Margaret Atwood’s‚ The Handmaid’s Tale‚ constructs a near-future dystopia where human values do not progress and evolve‚ but instead become completely diminished and dominated under the Republic of Gilead. This powerful and secure new government gains complete political control and begins to abuse their power by forcing fertile women to reproduce. The Gileadean society is enforced by many Biblical laws‚ morals‚ and themes‚ yet the Gileadian religious ideologies are based on only a few specifically
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Gregoria de Jesús (9 May 1875 – 15 March 1943)‚ also known as Aling Oriang‚was the founder and vice-president of the women’s chapter of the Katipunan of the Philippines.She was also the custodian of the documents and seal of the Katipunan.She married Andrés Bonifacio‚ the supremo of the Katipunan‚ and played a major role in the Philippine Revolution.She has one son from Andrés Bonifacio and five children from Julio Nakpil. She was born in the city of Caloocan to a Catholic middle-class
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cultural appropriation. ‘Cultural appropriation’ refers to the adoption or use of the elements of another culture’s practices by members of another culture (Young‚ 2010). Examples of appropriation include the partaking of the traditions‚ food‚ fashion‚ songs‚ festival and language of others. For decades‚ it has been a controversial debate topic and issue around the world. With many different categories of cultural appropriation present‚ in this essay‚ its focus is on the cultural appropriation in festival
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"Oedipus Wrecks" is a successful appropriation of the Greek tragedy in that it uses the same themes as the play in a modern context. The film is an appropriation rather than an adaptation because elements of the original play’s plot and characters have been used in a different setting to create new meaning and explore the themes in a different way‚ in this case a parody of the original‚ rather than using the same story and characters and presenting it in a different frame‚ such as a novel instead
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The Tower’s Window Once upon a time‚ in a kingdom where the land was filled with skyscrapers and apartments‚ badly maintained roads choked with traffic‚ there lived a couple‚ a teenager and his girlfriend. They were just out of high school and had barely enough money to survive‚ so when they discovered they were about to be parents‚ they knew that they’d have to put the child up for adoption‚ no matter how much they wanted to keep it. When the child was finally born‚ she was named Sara. Sara was
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feel how they do and for them to be known through their art style. When one looks at a painting‚ just by the style the artist is recognized. There are also artists’ that like to interpret the original artists into their own work such as appropriation. Appropriation is an art concept
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In 2013‚ the US congress passed an act: the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act. This act contains bans or strictly supervises the purchase of telecommunication equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE. It is strictly stated in section 516 that the money brought forward from this act is not allowed to buy equipment or systems that have been “produced‚ manufactured or assembled” by companies “owned‚ operated or subsidized” by the Chinese. This may seem reasonable; the
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existentialist ethics an ethics of freedom Part A: Gabriel Marcel is known to be one of the more religious philosophers who was a French Existentialist. He was a committed Catholic Philosopher and he believed that by being connected to others he will be connected to god. He believed that philosophy should be about hope and wanted to portray the more positive aspects of human characteristics through his writings and thoughts. Marcel has a belief that problems and mysteries were two separate
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Yasumasa Morimura’s Blinded by the Light is a clear appropriation of Pieter Breugel’s Parable of the Blind. In close reference to the materials‚ techniques and art elements employed by both artists‚ we are able to understand how they communicate their ideas‚ feelings and effects in their artworks. Painted in 1568‚ Parable of the Blind is a religious painting where Breugel portrays "a single moment but implies a whole sequence of events." In the Gospel of St. Matthew‚ Jesus tells a parable "If the
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Cultural appropriation defines as someone taking or borrowing aspects of another culture that is not their own. Cultural appropriation allows privileged races to take cultural aspects from subordinate groups while simultaneously reinforcing racial stereotypes. Many may hear the term “privilege” and wonder exactly who falls into this category when it comes to practicing certain elements of a culture. Author Jean Halley argues‚ “…privilege became ensconced [into the media] through the socioeconomic
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