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In every performance, there is a combination of play and ritual within it. The performance does not have to be scripted or serious it can be a simple children’s game of hide and seek but still has the two concepts. Richard Schechner explains how “performance is ritualized behaviour performed by play“(Schechner and Brady, 2013: 52). This essay will explore the two concepts, what they mean and the differences and similarities between them. The play Twelve Angry Men will then be analysed through…

The Commander’s relationship with Offred starts off with him inviting her to spend time with him playing Scrabble and reading magazines. Although this is not supposed to happen, it is pretty harmless compared to what happens at Jezebel’s. For Offred and The Commander’s night out on the town, he has Offred dress up in a suggestive outfit and takes her to Jezebel’s…

The Handmaid’s tale is a feminist science fiction novel by a Canadian, and feminist writer Margaret Atwood. The story depicts psychological and physical struggle of a woman named Offred due to suppression of women by men in her society. Thus, the title Handmaid’s tale is representative of the life of Offred, the Handmaid or a female servant. This novel vividly portrays the cruelty of biological and social categorization. Handmaid’s tale takes place in a futuristic fictional society where…

Middle adulthood is the period beyond young adulthood but, before the onset of old age. Middle age comes with many new physical challenges, from wrinkles to hearing loss to weight gain. In middle adulthood people have many changes in their bodies and minds. I decided to observe my mom and her name is Angela Miller. I choose to do my mom because, she 's an interesting person to me. My mom she 's getting older but, she still look like she 's in her late 20 's. Her hair is just turning a little…

mentions, “It’s difficult for me to believe I have power over him, of any sort, but I do” (210). She manipulates him into getting her material things like hand lotion, which he puts in an unlabeled plastic bottle. Moreover, lets her read magazines, play Scrabble, and search up words in the dictionary. All these actions are prohibited in Gilead, but he still lets her because she has influence over…

different. Although her circumstances were originally how they should be, things turned a little complicated. She and the Commander begin to develop a relationship, and it is through this, that she gains a sense power in her life. She is asked to play scrabble, which is banned in her world now. On top of this, the Commander gives her magazines to read-- this is both something she's not allowed to have or do. By having these freedoms that she once had, in a life where it is now forbidden, allowed…

Raising healthy kids has always been hard and it seems it’s gotten harder with each passing generation. Sure, we have better immunization than we did 70 years ago, but we also have more toxins in the environment and more things in general that can be unsafe for little ones. And, no matter how hard we as parents try to instill health-consciousness, when we send them out into the world, our words compete against a slew of unhealthy temptations. This is especially true for those of us raising kids…

In Margret Atwood’s dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, a new theocracy style of government has taken over the United States of America. It is now known as the Republic of Gilead, and entails a strictly structured caste system. The newly formed government has only been around for a few years, and the narrator, Offred has been casted as a handmaid. This position requires her to attempt to conceive a baby for the Commander and his wife by having sex with the Commander while she holds his wife’s…

parents what happened, they weren 't mad but just disappointed because the bike was my responsibility and I failed on the first day. After the bike ride and the talk to my parents we finished up unwrapping presents and had some eggs, ham, bacon, scrabble with some hot chocolate for…

The Extended Mind Reduced to Absurdity The Extended Mind thesis is the notion that the mind is not only located in the head, but also extends to the external world and body. The theory further suggests that beliefs exist outside of the brain, and that any physical object used to aid in cognitive processes are also part of the mind. In this paper, I will discuss Clark and Chalmers’ view of the Extended Mind (EM) theory and its implications, and will argue that the theory is a reductio ad…