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Gladiator Fights Wild Beast
1,145 wordsIn many modern books written about Ancient Rome and its people, The Romans are often portrayed as brutal and unforgiving people who enjoy violence and though it is amusing to see people being injured and killed to the point of obsession. It is my goal to establish whether this classification is justified or if it is simply an exaggeration of what a While it is known that in Rome there were gladiator fights, public beatings and slavery was legal and common. It is also important to understand just...
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Movies And Television Forms Of Entertainment
476 wordsBefore there was television and motion pictures (movies), people used to spend their leisure time listening to the radio. They were offered little variety and often routinely listened to the same things. In the late 1800 s and early 1900 s, motion pictures and television were invented, respectively. In the beginning, they were considered luxuries. As time wore on, they became increasingly more and more popular. Today they are both extremely common forms of entertainment. Though they are both ver...
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U S Homes Wing Warping Television
1,075 wordsThe electronic revolution, sometimes referred to as the technological or industrial revolution has completely changed the entire world. Everyone is reeking the benefits of technology. From electricity, to telephones, to television, to satellites, to computers, to cellular phones; technology is everywhere. The most fundamental part of anything electric is electricity. Two thousand years ago, in the 16 th century, William Gilbert proved that many substances are electric and that they have two elec...
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Fairy Tales Moral Codes
994 wordsThe Origins of Wonder Tales and the Reason for Their Creation and Evolution Folk tales, fairy tales, wise tales, and wonder tales are all a part of virtually everyones lives from one point of time to another. Whether your a child an adult or a grandparent these stories play a significant role in ones continuing development. Although they have an effect on people of all ages children are most susceptible to the primary goal of telling and recording these stories. The purpose of this form of inter...
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Folk Tales West Wind
1,296 words"Once upon a time, " the way most famous most Norwegian folk tales start. Although Soria Moria Castle states There was once a couple who had a son, the idea is basically the same. The people in Norway are used to long and harsh winters and have had to find something to pass the time for centuries. One of their more prominent methods of passing the time has been the re-telling of folktales. Possibly the most famous, Soria Moria Castle is one of their favorites. In the following pages a brief desc...
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Violent Scenes V Chip
1,392 words... rogram ming. He also pointed out that a network loses anywhere from $ 250, 000 to $ 1 million every time it airs a movie with a viewer discretion advisory. He was also quoted "It is not the role of network television to program for the children of America... Televisions obligation is not (to be) the nation's baby-sitter. " Barry Diller who was quoted by Frank Rich of the New York Times does not support this view that television has no public service responsibility. Diller thinks the V-Chip i...
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21 St Century Bell Atlantic
1,496 words... ganisation with the ability to make informed and quick decisions global wide. Now, most of the multinational companies do business world-wide depend on the advanced communication technologies, most of the managers in these companies invest highly on developing and updating there computer network. Because of these intelligent devices including smart phones, handheld wireless communicators and interactive set-top boxes as well as "thin client" devices used for globalism business. 2. 3 Informat...
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American History In Motion Pictures
1,538 wordsWe were there while the Titanic sank, we stormed Omaha Beach at Normandy, we saw the Battle of Gettysburg in person, and we rode throughout the west with Wyatt Earp. We were able to do this because Hollywood allowed us to journey to these historic times through the movies. Hollywood allows us to journey back in time to see how people lived, to witness the major events that shaped our world, and help give us a better understanding of a time period that we might not otherwise grasp. The movies hel...
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Forrest Gump Good Movie
662 wordsWhat a Good Movie has? A good movie could contain an interesting plot, suspense climax, real acting, and video effect. Some movie is not about entertainment only, but giving us a lesson that might happen in our life. It may be an early warning of our future. Others allow the audience to live vicariously and have an opportunity to see theatre on a grader scale up on the screen. Good movies might, interesting plot, exciting climax, and also a story that One thing that triggers the movie industry i...
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Consumer Goods Side Effect
1,347 words... os in thousands of homes linked people in simultaneous enjoyment and excitement (Stevenson 150). According to Stevenson: .".. The mechanical inventions of the day were keeping up with the events. Radio not only reported the events but shaped them. Radio strengthened a tendency already working to make the people of the United States feel united and whole; for the first time, it seemed as if they could have thoughts and feelings simultaneously. For certain individuals this was comforting and s...
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Electron Beam Display Screen
1,097 wordsComputer graphics is the use of computers to produce pictorial images. The images produced can be printed documents or animated motion pictures, but the term computer graphics refers particularly to images displayed on a video display screen, or display monitor. These screens can display graphic as well as alphanumeric data. A computer-graphics system basically consists of a computer to store and manipulate images, a display screen, various input and output devices, and a graphics software packa...
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Commedia Dell Arte 21 St Century
1,345 words"Masks have served humankind for centuries as artistic instruments, educational tools and have often reflected and magnified human nature while revealing the inner desires and fears of the human heart. However, as we stand in the 90 's we have little or no need for masks. Theatre has developed and moved swiftly, parents and schools educate children and humankind no longer feels the need to see their true feelings interpreted and portrayed by performers. Masks and mask work must take their place ...
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V Chip Good Point
856 wordsCensorship The song [Cop Killer] is fiction, not fact. At no point did I go out and say Lets do it. I am singing in the first person as a character who is fed up with police brutality. I aint never killed no cop. I felt like it a lot of times. But I never did -Rapper Ice-T, National Review, July 20, 1992. Statements such as that has started an on going debate about censorship in the television and music industry. What exactly is censorship? Some feel censorship is a violation of the their rights...
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Las Vegas Marriage License
528 wordsLas Vegas is one of the nations favorite vacation destinations. Its a 24 -hour city where gambling is a loved past-time and dreams of striking it rich can came true. But Las Vegas has many attractions and casino action is just one of them. Las Vegas is the best vacation spot because it offers entertainment for the whole family, unique marriages, and most recently plenty of activities for children. Because Las Vegas was usually considered a adult city, visitors in the past have often left childre...
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Legalized Gambling Positive Things
495 wordsGambling is Gambling 2 Gambling Gambling is a subject that is heavily debated. Just as many people oppose it as there are for legalized gambling. There are many pros and cons of gambling. Casinos have been known to do many good things for the community that they are based in, but there are a lot of moral and social issues at hand. We will discuss the benefits of having legalized gambling. One of the main positive things that casinos bring to their community is their generous financial contributi...
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21 St Century Types Of People
928 wordsThe media is a positive influence on society in the twenty-first century. Why do people think that the media is not a positive influence on the society in the 21 st century? Does this question need to be asked! Off course not! The media is a positive influence on the society but the majority of positive influences on the society surpass the negative influences on the society. The media has a great impact on peoples lives. Many people cannot simply live a normal life without the media. This is be...
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Professional Athletes Everyday Man Player
677 wordsHow does someone become a millionaire these days? What about going on a television show and answering fifteen questions correctly? Maybe you can get all seven numbers right on that lottery ticket you bought at the store last night. What about being lucky enough to make the right investment decisions with your broker? For some this might be true, but for others it is as simple as going to work and doing what they do best. The everyday man goes to work on a daily basis, does his best, and sometime...
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Gun Possession Hip Hop
606 wordsA jury acquitted Bad Boy Entertainment CEO Sean Puffy Combs and bodyguard Anthony Wolf Jones on all charges brought against them, after a 1999 shooting in a nightclub in Midtown Manhattan that injured three people. The verdicts finally ended a seven-week trial that produced the spectacle of two worlds in conflict: the gray bureaucracy of State Supreme Court in Manhattan and the flashy world of Mr. Combs, whose supporters filled the benches day after day. Before the verdict was read, Puffy stared...
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Black Panther Party Black Middle Class
1,831 wordsRace and class are increasingly important in the world today; yet, few sources focus on the similarities of these issues at a regional or global level. Ideologies of race were used to justify colonialism, conquest and annihilation of non-European peoples, slavery, indentured labor, fascism and Nazism. Yet, a common impression among men and women of color is that race and class issues are unique to their own particular community. Still, it is only through awareness of how these issues affect diff...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Younger Generation
889 words1920 s Culture and Wild Young People The roaring 20 s produced a new culture marked by its youth and consumerism that often clashed with the traditions of older generations. Social values began to change, as self expression emerged as a prized value by youth. Women s roles changed from the traditional restrained Victorianism of the past. Views of work and who worked changed. Consumerism gave birth to an expansion of mass entertainment and leisure activities. The restraint of the past combined wi...
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