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It is no secret that keeping up with the times is no easy feat as new technologies are created, new trends and memes are taking over society each day, but there is one writer who has managed to stay relevant more than 400 years after his death. The great William Shakespeare wrote many plays that tackled topics much more meaningful than the exciting adventures of grand people on fairy-tale quests to slay dragons or whatever was relevant in the times of Queen Elizabeth I or King James I. His plays…

It could however also be seen by some as a portrayal of the Aryan race which was a particularly prominent ideal at the time due to Nazi Germany's intentions. In fact, the doll that inspired Barbie, Lilli, was created by a German toy company that were known supporters of Hitler. One of the founders of the company actually describes the Lilli, doll in a similar way that those described the Aryan race, from this we can infer that her blonde-haired, blue-eyed appearance was just that. Therefore…

The law is a set of rules made to help people stay in order and keep a group, community, or country controlled and structured. People all around the world have many different views and statements of what they think about the law and how people should use them. Martin Luther King and Socrates’ are two very influential, powerful people when it comes to the laws. Socrates is one of the best known and smartest philosophy teachers in history, and Martin Luther King is one of the biggest civil right…

that the zombie is used to highlight racism, slavery, and the progression since then. In the beginning of the article, McAlister uses current events to grab her audience attention using the presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. The meme she uses shows McCain doing a full body grimace that was related to how a zombie would act and Obama acting cool. It is here that she gives us the slang meaning of the word by quoting Robert Farris Thompson "the concept of cool in many…

When the Guy Fawkes mask comes to mind people think one of two things; terrorist or revolutionary. In this essay, you will learn the story off the gunpowder act,the Guy Fawkes mask and the organization it turned into. In the early 1600 England was ruled by a king know as James I. This king hated the Catholic church and the practice of Catholic religion. Trying to push Catholicism out of England king James I put in place many laws and regulations. First, he made everyone attend the church of…

The substantial question, “does media have a negative or positive effect on media?” is a controversial question throughout the entire country, including biases and a variety of perspectives. The media has many different perspectives about it, whether they are positive or negative views. Many of the negative views included are those of elderly people who did not have the media as they were growing up. For the reason being that they used completely different sources to receive information about…

For example, when I distribute internet meme or post with personal information, I often stick to unwritten rules about how the pictures should look and what is the best way to write about my personal life. The fact that the dissemination of information, open access to other participants of information…

raging sea of life is the new normal nowadays. It is something that these weird doctors called psychiatrists used to really worry about, Major Depressive Disorder, but now nobody cares. Teachers let us take our pills if we seem “off,” and all the funny memes are the ones where we joke about how many pills we take each day. If I say, “Oh, I took 10 pills today,” then someone else will try and beat me by retorting, “That’s nothing. I took 15 pills.” And all the pills are black and blue so they are…

and Wagner, M., New York Daily News, December 4th, 2014 edition, p.1) The concepts in "Civil Disobedience" also stretch out to the Middle East. The use of memes in social media may be considered a slightly more aggressive approach to protesting, because it is so widespread and can rapidly reach out to people. Petitions on Facebook and video posts that seek to educate the public are also tactics that individuals…

let them get off of social media. . “Ten studies examined the link between social media victimization and depression, and all of them found a connection,” (“Social Media Cyber Bullying Linked to Teen Depression,” 1). The creation of screenshots and memes a few years ago made it even worse because someone can take a random person’s picture and put words on it with something they would never say. These things just make it easier for people to ruin other people’s lives, and lose their outside…