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    Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho, and Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, each played the character portrayed as mentally unstable. The two actors seamlessly fell into their parts and led the audience to believe they were truly insane. In the beginning, each of the two lived what appeared to be normal lives. Anthony Perkins managed his mother’s motel that had become a ghost-town after the new highway had been build, which completely cut off access to the motel. Glenn Close on the other hand sacrificed her opportunity to create a family for her career, and dedicated a great deal of time into becoming an established working female. Norman and Alex had been introduced as hard working individuals, and it was difficult to assume their roles would take such a drastic turn. Their ability to play such a part, however, is unquestionable. The first appearance of Perkin’s character, Norman, took quite a while in the film Psycho. Initially Norman was a bit peculiar, but could have been viewed as overly happy, or…

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    presentation of Gertrude’s immorality. Now is it a vital, sexual Close that Hamlet cannot pass by (even though she is his mother) without desiring her, or is it a sexually spoiled woman that does not recognize family tides and relationship and uses her sexual power over men to get what she wishes? With her kisses and sexy look she made Claudius go and talk to Hamlet, then with her sexy look and touches made Hamlet to stay in Elsinore. In Gibson’s diary of the “Hamlet” film Glen Close about her…

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    be done in the second paper I included. I chose to include my second paper, and it was titled “Vladek’s Memories turned to Artie’s Post Memories.” We were assigned this paper to analyze Maus, but we were given many different angles of interpretation to choose from. I chose to close read and understand memory and postmemory and how the two affect each other. In the beginning, it was hard for me to close read and be specific. I was troubled as to how I needed to provide the evidence and tie all my…

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    China is a country with a vast cultural and historical background. It is a country with four billon people with extreme cultural diversity, which is nourished by different philosophies of its own. These philosophies are the beginning ideas of Chinese morality and spiritual belief, which were enriched by different intellectual heroes like Confucius. Confucius was born in 551 B.C at the end of the Chou dynasty as a descendent of dispossessed noble family. “His ancestors were of…

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    Introduction On Dec 17, 1903 the Wright Brothers would achieve what others said was impossible. On this day the Wright brothers successfully executed the first human controlled flight reaching a record breaking distance, flying 852 feet for 59 seconds (2015). Wilbur Wright’s visionary leadership was demonstrated, through his inspirational motivation and team dynamics. His pursuit to be the “first in flight” would inspire innovators like him to explore the limits of early day aviation. However,…

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    discover Greenwald’s personal interests as the author states it out right, discussing these matters and his beliefs of their importance outright. Glenn’s beliefs are echoed in the words of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis when Greenwald quoted a statement in a case where Brandeis remarked that “the right to be left alone is the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by a free people”16 this essentially summed up what appears to be Greenwald’s core view of Snowden’s case.…

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    Women's Role In Aviation

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    website, Betty was in an upper-income family due to her father’s patent medicine business. The Rochester City Council denied her driver's license because she was only thirteen years of age, although, they did not yet a minimum driving age. A few years later, in 1910, Betty became the first woman to travel from New-York to San Francisco (six thousand miles). After the trip, Scott was accepted to be Glenn H. Curtiss’ first and only female student. During one of Betty’s “grass-cutting” sessions,…

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    This is why they are known to be the "fathers of modern aviation." Thanks to the Wright brother, World War I was the first major conflict that airplanes were used on a large scale. At the beginning of the war, planes were very basic. The very first powered flight was back in 1903 when the Wright brother flew their own design. The first crossing of the English Channel was in 1909 by Louis Bleriot. (History.com) So it is safe to say that in 1914, airplanes were still very crude. It was not until…

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    Diana Liu is a university student who has been able to build a considerably large community online through making YouTube videos on her experiences of moving from Russia to Korea, she has gained over 13,000 subscribers, subscribers being people who choose to track her channel to be notified of new videos when they come out. Diana, you’ve been making videos for over 5 years on YouTube, how has your relationship developed with the people who watch you? Do you feel like they’re friends to you now,…

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    our lives in the United States. Hence, it is common to notice the majority of persuasion is on television as well as the social media; moreover, with the support of :"The O 'Reilly Factor vs. Jeremy Glick", "The Arete Of Amusement...", Aristotle 's definition of Ethos, the main concept of ethos will be interpreted. Beginning with "The O 'Reilly Factor" presented by Fox News, there are various reasons why the show as well as the newscast as a whole does not present satisfactory ethos. Starting…

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