Christina Kiaer has described the main aim of the constructivist movement as ‘to mass produce transparent utilitarian things for use in everyday life’. How adequate is this description? Constructivism is primarily an art movement that was based in Russia in the early 20th century. It had a considerable link to the Russian Communist Revolution. They merged the arts with modern technological rationalism for political and ideological uses‚ being essentially a form of Soviet propaganda. The theory
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Samuel Beckett described his Waiting for Godot as a tragicomedy. To what extent is this is an accurate description? Would you say there is more tragedy than comedy or a mixture of both? Through the use of many linguistic‚ structural and comic features‚ Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot successfully places a wayfaring line between the two genres of tragedy and comedy. With the opening showing the two main characters Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo) in a barren setting with useless props such as
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He’s A Live Wire‚ Metaphor and Poetry The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. From the perspectives of construction‚ poetic and cognitive function and working mechanism‚ where metaphor is constructed from human perceptual experience and is extended through imaginative processes. An important feature of cognitive
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Intorduction Mary Shelley was brought up in radical surroundings. Throughout her life she was dominated by writers and poets. She had a very intellectual and opinionated family; her mother was a campaigner for women’s equal rights and her father was a political free thinker. Chapter 5 reveals that Mary Shelley has overturned the usual gothic conventions. She uses violent thunder storms to create an eerie‚ tense and ghostly atmosphere. The storm in chapter 5 is undramatic‚ it lacks violence and
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“Hamlet” has been described as an anti-revenge tragedy. To what extent do you agree with this? Examine the extent to which the play adopts‚ alters or rejects the conventions of revenge tragedy. To say Hamlet is a an anti-revenge tragedy would be to deny the whole picture‚ instead it can be said Hamlet is a double tragedy‚ for one thing it adopts a certain characteristic few other plays have and can do- it reveals Shakespeare himself. Hamlet the prince of Denmark is perhaps the pivotal point
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The symbolic healing caress‚ a convention that recalls the tradition of medieval kings who placed a ritual touch on the sick is represented in this passage. The touch of blessing permeates the story - from Amy’s gentle massage and makeshift bandage for Sethe’s feet to Baby Suggs’s compassionate‚ methodical washing of Sethe’s body‚ quadrant by quadrant; from Paul D’s blessing of Sethe’s hideous tree-like scar to his loving return to Sethe’s bedside to anoint her feet and accept her for the powerful
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Topic 1: Mary Parker Follett has been described by Schermerhorn et al. (2011) as an Administrative Theorist within the Classical approach to management. However‚ others have seen her as ahead of her time‚ and have even described her as ’thoroughly modern ’ (Hurst‚ 1992).What were Mary Parker Follett ’s main contributions to management thought and practice; how do they relate to Classical management theory; and how are they relevant to practicing managers in contemporary organisations? ‘Classical
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Satire is defined to be the use of humor to ridicule faults and vices. The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde is a social satire‚ using irony and paradoxes to insinuate the problems and faults found in the Victorian society. The Importance of Being Earnest is set in the late Victorian Era during a social reform. The class system was defined by the animosity between classes‚ the upper class treating the lower class with disdain and disgust. The upper class was rigidly controlled by
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studying at a law school‚ cant help but think about who his wife will be one day‚ hoping it will be Polly Espy. Polly Espy is well known by his roommate‚ and after bribing him with the raccoon coat he asked to take Polly on a date. Polly doesn’t have that much intelligence so he makes it his mission to teach her a few lessons. After going on five dates‚ and asking her to go steady with him‚ Polly denies him by using all the knowledge he had taught her. At first he laughed at it‚ until she mentioned
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The difference between common intention constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel has been described as ‘illusory’ (Hayton). Do you agree with this statement? Consider how the case law has developed and give reasons for your answer. In his article ‘Equitable Rights of Cohabitees’ Hayton suggested that the distinction between common intention constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel has‚ over time‚ come to be but illusory and goes on further to propose that since the general direction of
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