ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION The debate on cinematic adaptations of literary works was for many years dominated by the questions of fidelity to the source and by the tendencies to prioritize the literary originals over their film versions. (Whelehan:2006) Adaptations were seen by most critics as inferior to the adapted texts‚ as “minor”‚ “subsidiary”‚ “derivative” or “secondary” products‚ lacking the symbolic richness of the books and missing their “spirit”. (Hutcheon:2006) Critics could not forgive
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ROY PEREZ BENAVIDEZ (1935-1998) Roy Perez Benavidez was born in Cuero‚ Texas‚ on August 5‚ 1935. He was the son of a sharecropper and endured much racism in his life because of his mixed Yaqui Indian and Mexican heritage. Benavidez was orphaned as a child and raised by an uncle. He dropped out of school in the seventh grade. For a period of time in his teens‚ Benavidez worked as a migrant farm worker and traveled as far as Colorado to harvest sugar beets. Benavidez joined the Army in Houston‚ Texas
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Shakespeare ’s tragic plays‚ written in approximately 1600 and it ’s first published was in 1565. The play revolves around four focal characters; Othello who is the ’ ’Moor"‚ his wife Desedmona‚ his lieutenant Cassio and his ensign lago. The original text of Othello ’s play is still performed during these days in many professional theaters around the world‚ and it becomes as a basis for several films and literary adaptations. On such adaptation is Geoffrey Sax ’s Othello film. It is an adaptation in modern
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Obituary for Professor Archie Roy Professor Archie Roy of Edinburgh passed away at age 88 on March 21st‚ 2013. A member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh as well as a professor of Astronomy at Glasgow University‚ Archie Roy was the world authority on the mechanics of orbits‚ which he researched on long before computers and other machines were capable of doing the work. Throughout the 1960s and 70s he worked for Nasa as a consultant‚ helping them put the first man on the Moon. He also had an asteroid
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Roy Lichtenstein is one of the two most recognized names in Pop Art (Andy Warhol being the other). He is best known for his paintings of what appear to be machine-printed comic strips‚ although he was also fond of depicting advertisements- Roy Lichtenstein (American‚ 1923-1997) The Kiss‚ 1962 Oil on canvas 80 x 68 in. Private Collection of Paul G. Allen Image © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein Private Collection of Paul G. Allen Image © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein (pronounced /ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn/;
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Hans Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome Scientist Hans Selye (1907-1982) introduced the General Adaptation Syndrome model in 1936 showing in three phases what the alleged effects of stress has on the body. In his work‚ Selye - ’the father of stress research‚’ developed the theory that stress is a major cause of disease because chronic stress causes long-term chemical changes. He observed that the body would respond to any external biological source of stress with a predictable biological
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themselves from these new effective predators. In order to survive and protect themselves‚ squids use a variety of unique adaptations methods. One such method is using distraction and surprise to avoid harm. For example‚ in the presence of intruders‚ squids eject dark fluid from their own bodies. This fluid‚ which is ink-like in quality will temporarily affect the predator ’s vision‚ allowing the squid time to escape. Also‚ cephalopods use camouflage to avoid being detected. Squids can change the
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defining Merton’s modes of adaptation; which includes conformity‚ innovations‚ ritualism‚ retreatism‚ & rebellion. I will first begin by discussing the mode of conformity‚ this “occurs when individuals both embrace conventional social goals and also have the means at their disposal to attain them. The conformist desires wealth and success and can obtain them through education and a high-paying job. In a balanced‚ stable society‚ this is the most common social adaptation. If a majority of its people
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The History of the Roy Adaptation Model The Roy Adaptation Model for Nursing had it’s beginning with Sister Callista Roy entered the masters program in pediatric nursing at the University of California in Los Angeles in 1964. Dorothy E. Johnson‚ Roy’s advisor and seminar faculty‚ was speaking at the time on the need to define the goal of nursing as a way of focusing the development of knowledge for practice. During Roy’s first seminar in pediatric nursing‚ she proposed that the goal of nursing
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Chapter-1: Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Battery operated autorickshaw (Easybike) is a newly added mode of public transport in urban transportation of Bangladesh. From the very begining of introducing this mode is being used as a popular public transport mode especially for the urban lower‚ lower-middle and even middle class people. Urban transportation system involves different types of public transport modes namely bus‚ minibus‚ CNG-autorickshaw‚ rickshaw‚ autotempu and recently the
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