Opposition

Canadian journalist, Andrew Nikiforuk, makes a connection the negative effects that tar sands have on Canada’s economy and environment, in his essay “Tarmageddon: Dirty oil is turning Canada into a corrupt petro-state.”Nikiforuk’s goal is to help his audience realize the political downfalls within Canada and its failed efforts to protect both citizen and environment. It is clear that Nikiforuk’s target audience are those who are well educated in both politics and the environment. His use of…

Activity 3.1-Chronicling Convict Transportation in Song Primarily in the late 18th century Britain began to drift from public executions and adopted a new form of punishment most commonly known as transportation and or imprisonment. This method emulated the out of sight out of mind philosophy that sent thousands of convicted criminals for a wide array of crimes to Britain colonies, such as Australia. This change evaluated the criminal justice system methodology of punishing subordinates and…

Women Trifle to the Truth Trifles: a story of opposition, murder, and controversy. Susan Glaspell, writer of Trifles, gave society one of the first feminist stories in American history. Her story was risky in the 1900’s, but it gives us a lot of important information about that time now. For the first time, it makes the women look more intelligent than the men. The play begins when Mr. Wright is strangled to death in his own home. The sheriff, Mr. Hale, and the court attorney all search for…

The Heedlessness of Animal Rights Animal rights are the rights believed to belong to animals, so they can live experiment-free. The basic principle of animal rights according to PETA states that “animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on or use for entertainment” (BROOK). It is no secret that animal rights is one of the paramount controversial topics of the 21st century. There are still debates today between animal rights activists and animal rights terrorists. However animal rights…

to face an increasing opposition that is often expressed with images that depict their harmful effects. Shanea Gaiger made a great statement with her photograph Outside Influences (2014) which soon went viral on social media due to the crude reality it reveals. In addition, the picture Outside Influences can be analyzed based on its audience, purpose, and structure. To begin with, in terms of audience, this photograph is for the general public due to its message of opposition to false beauty…

In Media Studies, it is significant to state the difference between the narrative and story. According to K. R. Jennings (2015) “A story is a structured narrative. It has a beginning, middle and end. It typically contains other ingredients too, like characters and a plot.” Furthermore Jennings states that “a narrative, on the other hand, is a sequence of events. It has no standard form or structure. No distinct beginning or end.” Simply put, narrative is principally the order in which something…

Euripides’ Bacchae is built on creating and exploring binary oppositions. A central opposition, sanity and madness, forces the reader to evaluate each character’s actions and motivations to judge them as sane or insane. By making these judgments, the readers assign different values to each character based on beliefs that they have acquired and cultivated since their early development and are affected by society and surroundings throughout their lives. For example, “good” values correlate with…

For decades, the adolescent female body has been advertised and promoted in virtually all forms of media. From health and wellness magazines to record-breaking films, the female form often makes a debut appearance to catch the eye of the audience. Traditionally, perfect women were displayed as thin, long-haired, tall human beings with loads of sex appeal and a sultry face to match. Nowadays, there is more and more of a push for inclusion of all body types, ranging from small frames to curvy…

her a much more realistic appearance. In opposition to Cimabue’s figure, Giotto creates a prominent rather than idealistic depiction of the Virgin. When looking at the drapery of the fabric we can further see the disparity between the artist’s interpretation of the Italo-Byzantine style. In the Cimabue’s painting, her clothing is solely draped with lines, making her appear to be very thin and tall, which adds to her idealistic appearance. In opposition, Giotto uses folds of the garments…

Association claiming that they would take the necessary measures to ensure the Japanese government did not import any California rice if Ventria’s protocol was approved. The chances of commingling were too high. This issue has not been fully resolved, the opposition had not been convinced that Ventria would put in satisfactory safeguards against all…