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    British theatres One of the world’s major centers for theatre, Britain has a centuries-old dramatic tradition and about 300 theatres. There are several thousand amateur dramatic societies in Britain. The Royal Shakespeare Company performs in Stratford-upon Avon and at the Barbican Centre in London. A modern reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, close to its original site, is under way. Most cities and towns in Britain have at least one theatre. There are 500 youth theatres in England alone. The Unicorn

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    Both Jacques Tourneur's 1942 film Cat People, along with Gunther von Fritsch 1944 follow up, Curse of the Cat People, remain legendary pieces of artistic restraint. While many horror films of the era painted their monsters in broad strokes, Both Cat People films play like steady handed psychological dramas; maneuvering in the shadows with subtle detail and control. While the films dutifully touch on a wide array of themes, I believe each picture has an overarching theme--Cat People's theme being

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    has on the way in which audiences perceive these types of films. One of the key areas of debate in the discussion is determining what the idea of nationalism and the nation-state mean in a world that is becoming globalised. Crofts uses Anderson’s concept of ‘imagined communities, ’ which alludes to the idea of an individual having their own image of their affinity

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    of the BBC at the time that Dyke took over. To what degree is it facilitating the success of the BBC? The BBC was set up in 1922 as a public service broadcaster. The BBC quickly became a household name and played a part in shaping British culture. Company culture is the values and beliefs shared by the members of a ‘group’ and the BBC is a ‘group’ which has both internal (BBC employees) and external (general public) members. The BBC is financed by a TV license fee paid by each household

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    Id is thoughts that are driven by desire (devil on the shoulder), Ego is a state of being, and Superego thoughts that are driven by your consciousness (angel on the shoulder).These three categories were created by the psychologist Sigmund Freud. His theory can be applied to William Golding's book Lord of the Flies. This novel follows the story of schoolboys between the ages of six to twelve who crash on an island, and fall into savagery. As the boys spend more time on the island, their consciences

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    A woman was once looked upon as a positive figure, however, with time, women were not seen as they were originally portrayed. Women were eventually viewed as a witch. Each culture had a different perception on what a witch looked like, but each represented the same thing; an old woman living alone or, a widow for instance. In essence, the witch craze brought about the "dark side " of the feminine gender. Some causes of the witch craze in the fifteenth century included hallucinations, an escape for

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    The poems “Hide and Seek”, “Remember” and “Do not go gentle into that good night” have all displayed the theme of fear at its best, using various techniques to achieve their desired effect. “Hide and Seek” deals with the fear and nervousness an innocent young boy could experience as he first steps out into the potentially dangerous, unrestful society, using a simple childhood game to highlight the stark differences between childhood and adulthood. On the other hand, “Remember” copes with the torment

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    Reading and papers are the basis of this class. Many stories have been read and many papers have been written. There are three however that should be focused on: “The Little Prince”, “After the ball”, and “How Much land does a man need.” This paper will find common ideas within the three stories, and decipher the authors intent in writing them. Firstly, all these stories are different in their own regards but are very similar all at the same time. One major similarity is that Leo Tolstoy wrote both

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    About Author The author of this fictional story is Ammarah Aijaz , studying BBA at Szabist hyd. She is a proactive introvert person but sometimes extrovert too, She is a cheerfull and optimist girl having highly imaginative thoughts.She still beleives in fantasies,miracles and magics but for her their meaning is now changed she believes that miracles are all with in our self. She call her positive thoughts her motivation. And all of these traits she have have reflected into her story which is

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    Introduction A violent video game is defined as a video game where the range of options available to a player includes killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010). For many years there has been increasing concern by the general public, policy makers and social scientists as to whether or not violent video games have a negative influence on the behaviour of youth. With the popularity of the gaming culture growing dramatically

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