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    Dependence What merit is there in suicide? The prospect of death is that you no longer need live. And the life that Cornelia no longer needed to live was that of senility‚ belligerence‚ and unreliability – a dark reflection of the same aunt she both scorned and yearned for. Perhaps she didn’t want to be another Shelley‚ not that she’d be able to be anything anymore. Cornelia ran away from her fear of growing old and dependent. And with it‚ she took every right she had to be depended on as well

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    Concept of adaptation

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    on a scale from one to seven as Concept of Adaptation Name Course Lecturer Date In the experiment involving sandpaper‚ I rubbed the index finger on the sand paper many times and rated the coarseness as directed. After resting for two minutes‚ I rubbed the index finger for the second time on the same sandpaper. After conducting the experiment for the first time‚ the sand paper felt very rough. The rating was at six. The second time‚ the sandpaper was not as course as

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    Cultural Adaptation

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    Report on the Cultural Adaptation on the PG Students in Middlesex University Executive Summary: When new students attend university in a new culture from their own culture‚ behaviors and expectations change. According to Zhou at el (2008)‚ traditionally researchers thought that culture shock was only about medical conditions. Historical theory has changed to contemporary theory of acculturation. This theory contains of cultural learning‚ stress and coping and social identification. We found

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    Film Adaptations

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    Film adaptations are a common way that we exchange film and literature. When adapting a book to a film three important considerations or must to look for is fidelity‚ a more creative way between the original text and the adaptation and how the audience implied the original work and if they understood the adaptations. The signs and symbols show that the meaning is constructed well and is understood. One film adaptation that is a must is fidelity. Fidelity is what extent and adaption is true

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    Standardization & Adaptation

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    Bernier and Elise Meyer Supervisor: Jean-Charles Languilaire Level: Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration‚ Marketing Key words: Culture‚ international marketing‚ marketing strategies‚ standardization and adaptation Purpose: Compare two strategies‚ standardization and adaptation‚ to show how companies manage cultural differences. Method: Our research method is a descriptive one. Then‚ we collect data from secondary sources such as the books‚ articles‚ journals and studies. Then‚ we judge

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    An alcoholic is a man or a woman who suffers from alcoholism - they have a distinct physical desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it‚ regardless of all rules of common sense. According to Alcoholics Anonymous UK‚ who say they have no unique definition for alcoholism‚ it may be described as a physical compulsion‚ together with a mental obsession. Apart from having an enormous craving for alcohol‚ an alcoholic often yields to that craving at the worst possible times. The alcoholic

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    Cellular Adaptation

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    Cellular adaptations occur in terms of: * size of the cells that are atrophy decrease in cell size due to decrease workload; and hypertrophy due to increase workload * number of the cells that is are hyperplasia(but this is one change) increase in the # of cells resulting due toform increase rate of cell division due to injury or hormones. * reversible change of one type of cell into another type of cell that is metaplasia occurs due to chronic inflammation and irritation. * disordered

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    Shakespeare Adaptations

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    The modernised adaptation of the prologue has effectively conveyed numerous important themes and ideas from Shakespeare’s original script: Romeo and Juliet * The theme of love is still evident through our adaptation. This is shown through the medium shot used‚ which lets the audience see hand actions‚ whilst also seeing the facial expressions between the two lovers‚ where we are seen their expressed emotions. * Since the prologue was adapted‚ it was chosen that the head of the Capulet

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    Modes of Adaptation

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    defining Merton’s modes of adaptation; which includes conformity‚ innovations‚ ritualism‚ retreatism‚ & rebellion. I will first begin by discussing the mode of conformity‚ this “occurs when individuals both embrace conventional social goals and also have the means at their disposal to attain them. The conformist desires wealth and success and can obtain them through education and a high-paying job. In a balanced‚ stable society‚ this is the most common social adaptation. If a majority of its people

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    Adaptation of Ohello

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    professional theaters around the world‚ and it becomes as a basis for several films and literary adaptations. On such adaptation is Geoffrey Sax ’s Othello film. It is an adaptation in modern English of William Shakespeare ’s play Othello. It was scripted by Andrew Davies and directed by Geoffrey Sax. Through my essay I will deal in depth between both the original text of Othello ’s play and its adaptation in modern English based on Geoffrey Sax ’s Othello film. The Shakespearian play

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