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    The transformation process redefines a story to make it accessible to the culture and values of a contemporary context. The manipulation of medium‚ genre‚ setting‚ characters and plot enables the transformed text to be understood and connect with a new audience. Amy Heckerling’s post-modern film transformation Clueless (1995) is derived from Jane Austen’s classic novel Emma (1816) with both texts comparable as they use satire to address similar values. The shift in context enables the texts to reinforce

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    The Transformation of Justice A cycle of murder and death spurs from the curse on the House of Atreus in Aeschylus’ The Oresteia but transforms from justice as vengeance to justice as fairness and forgiveness through the wisdom of Athena‚ establishing a new cycle of growth and life. The curse upon the House of Atreus was brought forth through the event of Zeus’ eagles devouring a pregnant hare which angered Artemis for she is the goddess of young animals and creatures. The big black bird swoops

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    Ge’s Two Decade Transformation Jack Welch’s Leadership Change Management GE’s Two Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership Answer 1 In April 1981‚ when Jack Welch became the CEO of GE‚ US was in recession. There were high interest rates. Strong dollar resulted in country’s highest unemployment rates. In this rapid changing and uncertain environment it was extremely difficult task for him to handle a conglomerate as big as GE and ensure that general confidence among the investors is not

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    under a unique transformation‚ modeled after V’s traumatic experiences. By her twelfth birthday‚ she lost both of her parents. Subsequently‚ she had to provide for herself‚ causing her to grow in some ways and stagnate in others. Due to her financial issues‚ she offers a man sex in exchange for money. To her surprise‚ the man is revealed to be an undercover police officer. V rescues her and protect her in the lair that he calls his Shadow Gallery. V acts as a catalyst by evicting her from the shadow

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    Tsarist Russia in the years to 1914‚ but there is some debate to the extent of the transformation of the economy. It is undeniable that there is evidence in which shows there was a degree of change within Russia; this is shown through the actions of Sergi Witte‚ Stolypin and the four Dumas from the years 1906 to 1914.   Firstly‚ it was well known that in 1881 Russia’s economy was mostly agricultural based‚ and so from 1891 Sergi Witte proposed a number of changes in which concentrated on the industrialization

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    REVIEW OF STRUCTURE SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION Model 1 : Because /as/ since + clause [pic]Because of/ due to/ owing to + noun/ V-ing Because she behaves well‚ everybody loves her [pic]Because of her good behaviour‚ everybody loves her Model 2 : although/ thought /even though + clause [pic]Despite /in spite of + Noun/ V-ing In spite of being tired‚ they stayed until they found out what happened [pic]Although they very tired‚ they …… Model 3 : too + adj (for sb) + to-inf [pic]So

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    The period between 1750-1900 is called the Industrial Revolution. This phase contained social‚ economic and technological changes that improved their way of life. They had several more cures‚ which lead to a higher life expectancy. Additionally‚ they had better transport‚ however‚ the population increased by 30 million‚ which meant that it was overcrowded with people. Overall‚ the health‚ holidays and travel improved: but homes didn’t. The three most significant developments in the Industrial Revolution

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    Ge’s Two Decades Transformation GE’S Two-Decade Transformation 1.How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981? How effectively did he take charge? When Jack Welch assumed as CEO of GE in April 1981‚ he had the challenge of revitalizing the competitiveness and productive competency of the company. In 1981 the economy was in a recession and high unemployment combined with high interest rates exacerbated GE’s problems. GE needed to be restructured and this entailed the modernization and streamlining

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    and the Americas from 1492 to 1750social and economic transformations occurred in the Atlantic world. There were several social changes that occurred in the Americas‚ Africa and Western Europe due to their contacts with the Atlantic world. These regions also underwent economic changes. By the mid-1700s‚ Western Europe was socially and economically dominating Africa and the Americas. Many social developments arose in the Americas‚ Western Europe and Africa during this time. The Americas experienced

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    Voyages of Christopher Columbus From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "Discovery of the Americas" and "Discovery of America" redirect here. For other uses‚ see Discovery of the Americas (disambiguation). Voyages of Christopher Columbus | The Four Voyages of Columbus | Participants | Christopher Columbus and crew | Location | Americas | Date | Between 1492 and 1506 | Result | European exploration of the Americas | In the early modern period‚ the voyages

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