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    semantic relations to two neighboring words in the context‚ the semantic relations being‚ on the one hand‚ literal‚ and‚ on the other‚ transferred. "Dora‚ plunging at once into privileged intimacy and into the middle of the room". (B. Shaw) ’To plunge’ (into the middle of a room) materializes the meaning ’to rush into’ or ’enter impetuously’. Here it is used in its concrete‚ primary‚ literal meaning; in ’to plunge into privileged intimacy’ the word ’plunge’ is used in its derivative meaning. This

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    not brought up to treat people with respect or to be responsible and was not taught to distinguish right from wrong. Even if the child did‚ he or she probably does not care. Not only does the family of the individual have a profound influence‚ the literal background also influences him or her. The background creates an influence not easily identified or controlled. The influence is very hard to identify because the background contains many things such as people‚ speech‚ and ideas that could affect

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    Also‚ the Nazis were not just a group of men‚ nor a just tribe of killers‚ but an established nation with millions of followers and supporters‚ who were aware of the horrible actions promoted by their country. Like the Mongols‚ the Nazis were not literal monsters - but human‚ no different than us. The Nazis are an example of human hubris‚ and how some act and will act when they are given extreme power over

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    them. Additionally‚ in “The Tell-Tale Heart” the eye of the old man symbolizes what agitates the man who kills him. It goes to show that anything can make anyone do crazy things. Truly‚ use of symbolism in Poe’s work has deep meaning along with a literal representation making the reader enjoy reading them even

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    What Is Scenography

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    The design of space in Theatres & Exhibitions and its effect on their audiences. What is scenography and how does is effect space in theatres and exhibition spaces. An introduction into scenography for the theatre and exhibitions spaces. A study into the term ‘Scenography’ and Performance Design in the theatre. QUOTES ‘Every set design frames the performer.’ ‘All stage designs are created worlds‚ so what makes a world opposed to a performance environment?’ ‘Set the performance

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    Literacy Development

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    NAME: Keneisha Blair LECTURE: Ms. Palmer I.D#: SW9011/11 COURSE WORK #: 3 Emergent literacy According to May (1990‚ p. 59) emergent literacy is the process of learning. It is a product of children’s explorations with concepts and conventions about language with which they are familiar. Two Early Literacy behaviours in young children * Pretend reading * Scribbling Two activities that can be used to enhance and cater for pretend reading Young children imitate what they

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    An Analysis of English-Chinese Subtitle Translating Strategies: Taking Gossip Girl as an Example Ⅰ. Introduction A. An overview of the study Subtitle translation studies began with the development of film industry‚ high technology and globalization. From a tentative start involving somewhat superficial contributions to audiovisual translation in the late 1950s and the early 1960s‚ followed by a couple of decades of relative lethargy in the 1970s and 1980s‚ people have entered a period of vigorous

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    so unexpectedly. Most of the new recruits did not even get a chance to start a life of their own‚ to fall in love‚ or get a chance to really decide if they wanted to participate in the war. Another example of Lost Generation is its most known and literal meaning‚ a generation of lost soldiers. A great example of this is when Paul has just witnessed his fellow comrade Franz Kemmerich die. “The whole world ought to pass by this bed… Franz Kemmerich… he doesn’t want to die. Let him not die!” (Remarque

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    life‚ worthy of salvation. O’Connor contrasts mindless chatter about “good country people” with questions about the true meaning of religious faith. There is also a class hierarchy formed that includes stereotypes about “good country people” and literal and symbolic meanings of events‚ objects‚ and characters. Through exclusive use of the third person narrator‚ O’Connor’s narrative style poises a tension between the realistic (characters in typical settings performing natural acts) and symbolic

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    there. The American people hated the soldiers‚ they spat on them. To them‚ their home countries had betrayed them. In this case‚ all that seemed to be left was God. "And it was dark‚ so dark at night" This has two meanings: the literal and metaphorical. In the literal sense‚ the atmosphere was dark for the soldier (Relates to Platoon). The soldier was disillusioned‚ and couldn’t see anything. Just as in Platoon. In the metaphorical sense‚ darkness stands for evil‚ hell. Vietnam was hell. It was

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