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- 3061: Semiotics And Intertextuality
- Part I Intertextuality The semiotic notion of intertextuality is associated primarily with poststructuralist theorists. Each media text exists in relation to others. In fact, texts owe more to other texts than to ... their most obvious in 'spoof' versions of the genre. Links also cross the boundaries of formal frames, for instance, in sharing topics with treatments within other genres (the theme of war is found in a range of genres such action-adventure film, documentary, news, current affairs). Some genres are shared by several media: the genres of soap, game show and phone ... the "beautiful ruins in the philosophical landscape" certainly miss out on what is certainly very relevant and consistently challenging in Theory of Film. Written during his exile in France during World War II (Theory of Film differs in many ways from his Weimar writings, the specter of the Holocaust and Nazism, shaped Kracauer's views on film) Kracauer views film ...
- 3062: Popes
- ... cardinalships among his cousins and nephews. Problems broke out when Leo decided to obtain the duchy of Urbino for his nephew Lorenzo. He poured thousands of ducats into an empty war on Urbino, leaving the Papacy in financial wreck. The Papacy was too entrenched in its own lack of morality to provide any sort of spiritual guide for the commoners. The ... be truly holy one must be a pacifist. The The majority of the Anabaptists were non-violent and made no attempt at revising the social or political order of the world around them. Other Protestant reformers favored peace but could not attain it. Ulrich Zwingli, the Swiss reformer, originally adopted a pacifist attitude towards the world. Unfortunately he had to abandon this view in order to combat the efforts of the Swiss Confederation to resist the spread of Zwinglism. Zwingli later died on the battlefield, ...
- 3063: 11th Century Scotland and Witchcraft
- ... Scotland, this had meant "take away fear". To ward off demons or spirits, the star of David was used. This five pointed star was worn also by Jewish descendants during World War II in the early 1940’s. In Germany, the Jews were forced to wear this on their clothing in order to keep each other segregated. Another sacred amulet was any ... be extending your index and middle finger. Another gesture involved extending their index and middle finger, was a representation of a devil. In researching 11th century Scotland and its witchcraft I observed several relationships between present day traditions and Scotland’s history. Although meanings may be different, such as the practice in Voodoo that takes place in the horror film " ...
- 3064: The Great Gatsby 5
- ... While it isn't clear how he made all his money it is obvious that it was through illegal dealings in organized crime. There was a reference to the 1919 World Series, (That's the one where the players on the Chicago White Sox helped out organized crime by not trying their hardest when it counted). It is also clear that ... the Roaring 20's that the book is set in and is obviously something that Fitzgerald frowned upon. Tom is the antagonist in this novel. While Gatsby was fighting in World War I Tom was using his wealth to sweep Daisy off her feet. Tom is a yuppie and clearly in the way of Gatsby's love for Daisy. He is ...
- 3065: Wired Hands - A Brief Look at Robotics
- ... playwright, Karel Capek. The play tells of an engineer who designs man-like machines that have no human weakness and become immensely popular. However, when the robots are used for war they rebel against their human masters. Though industrial robots do dull, dehumanizing work, they are nevertheless a delight to watch as they crane their long necks, swivel their heads and ... deposits. Still other computer programs play and win at chess, checkers and go. As a results, robots are undoubtedly getting "smarter". The Diffracto company in Windsor is one of the world's leading designers and makers of machine vision. A robot outfitted with Diffracto "eyes" can find a part, distinguish it from another part and even examine it for flaws. Diffracto is now working on a tomato sorter which examines colour, looking for no-red - i.e. unripe - tomatoes as they roll past its TV camera eye. When an unripe tomato is spotted, a computer directs a robot arm to pick out the pale fruit. ...
- 3066: Nostradamus - The Man
- ... the prophecies were written could be comprehended to mean many things, but if the people who claim to be able to crack the code of Nostradamus' work are right then World War Three will reach its climax in the year 1999. Bio-warfare will be used - which will virtually wipe out most of humanity with minimal survivors with the human race living ... the throne. In 1564 Nostradamus was appointed Royal Physician to King Charles IX. On the 1st of July 1566 he sent for the local priest to give him this message, "I will not be seen alive again". That night Nostradamus died. It was rumoured that Nostradamus' coffin contained the a document that would decode his long cryptic writings and give ...
- 3067: Freya Goddess Of Love
- ... was the Norse god of Peace and prosperity. Freya's father was Niord and her mother was Skadi. Her father, Niord, who was the ruler of the Vanirs went to war with the Asgard. Both of them grew weary and came in peace. To show his respect with the Asgard he lived in Asgard and ruled the wind and seas. Freya ... many people. Men from every where desired and wanted her. One day a strange giant appeared in Asgard and offered to rebuild the wall that has been destroyed in the war between the Aesir and Vanir. In return Loki, the god who always knew when trouble was taking place, would give the giant the sun, the moon and the goddess Freya ... to Z. Oxford: Library of Congress, 1991. Green, Roger Lancelyn. Myths Of The Norsemen. Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1960. Osborne, Mary Pope. Favorite Norse Myths. New York: Scholastic, 1996. Page, R.I. Norse Myths. Avon: Bath Press, 1990. Wilson, David M. The Northern World. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980.
- 3068: Lost Generation
- ... author of the Twentieth century who centers his novels around personal experiences and affections. He is one of the authors named "The Lost Generation." He could not cope with post-war America, and therefore he introduced a new type of character in writing called the "code hero". Hemingway is known to focus his novels around code heroes who struggle with the ... while Robert Cohn provides the antithesis of a Code Hero. Jake Barnes, the narrator and main character of The Sun Also Rises, is left impotent by an ambiguous accident during World War I. Jake's wound is the first of many code hero traits that he features. This physical wound, however, transcends into an emotional one by preventing Jake from ever ...
- 3069: Princess Bride Research Paper
- ... comes across three strange looking men: one short, intelligent man (Vizzini), a Spaniard (Inigo), and a giant (Fezzik). They kidnap her and Vizzini reveals that he wants to start a war with the nearby country Guilder by murdering Buttercup and leaving her on the “Guilder frontier," even though Inigo and Fezzik are not too happy with the idea they follow their ... finally together again. The grandfather then ends the story in reply to his grandsons request to read it again tomorrow with, “as you wish," which was found out to mean, “I love you.” This movie is such a fantastic movie because it includes humor, action, suspense, romance and comedy all in less than two hours. There are two types of people in this world: those who love “The Princess Bride” and those who have yet to see it. The acting is wonderful. The roles are typecast superbly, and the content has no political ...
- 3070: Vladimir Ilyich
- ... Marxist programme on the nationalities question. At the end of July 1914 he was arrested by the Austrian police, but was soon released and left for Switzerland. During the 1st World War he promoted the slogan of converting imperialist into civil [revolutionary] war. Following the bourgeois-democratic revolution of April 1917, he moved to Petrograd and pointed the socialist revolution towards victory, whilst hiding from the persecution of the bourgeois provisional government. ...
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