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- 3311: Dicks' Androids and Scotts' Replicants
- ... made into movies. Of the two, Blade Runner (B.R.) has had the greatest impact. B.R., however, differs greatly from Dicks' original novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (D.A.D.O.E.S.) Blade Runner was released in 1982 under the direction of Ridley Scott, who also made another sci-fi classic, Alien. The film begins in the city of Los Angeles. The year is 2019. The city of Los Angeles is overpopulated, teeming with all sorts of humans. Japanese ADs are all over the place. The Japanese input was strictly the director, Ridley Scot's. Scott saw the future world being controlled by the Japanese. Philip K. Dick did not mention this. The planet is recovering from World War III, although I'm not sure they actually say this. In ... have no empathy. Empathy is the ability to feel for another. For example, if you cared for a puppy that was beaten, skinned, and then left to die, that care would be empathy. Androids don't have this trait. They would watch the puppies' skin be removed without a blink in their eyes. They can pretend to feel, but they'd have to know first there was something disturbing about ...
- 3312: An Essay On Plato’s The Republic And Aristophanes The Birds
- An Essay On Plato’S The Republic And Aristophanes The Birds It is evident, by Plato’s The Republic and Aristophanes The Bird’s, that one’s vision of an ideal state is not the same mystical utopia. Plato’s Republic is an well-ordered society that emphasizes the development of the community, which leads to its people ...
- 3313: Alexander Hamilton
- ... January 1755. His father was James Hamilton, a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher. His grandfather was Alexander Hamilton, of Grange, Lanarkshire. One of his great grandfathers was Sir R. Pollock, the Laird of Cambuskeith. Hamilton's mother was Rachael Fawcette Levine, of French Huguenot descent. When she was very young, she married a Danish proprietor of St. Croix named John Michael Levine. Ms. Levine left her husband and was later divorced from him on June 25, 1759. Under Danish law, the (the court ordering the divorce) Ms. Levine was forbidden from remarrying. Thus, Hamilton's birth was illegitimate. Alexander Hamilton had one brother, James Hamilton. Heavy burdens fell upon Hamilton's shoulders during childhood. Business failures caused Hamilton's father to become bankrupt. Soon thereafter, his mother died in 1768. At twelve, Alexander entered the counting house of Nicholas Cruger and David Beekman. There, young ...
- 3314: Pragmatics Deixis And Conversational Implicature
- ... categories The Greek origin of the term deixis meaning pointing via language already hints at its function. According to Yule (1996:9), "Deixis is clearly a form of referring that is tied to the speaker´s context". This again leads us to the concept of deictic centre. The deictic centre can be divided into certain ‘sub-centres’. 1. Central person (speaker): Personal pronouns, I (Speaker), you (Addresse) 2. Central time (coding time): Adverbs of time, now and then 3. Central place (the location of the speaker): Adverbs of space, here and there 4. Discourse centre (the point of the speaker´s discourse): Adverbs of time and place, conjunctions 5. Social centre (the speaker´s social status relative to the Adressee´s) Next we can distinguish between proximal terms (like here, now, this - near to the speaker) and distal terms (like there, then, that - away from the speaker). It ...
- 3315: Macbeth: Corruption
- ... of control becomes a new definition according to their point of view, they unleash a feeling in their minds that what ever decision they make that directly conflicts the lives of other people, they don't feel responsible. That's when npower corrupts the minds of people. People in power feel that they can do anything when their in power for a long period of time. Corruption is something that is motivated by greed and deception. It's a very sinister personality that controls and destroys people's live and makes them the kind of person other people don't want to associate with. When a person is in power, some situations ...
- 3316: George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion": Henry Higgins Is A Coarse Rude Man
- George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion": Henry Higgins Is A Coarse Rude Man The title of this play is called Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. This is a play about a man who picks a poor person off the street who sells flowers named Eliza Doolittle. The man's name is Henry Higgins. Henry makes a bet with another man named Pickering. The bet was to see if Henry could make Eliza, the poor girl from the streets, into a elegant, beautiful girl with good manners. But I think that Henry gets too attached to Eliza so when she overhears Henry and Pickering talking about how they thank God it's over, she gets really mad, Henry and her get into a fight, and she leaves. Henry Higgins was a gentleman. He dressed appropriately for different occasions and always tried to look his best. Henry ...
- 3317: Teaching Practice
- Edmund Burke's Political Theory 1. Burke is quite critical of many of the liberal political theorist that have we have discussed. For Burke terms like liberty, freedom, natural rights, and the General Will should not be used ... formed at least hypothetically by men organising to establish a government will clear limits to protect individual rights. For Burke the contract is too shaky a foundation for government. Government is instituted to serve man's wants and needs, but we are frequently unaware of our true wants and needs. We fail to recognise what is in our best interests or on other occasion we are the victim of our own ... single individual, no matter how extensive the studies of a lifetime, ought to presume that their small wisdom is a match for the experience of ages. Question to Ponder Is there any difficulty with Burke's argument that the wisdom and "sea worthiness" of an idea and institution is too be measured in terms of how long the institution has been around. 5. Burke writing about the French Revolution portrayed ...
- 3318: Wars Of The Roses
- In the late 1400’s the House of York fought the House of Lancaster for the English crown. Because Lancaster’s heraldic badge was a red rose and the Yorks was a white rose, the long conflict became known as Wars of the Roses. The real lives of the main participants of the Wars of the Roses will be displayed in this paper. In Shakespeare’s Richard III the participants in the Wars of the Roses were not suitably displayed. The participants in Shakespeare’s Richard III were Henry Tudor, Clarence, Edward V, Richard III; Queen Margaret will have their ...
- 3319: European Union
- ... up more than 30 countries and even more distinct cultures; it is now trying to adjust to new economic systems throughout the world. Today with the trend toward big trading blocks like: N.A.F.T.A. or G.N.A.T.T. Europe is trying to advance it's old Trading block called the European Economic Community (EEC) to become the European Union. The current membership of 15 country's is ruled by one European Parliament. ...
- 3320: Cyrano De Bergerac 4
- Cyrano's Inevitable Destiny Who should take the blame for this tragedy? In Edmond Rostand s Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano is portrayed as a valiant hero who exhibits humorous intelligence as well as great generosity. However, if we examine the play more carefully, we would find that Cyrano is personally responsible ... is the only way and he defies any opposing force that comes against him. He refuses to listen to any sound advice from his friends. The most obvious example is when he refuses De Guiche's offer to be his patron. Instead of accepting the advice from his best friend, Le Bret, he has a rousing No Thank You tirade in front of the Cadets where he openly refuses to ...
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