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    Object Analysis - Corsets

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    Q.2 using the model of object analysis‚ analyse one fashion article. (Choose a garment‚ which can be used to discuss fashion from the point of view of the consumer. This garment must be able to demonstrate how the consumer individually constructs their identity and conveys that identity through the style and styling of clothing. You should treat this garment as an object as a form of evidence‚ which can help you to explain theories of fashion discussed in the sessions. The intention of your analysis

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    coloured every event that brought them into contact.” A second example that shows how John is shameless is when he was talking to the curate and scout master about the entry fee for the Boy Scout Meeting “Three Dollars! Why I could’ve taken Jonny to a burlesque show for less than that.” He felt no shame at all after making the remark. The final example I have that shows Mr. Purcell is shameless is when he was outside the church drinking with a man he had just known for less than an hour or so. “They had

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    One stair up

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    Stylistic analysis One Stair Up by Campbell Nairne The book “One stair up” was written by a Scottish novelist Campbell Nairne in 1934 and describes the life of a working-class family from Edinburgh. And we can see a fragment that shows fine style and good sense of humour. The scene takes place in one of the Broadway cinemas. Two young people – Andrew and Rosa – decided to watch some movie. The culminating point of this story is the moment when Andrew says in excitement‚ “Good‚ isn’t it

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    Voltaire’s Views on Idealism “An idealist is one who‚ on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage‚ concludes that it makes a better soup.”  ― H.L. Mencken‚ A Book of Burlesques One of Voltaire’s famous sayings is “Ecrasez l’ infume‚” or “crush the evil thing‚” by which he meant illogical reasoning‚ idealism‚ religion‚ superstition and other values that were put down during the Enlightenment. In his satire Candide‚ he tells the story of a man named Candide’s travels around the world

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    for women and his belief that he is doing “God’s work”. From the very beginning‚ we see Reverend Harry Powell fleeing away from his most recent murder scene. He has murdered another widow and is now traveling up the Ohio River. He stops at a burlesque show and while he is watching‚ he flicks the switch on his switchblade and it erects through his coat pocket thus symbolizing his arousal. This is awkward because he hates women‚ but he is able to still be aroused by them. It shows that he is still

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    Philippine Literature

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    The USA learned from its predecessor’s mistakes and‚ as its first effort‚ established a public school system‚ based on English language. Consequently‚ the literacy rate rose rapidly‚ and first fictional texts written in the language of the new rulers were published shortly after the change. Already during the 1920s the former elite language was replaced by English‚ soon also practiced as a medium of fiction. In the 1940s‚ some authors writing in English‚ such like Jose Garcia Villa and Carlos Bulosan

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    that as a national air "Yankee Doodle" does not direct itself to our sense of majesty‚ solemnity‚ dignity. It frankly appeals to our sense of humor. Critics‚ pedantic or flippant‚ have over- looked the fact that every nation has its humorous‚ even burlesque‚ patriotic airs‚ and that these are just as natural and useful as solemn airs indeed‚ more so‚

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    Empty Bed Blues Analysis

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    Barlow explains that the ‘vaudeville-based novelty songs’‚ the folk-blues‚ are a product of commercialization and used to arouse an audience to buy the products. Barlow called this ‘a burlesque of African-American sexuality’ (Hamilton 2000‚ 134). The obscene sexual references that emerged within the blues echoed what Barbara Ehrenreich (as cited in Hamilton 2000‚ 158) called the “male ‘flight from commitment’” in the 1950s. This is around

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    Wild Party Research Paper

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    the concept of such performances‚ and paved the way for the modern musical. The modern american musical was heavily influenced by imported shows in the early 1900’s‚ such as Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow‚ as well as other types of theatre such as burlesque‚ pantomime‚ musical farces‚ etc. In the 1920’s Broadway became globally known when composers such as Cole Porter (Anything Goes‚ Kiss Me Kate) and Rodgers and Hart (Carousel‚ The King and I‚ The Sound of Music) came into the spotlight. Musicals such

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    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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    Strongly featured from introducing Jessica Rabbit to the stage to perform her burlesque show we hear complimentary music. Throughout the scenes featuring the femme fatale Jessica Rabbit‚ the songs “ I’m Not Bad‚ I’m Just Drawn That Way”‚ and “Caught With His Pants Down” encourage the ideas of influence the music has on interpretation

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