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    Blade Runner notes and quotes! Quotes “This was not called execution. It was called retirement.” - Opening crawler‚ 3:00. Discussing the killing of “replicants”‚ artificial humanoids created‚ which due to their manufactured nature‚ had no human rights. “A little boy shows you his butterfly collection‚ plus the killing jar.” “I’d take him to the doctor” “You’re watching television‚ suddenly you realize there’s a wasp crawling on your arm” “I’d kill it” - Deckard & Rachael‚ 20:35

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    WORLD LITERATURE II (ENGL 2112 FALL 2014) EXAM II REVIEW This is a comprehensive exam‚ however you will only be required to discuss these texts in specific detail: Hedda Gabler | “Araby” | “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” | “The Yellow Wallpaper” | A Night in Hell | “The Second Coming” | “When You Are Old” | Six Characters in Search of an Author | “The Metamorphosis” Types of Questions on this Exam I. Multiple Choice—select the best answer from the options provided. II. Identification—provide

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    Anxiety (also called angst or worry) is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ and behavioral components.[2] It is the displeasing feeling of fear and concern.[3] The root meaning of the word anxiety is ’to vex or trouble’; in either presence or absence of psychological stress‚ anxiety can create feelings of fear‚ worry‚ uneasiness‚ and dread.[4] Anxiety is considered to be a normal reaction to a stressor. It may help an individual to deal with a demanding

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    A Publication of TRANS Asian Research Journals AJMR Asian Journal of Multi di mensional Research Vol.1 Issue 5‚ October 2012‚ ISSN 2278-4853 HEART OF DARKNESS: JOSEPH CONRAD’S ANTI-IMPERIALISTIC PERSPECTIVE THROUGH RACISM‚ PESSIMISM AND IMPRESSIONISM LAKMINIRADEESHANIKABASNAYAKE* *Lecturer in English‚ Department of English Language Teaching‚ Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka‚ Belihuloya‚ Sri Lanka. ABSTRACT Imperialism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is one of the chief focal aspects of

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    Chapter 4. Idealism‚ Solipsism‚ and Panpsychism Here’s something that might sound crazy‚ but is nonetheless taken seriously by many philosophers: Not only do humans and other animals have minds‚ but even plants and bacteria have minds. Further‚ even so-called inanimate objects like grains of sand‚ droplets of water‚ and even individual atoms each have their own minds. Maybe the mind of a grain of sand is simpler than the mind of a human being‚ but it is a mind nonetheless. Everything has its

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    Running Head: KEY ASPECTS Key Aspects of Surrealism Inaugurated by Max Ernst Amrit Johal‚ 301102319 FPA 111: D109 (Anna-Marie) Research Essay‚ Fall 2010 Max Ernst‚ an inventive artist and one of the pioneers of the Surrealist movement‚ was able to project the ideas of Surrealism to his audience in a very efficient manner. Surrealism is a discipline‚ which allows one to think like a child and create art that brings you to a dream-like state. Ernst was able to accomplish this by creating

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    In what ways did the iconography‚ the music‚ the lyrics and the performances and behaviour of punk rock acts present a challenge to ‘establishment notions of Englishness’ in 1976-77? The early roots of Punk rock were appearing in the form of The Velvet Underground in 1965‚ closely followed by The Stooges and MC5 in 1969‚ but it wasn’t until the early 1970s that punk began to globalise‚ hitting Australia in 1972 with The Saints. Within a year‚ legendary Punk club CBGB’s opened it’s doors for

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    Descarte and Enlightenment

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    We have come to see and understand ourselves as subject and not objects of the living world this is as a result of the thoughts introduced to the masses that questioned everything they stood for‚ thoughts about their place in society and the role one played. This essay seeks to unravel the role that Descartes had in the manner in which people understood themselves as‚ by critically analyzing the shift in medieval times and the birth of the modern world. This essay will focus on the shift in how people

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    University of Portsmouth PORTSMOUTH Hants UNITED KINGDOM PO1 2UP This Dissertation Burdon‚ Chelsey (2009) How did in-yer-face theatre reflect the social and political climate of post Thatcher Britain? BA dissertation‚ University of Portsmouth. Has been retrieved from the University of Portsmouth’s Research Repository: http://eprints.port.ac.uk To contact the Research Repository Manager email: ir@port.ac.ukHow did In‐Yer‐Face theatre reflect the social and political climate of Post Thatcher

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    Theology of the Body Explained Theology is the study of God and of religious truth. The words ‘religious truth ’ usually fall on deaf ears in our modern day world‚ but to a chosen few‚ these two words can be life changing. The word truth‚ in religious terms‚ can lead a person to salvation or damnation. Truth‚ metaphorically speaking‚ can be like a light enriching its followers with the rays of wisdom‚ much like the complete and infallible truth of the Catholic Church. It can be obscured‚ however

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