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    within the text itself. As for any distinguished writer or dramatist‚ the thematic reading of the given piece should reflect the social practices and moral standards of the era in which it was written (or takes place). This fact holds validity in any adaptation‚ any art form like film or music that transports a preexistent idea into a new context. With this in mind‚ it’s essential to examine Shakespearean literature in a historic light‚ and to identify each work as a representation of a given social environment

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    Theoretical Research Analysis According to the National Cancer Institute (2015) an estimated 231‚840 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in females (National Cancer Institute‚ 2015). For most women a diagnosis of breast cancer is a life changing event. As women deal with the diagnosis they experience a gamut of emotions and physiological changes. According to Spiegel‚ Bloom‚ Kraemer‚ and Gottheil (1989) patients who are faced

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    Primo Levi‚ the author and subject of the autobiography was arrested in December 1943. An anti-Fascist Italian Jew‚ he was sent to a prison camp in Italy and then deported to Auschwitz in February‚ 1944. He admitted his heritage of being both Italian and Jewish. During the forced evacuation‚ 650 Jewish men are packed into twelve goods wagons. The trip is slow and tortuous; no food or water is provided and the weather is freezing. Of the forty-five people in Levi’s car‚ only four survive the Holocaust

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    Adaptations of Living Organisms to the Antarctic’s Extreme Conditions. The Antarctic‚ also called the south pole‚ is one of the world’s seven continents and lies at around 60° south of the equator (Singh et al..‚ 2010). The Antarctic is an example of an extreme environment. An extreme environment is a habitat that most life-forms find intolerable‚ or even‚ sometimes‚ lethal (Rampelotto‚ 2013). It is the Antarctic’s average temperature of minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit‚ average ice depth of 6‚500

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    the characters are introduced‚ the information that the spectator has‚ and the techniques which are used to represent Bartleby’s withdrawal from any kind of contact with reality and with the world. The adaptation I choose to integrate in my film version is an Analogy film adaptation. The adaptation of a short story into a movie implies certain changes. A book cannot be adapted in the exact same style and some details must be changed. The point is to convey the main themes‚ elements and events in

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    The Polar Bear and Adaptations The polar bear is seen by many as the beautiful white bear that lives in the cold and ice of the areas within the North Pole. They may never look beyond the beauty to see the animal has progressed through natural selection to become a creature that endures and thrives in the frigid temperatures and prolific ice. The polar bear has adapted in various ways such as temperature regulation‚ hunting skills‚ movement in water and on ice. The bears white coat makes hunting

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    Cultural Shock and Adaptation Cultural shock is when a person faces many stressors through experiencing new culture‚ and it may lead to psychological crises or social dysfunction. Cultural shock mostly occurs on immigrants (e.g. students‚ business people‚ social change‚ etc). The reaction of cultural shock depends on various factors‚ the experience of other culture adaptation‚ the difference between the home culture and the new culture‚ and the psychological characteristics of the person. There

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    during the hot African weather. Each of the species are also hetertrophs and they eat a variety of small animals and plants. The yellow mongoose‚ white-tailed mongoose‚ and the ring-tailed mongoose are all found in Africa and share many similar adaptations such as burrowing and the ability to mark their territory and protect themselves from predators by using a gland. Yellow mongooses are a species in the herpestidae family. Yellow mongooses are commonly found in southern Africa and the climate

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    The film adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone portrays the text substantially well in several ways. The filmmaker’s interpretation encourages the audience to be discerning as their perception of the Greek tragedy is enhanced. The play becomes profound and reverberant because of the many interesting elements of production. These include musical score‚ set design‚ and the strategic costuming – all of which advocates an improved comprehension of Antigone. The musical score proficiently provides the

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    Chronic Training Adaptations Exercise or training regularly over an extended period of time (3 times per week for 6-8 weeks) leads to the development of long-term or chronic adaptations to training. Evidence of these adaptations can occur at various stages Once achieved‚ these adaptations are retrained unless training ceases. Upon cessation‚ the body will gradually revert to its pre-training condition (de-training). Unlike acute responses to exercises‚ chronic adaptations to training vary

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