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    Fantasy World

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    Fantasy in Theatre In preperation for our performance on the above subject‚ we firstly listened to several pieces of fantasy music as a guided visualisation in which we were asked to imagine going through different doors and to visualise what was behind them. This then inspired us to experiment with diferent stylistic devices to include in our performance. We were given two pieces of text that was goin to be the scope for our piece of Drama‚ they were: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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    Rape Fantasies

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    "Rape Fantasies" is written by Margaret Atwood in 1977. Basically this short story is about the narrator‚ named Estelle‚ recalling a conversation of several women during their lunch hour. It starts with one of Estelle’s co-workers‚ asking the question "How about it‚ girls‚ do you have rape fantasies?"(pg 72) The story goes on with each woman telling their supposed "rape fantasy" to one another. As each is telling their fantasy‚ Estelle is doing her best to try to deflect the situation by making

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    defined by Merriam- Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary as “the integrated pattern of human knowledge‚ belief‚ and behavior that depends upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations.” People learn about cultural traditions through interaction rather than through the memorization of a text. There are many ways that a culture can be shared among people without them being fluent in it such as through food‚ customs‚ clothing‚ language‚ beliefs‚ and behaviors. Superstition

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    Rape Fantasies

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    Written in 1977‚ "Rape Fantasies" appears to be a recap of a conversation among several women during their lunch hour‚ a few of them playing bridge‚ one--Chrissy the receptionist--reading aloud from a tabloid. When Chrissy asks the question‚ "How about it‚ girls‚ do you have rape fantasies?" the story unfolds with each woman’s response‚ all retold from the perspective of Estelle‚ who’s doing her best to deflect the entire conversation by concentrating on her bidding. The conversation is tragically

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    The American Fantasy

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    Greavu 1 John Greavu WRIT 1301 Mr. Anderson 18 OCT 2011 Reading Response # 4: The American Fantasy The American Dream is still widely advertised‚ but can no longer live up to its hype. Too many people find out the hard way that The Dream does not exist like it once used to. From the readings in The Changing World of Work‚ my doubts are steadily confirming that the United States of America is splitting into two perceptions. The large majority of us (thanks to the increasingly overwhelming media culture)

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    Wealth and Tradition in “Woman from America” In Bessie Head’s short story “Woman from America‚” the speaker acts merely as a voice for the community to which she belongs in‚ both sharply contrasting the aforementioned woman in socio-economic class and obedience to authority. With no description of the narrator and an explanation of the community setting only in relation to the woman‚ Head emphasizes the woman from America as the focal point of this narrative. Rather than serving a significant

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    The Constitution (Of Fantasy Football) Draft (Article 1) * For everyone that doesn’t know‚ no black people (niggers) are allowed in the league. * Everyone must be present for the draft on time‚ or a Kicker will be picked for you in all of the rounds that you are not here. * Your draft pick must be picked between 1-2 minutes‚ or a kicker will be chosen. * Before entering the draft lair (Ryan’s basement)‚ you must pay the league fee. Including money for the league and food. (TBA)

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    Note: The greater the number of positive responses‚ the greater the person’s identification with a traditional heritage. The one exception to positive answers is the question about family name change. This question may be answered negatively. 1. Where was your mother born?__Ethiopia 2. Where was your father born? Ethiopia 3. Where were your grandparents born? (1) Your mother’s mother? Ethiopia (2) Your mother’s father? Ethiopia (3) Your father’s mother? Ethiopia (4) Your father’s father

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    Literature

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    Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work. The word literature literally means "things made from letters". Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction & non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ a category that may also include polemical works‚ biography‚ and reflective essays‚ or it may consist of texts based on imagination (such

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    PHIL1001 ESSAY Evaluate
Rachel’s
arguments
against
cultural
relativism.
Is
he
right
to
endorse
 objective
moral
realism? DINH NAM TRAN 308213904 Cultural relativism‚ as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. “Is the thesis that a person’s culture strongly influences her modes of perception and thought” Most cultural relativists add to this definition saying that there is no standard of morality. This means that morality is relative to the particular society that one lives in

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