In Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy‚ Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave‚ and the synopsis of The Matrix‚ there are many similarities as well as a few differences. One of the most notable differences that can be observed is that Meditations in First Philosophy begins and ends in the same reality‚ whereas The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix begin with the deception of an alternate reality. Another difference that can be detected is the presence of forms in The Allegory of the Cave‚ which
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The Matrix depicts a late twentieth century version of Earth where machines have taken over and are using humans as a power source‚ while having them experience life via a virtual simulation called the Matrix. The protagonist of the story Neo‚ or the One‚ has been recently awakened from the Matrix and is destined to free humanity. Following its 1999 release‚ a multitude of articles have been written about the film‚ each analyzing the meaning and implications of it in different ways. In one of these
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company - Employee dissatisfaction Let’s say that you have described the strategic situation of this very simple example sufficiently. SWOT-Matrix Now you create a so-called SWOT-Matrix in order to visualize the deduced strategy blocks in a very clear and concise form. The matrix could look like this: The combination of letters in the different matrix fields represent the corresponding combination of variables. The combinations will help to find the following questions: 1. SO – Strenghts/Opportunities
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Areglo‚ Gella Lorefe BSLM-2A Analysis of the movies Himala‚ Matrix and Shrek The phenomenal Filipino film Himala is based on a true incident of a teenage girl in Cabra Island in the province of Occidental Mindoro. In this film‚ the people believes that the drought they are experiencing is the product of a curse placed upon the town for driving away a leper years before. There are a lot of tragic events happened in the story. It is also related to our society‚ where almost all of the people blame
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In The Encomium of Helen Gorgias‚ uses his sophistic knowledge to persuade his audience into believing that Helen should not be blamed for the chaos that she is blamed for. Rhetorical figures are just about everywhere they add influence to Gorgias’ speech‚ and allow him to not only express his ideas‚ but also get into the mind of the audience subliminally. Rhyming and parisosis allow Gorgias flow freely through his speech adding in persuasive information here and there that otherwise would have
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Word count:257 This week’s reading essay was interesting and I felt I am kind of lucky that I don’t have the Binge Eating Disorder. I don’t have the Binge Eating Disorder but my eating habit was really bad plus I like eating dessert and snacks a lot. I always go to school without having breakfast and sometimes I just eat too much. Nobody wants to have these kinds of diseases‚ so let’s form good eating habits from now. The author of the essay “Secrets for Dinner‚ Shame for Dessert” have made many
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VCE English Unit 1 Outcome 3 ‘Using Language to Persuade’ (Part 2) Oral Presentation on an Issue The second part of this SAC requires you to present your point of view on an issue (from the list already provided). Your response must be delivered in oral form which will allow you to use a range of persuasive language and presentation techniques. Steps to follow in preparing your reasoned point of view: 1. Now that you have selected your issue‚ establish what the two main sides
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In what ways do the two authors of the two speeches vary in their style and their way of persuading their intended audience? Outline for Extended Essay 1. Introduction • • State research question In the introduction
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Old Major’s Speech Analysis 2. Pick out examples of persuasive techniques. 3. Using PEA / PEE structure‚ put together 3-5 paragraphs explaining how George Orwell uses language to characterise Old Major. Things to consider: - his use of opinions - how he identifies a common enemy - his use of personal pronouns - alliteration - rule of three Old Major uses many literary devices to make his speech powerful and impact the animals. One of the most effective of these devices is the emotive
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Language in Power Wareing (1999) Define social groups and power: Political - Power in the Law e.g. Police‚ Judge‚ Barrister Personal - Occupation / Power within a Job e.g. Doctor‚ Teacher and so on. Social Group - Friends and Family‚ Class in society. Types of Power:- Instrumental (Written and Spoken) Influential (Written and Spoken) Instrumental Power - Enforces Authority and is imposed by the laws‚ state‚ conventions and organisations. for e‚g "SHUT UP NOW!" Influential
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