author's ideas. ... Favorability may be e...

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Leaving Early Expository texts often present powerful social issues which challenge the reader. ... Bronwyn Donaghy has put together a factual informative expository text titled Leaving Early to inform the reader about the issue of suicide. ... The result of this technique positions the reader to feel sympathetic towards the people involved in the text. ... And further more makes the reader fell as if they once new the people in the text. ... Donaghy has created an expository text that has presented a powerful social issue about suicide. ...

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It can be seen that within the text Ellen Foster, Gibbons gives an understanding through her distinctive features of her novel in giving exploration and insight upon human experiences. Within the text Ellen foster, Gibbons' explores societies' opinion upon different skin colour and how it destroyed families and resulted in hardship for members of the community. ... Within the text Ellen Foster, Gibbons' envelops the attitudes and values of family life of the time and setting of which the novel was set. Despite Ellen lacking a 'normal' family life that at times seems...

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Readers view texts in perspective, to enable them to understand the books they are reading. ... Characters are also helpful in developing the themes of the text. ... The text focuses on many dark themes and symbols, such as; trees and blood are manipulated to understand these themes. ... Discriminating lenses are helpful to view texts in different viewpoints. ... Imagery is displayed in the text the first time the protagonist gets in school suspension. ...

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Towards the conclusion of the text, the narrator also reveals that he already had two marriage stints under his belt. ... It could be the primary cause why the text by Charles Dickens is characterized by various incidences of death especially of mothers and their children. ... This is captured by Dicken's depiction of James Steerforth in the text. ... In chapter 37 of the text as David interacts with Dora, she seems to appreciate Dora's beauty but he is still not satisfied with her homemaking abilities. ... The text explores the social exchange theory through its depiction of the key...

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The thoughtful friend of Morrie Swartz also the author of Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom, expresses and comments on many issues throughout this text. ... Pieces of Repetition throughout the text are prominent pieces of evidence when proving Morrie's life views and ideology. ... At the beginning of the text, this is used to reveal the two sets of value systems being "core" and "capitalist". ... As the text progresses Mitch becomes ashamed of his values and begins to adopt Morrie's values system as his own. ... At the end of the text Mitch has embraced many of Morrie's tradition...

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When looking into the messages that contemporary texts of Pop culture suggest, we may find that the message received by the viewer isn't always the message intended by the author. According to Umberto Eco, popular texts can be misread or even double read by it's receiving audience. ... Different people can interpret many texts very differently. Depending on who you are, and the environment in which you come from, texts of popular culture can be looked upon in many ways. ...

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A text's value resides in its ability to relate and resonate with modern audiences. ... Through the portrayal of a systematically racist society, Shakespeare utilises the universal relevance of jealousy to shape his text. ... Thus, through a critical study of Othello, I have come to believe the text successfully reflects Elizabethan values which are present in modern society. ... Through a valued understanding of the text, we can see how Othello's susceptibility to jealousy resonates with audiences. ...

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According to the text, "the purpose of schooling is (1) academic (reading, writing, arithmetic), (2) vocational (preparation for world of work), (3) social and civic (preparation to participate in a democracy), and (4) personal (development of individual talent and self-expression)."" ... According to the text, "The most powerful socializing influence of the school lies in those who translate program goals into action "the teachers."" ... According to the text, "Studies show that boys have more interventions with teachers than do girls. ...

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Each setting is constructed such that it exhibits physical, historical, social, and moral attributes, and resultantly each has a different effect on the main characters of the text psychologically. ... The text is set in the nineteenth century, and it only gives any depth to societies of English and Irish men and women. ... The Indigenous Australians, the Aborigines, who, in the time era of the text, are the major occupants of Australia, are a society who, unlike the Anglo-Centric society of England, value the importance of the land, and the harmony that must be achieved between humankind and ...

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Texting has been around for over twenty-two years and has made communication easier to where a person does not have to directly see someone to chat or even leave their bedroom. It might not be neat to kids today but texting when I was younger was a big deal. ... With texting, instead of having to give a response right away like you would in a regular conversation you can actually take your time think it out. A study was made to indicate that the people who think that texting has destroyed our communication and believe in all the other popular beliefs about texting are actually wrong. ... Altho...

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Your discussion should address ideas presented in this course (and other sources as you prefer) and the essay should include attention to at least two set texts. ... There are many similarities with Cassandra and Oedipus as both texts questioned and challenged certainties. ... Oedipus also is a study in ideology, paralleling itself with texts such as The Waste Land and Paradise Lost. ... Particles of the text are shown in a new context, such as the popular film The Lion King where ruling lands are destroyed as a result of the King's actions. ... The lack of representation of the fe...

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Throughout the text, Socrates and his companions had been getting close to what "justice" really was and in essence had been going through a process of elimination of what "justice" wasn't. ... But here in the text, he gives the individual a direction to go in that knowing what is right and wrong. ... In the text, Socrates had been a real proponent of the idea of a person developing and using their sole gift or profession, techne. ...

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Due to their male dominated society, the upper and middle class selectively chose Christian text that centralized around men and suppressed women's involvement. ... " Since these texts gave women more equity within the religion, they were deemed heretical and thus posed a threat to the patriarch society that formed the Roman Orthodox Church. ... All the text that became a part of the canonical scriptures conformed with the patriarchal society. ...

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Adam Morton explains evil behavior in his text ''Evil and otherness'' as intentional abuse of power. ... Reisher contend in their text '' Questioning the banality of evil'' that discrimination allow people to commit crime easily. ... Newman gives importance to effects of groups in his text '' Epilogue''. ...

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Sokal that his essay was merely a "farrago of solecisms, howlers, and non-sequiturs" so as to look good and flatter the ideological preconceptions of the editors of Social Text." ... Another strength in Boghossian's argument is the courage to hypothesize that the editors of Social Text had idea what Sokal was trying to present and therefore, were not in the position to refute the articles findings. ... However, the writer has to agree with the text regarding ethical relativism: the view that denies the existence of a single, universally applicable moral standard. ...

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They may forbid inappropriate dress or displaying offensive text. ... In the text, the group of young men made decisions about how they would express themselves as a subset of the school's society. ... In the text, Mr. ... Towards the end of the text, the young men take a stand against the headmaster as if to say that he can't control their minds. ...

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