One feature of a moral panic is stigmatisation. This means that individuals involved in that particular moral panic are labelled. For example‚ Mods and Rockers didn’t often fight however‚ after a small conflict at a seaside location many people believed that the mods and the rockers were in a consistent conflict and in turn many media sources began using words such as “antisocial” and “violent” in relation to any youth belonging to this particular subculture. Labelling these groups as the cause of
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Cheryl Albury in the book” Perspectives from Inner Windows‚” reveals many of the social problems that we face in Bahamian society. In her stories “Waiting for Love” and “Pot of Gold” she uses them to reflect on some of the characteristics of Bahamian Men. From these two stories Albury portrays men as manipulative and selfish. In “Waiting for love” we are introduced to the relationship of Stafford and Phyllis a young couple from Exuma. Stafford‚ evil in his ways‚ preys on naïve Phyllis‚ coaxing
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The Features of Traditional Irish Storytelling Fairytales are probably the most popular mean of entertainment not only for children but also for grown ups no matter which form they may take on: a story read or told by the parents‚ a play or an animated film. People rarely consider that while enjoying tales they contribute to the preservation of folklore‚ which also ‘includes all the traditional forms of expression that circulate without the aid of books – the art‚ speech‚ and literature
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Author’s use indirect characterization to describe actions and the appearance of a character. Direct characterization states what the character is like. Motivation is how the characters behave the way they do. With this in mind‚ Vera from‚ “The Open Window‚” can be used as an example for direct characterization. She is a 15 year-old girl that can be described as a self-possessed‚ talkative‚ and liar. In Source 2 page 90 ‚the author states‚”Said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen.” This shows
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What are the Key features of Situation Ethics? Situation ethics is a Christian ethical theory that was principally developed in the 1960’s by a priest called Joseph Fletcher and expanded by Bishop John Robinson. It is a teleological theory‚ but in contrast to utilitarianism; it is based on Christian principles‚ and primarily the promotion of agape. The moral worth of any action is judged on its consequences‚ not on the action itself. The judgement is made on how much love is produced by the action
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only allowed on Wednesdays because that was the day before they refilled the water. Saar later experienced racism when she won first place in the art contest at school but was only given the third place prize money. Saar’s piece The Phrenologer’s Window is a representation of how two people can live under the same moon and sun‚ but can be treated and looked at completely differently. Even though Saar experienced racism constantly‚ she never let it affect her in a negative way. Saar often looked
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Sabina Leng Outline the important features of utilitarianism (21 marks) The theory of utilitarianism determines the rightness or wrongness of an action by its consequence. The theory uses a teleological approach where it primarily focuses on the amount of pain or pleasure created as the result of a given action. As such‚ it moves beyond the scope of one’s own interests and takes into account the interests of others. Utilitarianism is a relativist system of which most versions do not set out
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focus of attention. In this paper‚ under the theory of modern stylistics‚ the stylistic features of cyber language and its causes were discussed from vocabulary and grammatical levels. The author has demonstrated some lexical features of cyber language with a number of examples. Then‚ in the second part‚ the grammatical features have been discussed. And the third part is about the causes of these stylistic features. 1.1 Background of the Present Study From 1990s‚ the Internet has gradually spread
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INTRODUCTION The tasks and purposes of the work The theme of my course work sounds as following: “Homonyms in English and their Specific Features”. This course work can be characterized by the following: The actuality of this work caused by several important points. We seem to say that the appearance of new‚ homonymic meanings is one of the main trends in development of Modern English‚ especially in its colloquial layer‚ which‚ in its turn at high degree is supported
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