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    substance‚ of a natural sort of being(Butler‚ 1990‚ p.33).” What Butler means that gender is performative is to say that gender is “real only to the extent that it is performed (Butler‚ 1990‚p.278).” Notably the repetition of the acts in performativity is an imitation or miming of the dominant conventions of gender. Butler argues that “the act that one does‚ the act that one performs is‚ in a sense‚ an act that’s been going on before one arrived on the scene” (Butler‚ 1990‚ p.104).

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    A Sound of Thunder‚ Part 1 Ray Bradbury The sign on the wall seemed to quaver under a film of sliding warm water. Eckels felt his eyelids blink over his stare‚ and the sign burned in this momentary darkness: TIME SAFARI‚ INC. SAFARIS TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST. YOU NAME THE ANIMAL. WE TAKE YOU THERE. YOU SHOOT IT. Warm phlegm gathered in Eckels’ throat; he swallowed and pushed it down. The muscles around his mouth formed a smile as he put his hand slowly out upon the air‚ and in that

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    Shakespeare’ As You Like It: Effective Use of Sound In Jacques’ Speech As infamous as Shakespeare is‚ and as well known as his works are‚ some prose are just simply more extraordinary than the rest. There are many ways to look at Jacques speech‚ such as use of language or imagery yet‚ something we often do not reflect on is the sound of the prose. When reading this particular speech‚ the subject is directly related to the sounds Shakespeare has chosen. We are guided gracefully through the stages

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    Butler’s Tourism Lifecycle Model Butler developed a model which shows how any tourist resort may grow. A resort may start off from being a small‚ low key‚ destination. He suggests that all resorts go through the same sort of process. The seven stages of tourist development A graph of Butler’s resort life cycle model 1. Exploration - a small number of tourists visit the area. The area is unspoilt and few tourist facilities exist. 2. Involvement - local people start to provide some facilities

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    use of recorded sound in films was a technological achievement that would dramatically change the way audiences experience cinema. The transition from silent cinema affected many studios and filmmakers‚ who had to adapt to the new technology to prevent their careers from fading into obscurity. One filmmaker who was able to adapt to the changing industry was director Fritz Lang. The Austrian born director‚ whose career began in post-war Germany in 1919‚ made the transition to sound in 1931 with the

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    A Dominant Community’s Attitudes towards the Teaching of Amazigh (Berber) in Morocco di Mina Afkir Abstract Two linguistically and culturally different communities have been living in Morocco since the Arab-Islamic conquests in the seventh century AD‚ namely the Amazigh-speaking and the Arabic-speaking communities. The language policies that were implemented by the Moroccan government from independence in 1956 till 2001 greatly promoted the Arabic language‚ which

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    How to start the butterfly effect On the eve of an American presidential election‚ a party of rich businessmen undertakes a time travel safari to the past to hunt dinosaurs. While the organizers have taken every precaution to minimize the impact of the hunting party on the past‚ one member violates the rules and leaves the designated path. Upon their return to the present the group finds that the world has been drastically altered by the seemingly innocuous death of a pre-historic butterflyTop of

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    Cinematography Classical Style ‘Hollywood style” Dominant visual language for storytelling with film History Esward Mynbridge-first ‘moving picture of a galloping horse 1880-first usage of term 1895-1907 Primitive period of cinema (developing of cinematic language) 1907-narrative display dominants over narrative absorption After 1907: Classical Hollywood style Position the viewer in a fictional space of the narrative Camera allows engagement with a character and story Development

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    What will you happen if you travel back in time?In a Sound of Thunder Did Travis and Eckelsgo back to the future. Why? People are hunting dinosaurs and didn’t follow the rules. InBeing Prey‚ Plumwood didn’t follow rules either and was also attacked. In both stories‚ they both went hunting. In the first story‚ they were hunting dinosaurs and in the second story she was hunting crocodiles. One was a long time ago and the other was years ago. ‚ they traveled back sixty million years ago and one guy

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    and it’s wound being clearly visible to the naked eye. This case became controversial and it is believed that there was racial discrimination and profiling involved because Brenton Butler‚ and young black male‚ was arrested several hours later by police. Police Investigation In the process of the arrest of Brenton Butler‚ there was no extensive investigation done by the police. During the trial‚ this fact was admitted by the officers when Pat McGuiness‚ who was representing Brenton‚ raised the point

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