The text in this particular commercial uses underlying messages to tell its viewer, "If you buy this product, then you will not only look and feel better and more confident, but you will get a beautiful woman that you want." ... All in all, I thought this commercial was an excellent way to look at not only the entire text of the commercial, but underlying messages that it contains. ... Text in commercials speak to us in different ways and different styles. ... There is always text in media and there are many ways that it can be explained, analyzed and comprehended. I personally thing tha...

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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. ... As difficult as it was to bring forth Butler's message, I made out that the uncertain values of life and the body are dependent on the state of beings in which I underlined above. ... Like in music (hip hop or country) or film (comedy or thriller), literature also shows that there is a plethora of different ways in which ideas and messages can be conveyed. It is obvious that Bordo and Butler's essays approach its readers in drastically different fashions; Bordo may be more ef...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This contrasts the female based sexism where subvert or overt sexist messages generally suggest to women that there product can assist them in looking like the model in the advertisement and that this will assist them in attracting a quality male. ... This can be seen in the first advertisement (appendix A) where the text suggests that, 'It just tastes better' and, 'it'll blow your mind away'. The imagery accompanying this text is the face of an attractive woman mouth open with a slight look of surprise on her face. ... It is possible to get your message across wit...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I will use examples and insights from the text, video clips and lecture, and my own media experience to support my observations. ... These messages came at women from every direction. ... The clear message stated everyone should live this life. ... There are subtle messages within these commercials that give young children an idea of how to act, and what types of activities are appropriate for their gender. ... They perceive the messages and role definitions they"re getting in the commercial as reality. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This picture sent the message that her father was the sole protector and male figure in her life. ... According to the text, Emily's father died in about 1894, leaving Colonel Sartoris, the mayor as the male figure in her life. ... According to the text, Emily would not willingly accept charity, so Colonel Sartoris devised a plan. ... As stated by the text, it was accepted because only a woman would believe it. ... All of this may be stated within the text, but during this time period, southern aristocracy existed. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Another particularly damaging symbol I found came in the form of written text: the word "change," which of course implies the message that the viewer of this ad is in some way imperfect, in need of "changing" her appearance or lifestyle if she ever wishes to attain the beauty of the woman pictured in this ad. ... It's her status as a celebrity that carries the bulk of the message, not the product itself. ... The final female-centric ad I observed helps to perpetuate, in my opinion, the most damaging message of all: Get Noticed with Visibly Softer Lips, writes the ad in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Composers develop distinctive voices within a text to invoke reactions and create experiences that the audience experience as they read or view the text. ... This is both the ideal characteristic of the typical masculine detective and it shows us that Claudia may be a woman but in the text, she is expressed with the typical characteristics of a male detective. ... Throughout Julia's speech, she uses emotive language, speaking with a powerful tone to convey her message on woman's rights. ...

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When reading this epic and looking closely at the relationships therein, a clear message surfaces; women represent a civility in that society, making the entire region of Sumeria dependent upon it's women. ... Without such a text, it would be easy to dismiss Mesopotamia as a typical male-dominated ancient society. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Written while "banished" from court, The Old Arcadia is often interpreted as Sidney's advisory text to the Queen, offering character's his name sake (Philisides, Philanax), then endowing them with grounded advise. ... While he claims it was merely "absolute commandment" of his sister's desire, to be read only in her "idle times" the complexity and political relevance which provide a paradoxical base for gender construction would suggest that a much more serious message was being chronicled. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate