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    Isaac Slade, Joe King, Ben Wysocki, and Dave Welsh make up the popular rock/ pop band The Fray. With their first album, How to Save a Life, this band appeared on everyone’s radar. The Fray’s song “You Found Me” appeared on the band’s second album, The Fray. Eight months after the release of The Fray’s second album, the band released a music video for “You Found Me.” This song could have several meanings depending on different points of views. Many interpretations of the lyrics in this song portray issues in modern society like drugs and religion. Using both The Fray’s “You Found Me” lyrics along with the “You Found Me” music video, we can interpret connections to Christianity, drug use, and tragic accidents of the lyrics in this song and tie…

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    she creates that distinction of rejecting societal norms in order to achieve her happiness. However, she still even reflects the characteristics of kindness when she attempts to “mak[e] use of her status to summon the masculine authority of wise teacher and men.”(Morgan 69). Even though she’s renowned for her queen-like status, she still demonstrates the kind shreds of empathy towards others and even mourns the disappearance of her baby. The contrast of her domineering attitude reflects that…

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    MK Date: 27.02.2018 1.- Health and Wellbeing (How are you going?) 1.1.- Wellbeing: Referring to the email Mark sent to the writer last week, in which he requested the writer to support him to find an accommodation urgently, as he cannot handle to live with his brother who has anger issues and is violence toward him. Moreover, in Mark’s recently email he mentioned that his brother tries to sell him drugs and demanding money from him. Due to the number of emails received from Mark requesting…

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    through his capitalization and emphasis of certain words, which allow him to overcome obstacles including those associated with mental illness. Facebook as a popular social media platform enables users to interact with family and friends via status updates, image uploads, and other items of their personal choosing. The components of the site like the privacy settings permit its users to filter both what they see and what they show. Designed to give its users the upper-hand, Facebook attracts…

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    While this strengthens her position as a sovereignty goddess, remaining beautiful with the land even after her husband is dead, it is also symptomatic of the Otherworld. These characteristics do not always further her role– it confuses her purposes and intentions in the First Branch of the Mabinogi, especially during her introduction. Otherworld people are notorious for playing both benevolent and malevolent roles in Celtic stories, and this off puts Pwyll’s men from her during their hunt for…

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    Morgan le Fay is one of the Arthurian Legends and is known for being an evil enchantresses and a witch. Morgan le Fay’s legend goes that she is the half-sister of King Arthur. Morgan le Fay uses her lover, Accolon to steal King Arthur’s sword when this plan does not go as accordingly she throws the sword into the lake. Morgan le Fay is also considered a healer because in Vita Merlini by Geoffrey Monmouth she heals King Arthur’s wounds from the last battle of Calman but the only way that she can…

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    (2002: 172) Renton takes this opportunity to give his views on being Scottish and of the effects of post-colonialism. There is an emphasis on the political as Edinburgh is the setting of which the film is set, reflecting the poor living conditions as a result of Thatcherism. Ashby and Higson state, “The years of Thatcherism (1979-1990) in Britain paradoxically offered a plethora of films that challenged long held and insular values concerning British national identity” (2013: 73). In 1987,…

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    and speed of the journey that cinema can provide". He described the film as "intelligent entertainment", meaning that it doesn't patronise audiences and there's an agenda behind the film if they want to look for one. He, John Hodge and producer Andrew MacDonald all wanted the film to be a partnership of 3 performers. They didn't approach one major star because they thought the audiences would all be concentrating on that one person. To prepare for the film, Boyle…

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    Doesn’t it seem like every successful author has been through what ordinary people could never understand? Ernest Hemingway, the elite writer of the 1920s, was one of them. Ever since he was a child, he struggled to distinguish himself as a scholar and athlete under the influence of his father’s traumatic suicide. Although destiny gave him a harsh, rough childhood, Hemingway did not know how to lose motivation in life. In 1917, the first bloodiest war has been brought to mankind - World War I.…

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    Ernest Hemingway Sexism

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    Doctor’s Wife” at the end of the story, when Nick is found sitting alone reading a book and insists to go hunting with his father rather than seeing his mother. Nick went from being innocent to being ready to go hunting with his dad without being asked. Nick says “I know where there’s black squirrels, Daddy,”( The Doctor and the Doctor’s wife page 103). Nick Adams says that shortly after his dad sees him reading a book by the tree and tells him his mother wants him to see her. What made Nick a…

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