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Squeezed Me Tighter Squeezed Me Tighter 12 Odysseus
1,516 wordsOne of the most famous works from the early Greek era is Homers The Odyssey. It details the journey home of a war hero, Odysseus. His homecoming entails many adventures, many of them carrying reflective themes. The Sirens are one episode that he must overcome. This episode contains many prevalent themes that are repeated throughout the work. Though the varied episodes differ in terms of characters and settings, most are based on similar patterns of plot and theme. The themes that are most emphas...
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British Medical Journal Depressive Disorder
1,639 words... s of yet. Prozac acts on Serotonin levels, where as Reboxetine acts on the noradrenaline levels. Some experts believe that drive and motivation are related to noradrenaline, and mood states are associated with serotonin. Like the SSRIs (specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors), the noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor Reboxetine does not have the major adverse side effects as the trycilic antidepressants, such as sexual dysfunction. Reboxetine has been shown to take effect much faster than any ot...
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Alter Ego Comic Strip
2,080 words... ost of the time incredibly futuristic, gadgets to the detectives crime solving arsenal. The detective takes on a persona that is almost constantly fighting the internal battle between good and evil. He appears to be above more than just the law, seeming supernatural, the subject of awe and ridicule throughout his city. The police think him a criminal, the citizens believe him a myth, and the children worship him as a god like idol. He is the hero, pure of heart, sound of mind. He is the knig...
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Itchy And Scratchy Inter Textual
2,096 words... itchy Land. In order that they will be able to find their car again they make a point of parking in the 'Itchy Lot'. The camera then zooms out to reveal what must be millions of cars parked in the huge 'Itchy Lot'. Were it not for this film technique the comedy would have been lost as we would have seen them park among a million other cars from the start. These film and televisual techniques lead us on to the inter textual and self references in The Simpsons. The show often makes references ...
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Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder
1,471 wordsChildhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (COBPD) is one of the most debilitating mental disorders affecting children today. Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder usually affecting adults that causes sometimes severe changes in mood. Childhood Onset Bipolar disorder is just what it sounds like, a bipolar disorder that occurs during childhood. Persons suffering from a bipolar disorder experience mood swings ranging from depression to mania. During a depressive episode patients can experience feelings of ext...
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Act Four Act Three
772 wordsSituation Comedy Before writing this essay, I watched a old re-run of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and I read the chapter in the television textbook where a episode of Leave It to Beaver was broken down into Act One, Act Two, Act Three and Act Four. It was there that I realized that since 1951, with the premiere of I Love Lucy, that most sitcoms follow a very basic, but successful pattern. I will demonstrate how this is accomplished in the sitcom week in and week out. The first act must establis...
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Manic Depressive Bipolar Disorder
1,423 wordsIs bipolar disorder the cause of great madness or great genius? The symptoms of this mental illness may also be considered as the driving forces behind some of the most gifted and talented people to grace our society. Although individuals with this illness may have some obstacles to overcome, it can be accomplished. With all of the treatment programs that are widely available, people have many options and methods to turn to for help. Bipolar disorder, also referred to as manic depression, is a m...
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George Girlfriends Parents Jerry And George Seinfeld
1,194 wordsWHY NOTHING IS INTERESTING? When one contemplates how the "show about nothing" could be so comical one starts to wonder just how nothing can provide such an interesting topic for the comedies of life. In life something is what people think about. People worry about details or they worry about the big picture. The little nothings that trouble people only for a single moment of a single day are quickly forgotten. Rather its a place to hide at work or a bad day with a coworker little nothings are s...
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Greek And Roman Character Types
683 wordsWhen watching the television show Gilligan's Island there are some features that are reminiscent of the Greek and Roman theatre. For example, the opening credits on Gilligan's Island explain the story of what events took place before the action of the show starts to kind of catch the audience up to speed and give them a little background to help them understand what the situation is when the episode begins. This is similar to the role that the Greek chorus played. They served, partly, as narrato...
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Heimlich Maneuver Homer Simpson
1,264 words... r basis, but Bart and Homer loath it. A typical Sunday School conversation is as follows: Child: 'Will my dog, Fluffy go to heaven?' Sunday School Teacher: 'No' Other Child: 'How about my cat?' Teacher: 'No, Heaven is only for people. ' Bart: 'What if my leg gets gangrene and has to be amputated? Will it be waiting for me in heaven? Teacher: 'Yes' Bart: 'What about a robot with a human brain?' Teacher: 'I don't know! Is a little blind faith too much to ask for?' (Person) The pastor, Reverend...
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South Park Four Boys
1,197 wordsSouth Park is an animated series that was created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker in the mid 90 's featuring four boys who live in the Colorado town of South Park, which is often beset by frequent odd occurrences that prove mysteriously similar to current events going on in our world. The show grew out of a short film that Trey Parker and Matt Stone created called "Frosty" or also known as 'The Spirit of Christmas'. 'Frosty', also known as 'A Christmas Story, ' was shot on an old, rough and tumble...
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Sexual Harassment South Park
1,178 words... g brought to television. It will let parents have more control over the programs they do not want their children to watch. Television networks should not be able to prohibit the viewing of certain shows. Parents should be the ones making the decision of their child's viewing. Even if the networks do censor shows, doing so will not make a big difference on anyone's life. If parents want to keep their children innocent then they will never be able to see the light of day because there is viole...
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Life Lesson Real Life
1,281 wordsBoth a Teacher and Entertainer One of the most difficult tasks as a parent is to teach your child lifes lessons. Many have tried, and many have failed. But over the ages most successful ideas have come in a form of story or tale. Aesop's Fables, nursery rhymes, and other tales of caution are used even today to teach this common knowledge one must have. In the Greek civilization, thousands of years ago, many children were taught through these fun and interesting stories. The Odyssey is one of the...
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Space And Time Lotus Eaters
2,950 wordsA paper delivered at the CALIFORNIA JOYCE conference (6 / 30 / 93) To quote the opening of Norbert Wieners address on Cybernetics to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in March of 1950, The word cybernetics has been taken from the Greek word kubernitiz (ky-ber-NEE-tis) meaning steersman. It has been invented because there is not in the literature any adequate term describing the general study of communication and the related study of control in both machines and in living beings. In this ...
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Mary Shelley Frankenstein Abnormal Psychology
1,276 wordsMary Shelley s Frankenstein is representative of the gothic genre, and has influenced film and literature, particularly the television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The novel s genre can be determined through the identification of gothic conventions and characteristics within the novel such as sinister settings, fascination with the unconscious and abnormal psychology and the atmosphere of fear and horror. These characteristics can also be found in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, thus proving the ...
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Current Affairs Real Life
826 wordsFrontline exposure of current affairs programs makes a mockery of journalistic integrity. Through humorous portrayals of important issues, and clever imitation Frontline makes viewers aware of ridicule towards journalistic integrity. While current affairs programs are based on real life stories, which are enhanced to make good news, Frontline is based on the making of these stories. Frontlines purpose is to inform the audience of the life behind a current affair program but more importantly its ...
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Heimlich Maneuver Homer Simpson
2,641 wordsHow The Simpsons Affects Kids The Simpsons is one of Americas most popular television shows. It ranks as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age. However, the ideals that The Simpsons conveys are not always wholesome, sometimes not even in good taste. It is inevitable that The Simpsons is affecting children. Matt Groening took up drawing to escape from his troubles in 1977. At the time, Groening was working for the L. A. Reader, a free weekly newspaper. He began...
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Itchy And Scratchy Heimlich Maneuver
2,116 words? The Simpsons? is one of America? s most popular television shows. It ranks as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age. However, the ideals that? The Simpsons? conveys to parents are not always wholesome, sometimes not even in good taste. Parents are saying that? The Simpsons? should be removed from television because it is setting a bad example for children to follow. ? The Simpsons? are making a negative influence in our kids attitudes and behaviors in life, ...
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Sexual Dreams Sexual Content
2,009 wordsOnce upon a time in the Golden Age of television, networks deferred to their own in-house offices of standards, which kept profanity, questionable morals, and salacious behavior off the airwaves. Today s standard- free TV shows are obsessed with sex and it is very obvious to even the most casual viewer. This paper will discuss in depth, where all of this sex stuff started and how bad it s really gotten, on Network Television sitcoms. The following research study, sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser...
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End Of The Play Oedipus Rex
6,099 wordsTragedy was performed in Athens at the annual festival of Dionysus, the Great, or the City, Dionysia in late March. Competition was held on three successive mornings of the festival. Three tragic poets, who had been selected earlier in the year, each presented a tetralogy, consisting of three tragedies and a satyr play. Additional festivities included comic and dithyrambic contests, religious processions and rituals of various kinds. At the close of the festival ten judges chosen by lot determin...
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