... Finally, I will examine the strategies and solutions being employed by the theatre community in an effort to expand theatre's visibility to, and engagement with, a new generation of potential audience members. CHAPTER ONE A Personal Perspective on Generational Homogeneity The first production I ever directed was arguably my most successful. While "Dream" (my adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream") was poorly staged, shabbily ... by gaining a comprehensive understanding of the issue of generational homogeneity in American theatre attendance, I will discover ways in which I might appr...

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... and quantities factors at the same time when we criticize something, but it is ridiculous if only pay attention on the quantities factor when we judge and weigh the happiness (Chapter 2). Therefore, Mill divides the pleasure into lower and higher parts. The higher pleasures come from art achievement, virtue, intelligence, emotion and moral sentiments aspects. On the contrary, lower pleasures are ... happiest. He praises highly that the one who sacrifices himself or herself autonomously in order to gain the happiness for most people and criticized the meaningless and blind self sacrifice...

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... inhabitants of North American. The most reliable theory that explains this mystery is the Bering Land bridge theory, which explains that the Stone Age people left Siberia to Alaska then passed through the ice-free corridor during the last ice age and arrived in North America. ... ", which were the name archaeologists given to the earliest human culture in the North American continent. Scientists have found new evidence of stone tools dated from 1,000 year before Clovis, there still lack of enough evidence to disproved Bering Bridge theory. In the other hand, ... North America came from ...

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... advances of today's world people can be seen at any location you can possibly think of fixated on their latest and greatest smartphones. What are they doing on their phones? Swallowing countless photos and status updates, which are all tempting "sweets" to the mind. People see Facebook as many things: A place to connect with friends and family, post selfies ... ...

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... the muscles, organs and glands. When the system malfunctions, it may lead to severe and crucial problems, including heart problems, blood pressure problems, erectile dysfunction in men, and trouble with swallowing and breathing. Autonomic nervous system disorders can occur as a result of another disease such as alcoholism, diabetes and even Parkinson's; in other cases it can occur on its own. It ... ...

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... colonists. Under the same light, one ought to scrutinize the Declaration of Independence in validating Zinn's arguments. The last sentence from chapter 4 of Howard Zinn's book, "tyranny is tyranny let it com from whom it may" (Zinn, cup 4), concludes his central theme of the ... chapter that the American Revolution was not an attempt of saving the country from colonialism with a legalized and democratic system that belongs to the New ... puts it, propelled people from the lower class to fight for the interest of the higher class, however unwilling or unaware they might have been. Follow...

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... . This could be one of the reasons why Food Not Bombs does not have a leader, headquarters or any form of supreme authority or hierarchy. The decisions are made within each chapter, each individual being encouraged to participate into the decision making process (ABC No Rio). Thus, no one feels they are being handled. There is no one to give orders and ... be done and take initiative. Every volunteer is more than welcomed to join the group. Nonetheless, they do have three strict principles that need to be followed by every autonomous chapter. Based on the official FNB website, their firs...

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... force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before. "(Rousseau: book I, chapter 6) Both Locke and Mill's solution to protect human rights can be confuted and then improved by Rousseau's philosophy. How has been previously said the social contract is in part an ... reason that it cannot be alienated[ ]any law which the people has not ratified in person is not valid; it is not law at all " (The Social Contract, Book III, chapter 15). The idea of representation is seen as a modern thing...

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... traditions and rituals. The people in this small town always come together every 27th day of sixth month for the annual lottery event. Interestingly, all the participants in this lottery stone the winner to death in the excuse of their traditions and rituals (Jackson 25). Jackson presents these people as highly uncivilized but still they can be matched to some people ... are totally passive that their opinions don't count in the sentence that will be pronounced. In contrast, the mob mentality in the lottery is presented as very unreasonable because they stone the victims without thinkin...

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... truly ever achieves it because before communism you need socialism which is when resources are distributed equally by the government to create a classless society. Socialism is suppose to be a stepping stone to a communistic state but rather, many countries get stuck in socialism and dictators control the country in the end because of the weakened government. Communism rained over the world in ... ...

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... with its variables that may be ambiguous to other people. In schools, students participate in activities that make them familiar with some principles of politics like democracy, which is a corner stone of political life. Schools teach students to respect other students' opinions and encourage them to depend on dialogue in solving their problems. In her report "Pennsylvania's Best Investment: The ... ...

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... way it is today. Not to mention that if humans did not work together to construct the rules of society and abide by them, we would still be in the Stone Age. To help researchers understand human nature a study was conducted to witness human nature at work. The experimenters used 2 mind-games, 5 studies and a total of 834 participants to exe connections ... ...

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... emphasize the embedment of racism in society. Death, bodies and silence are the most frequently encountered words in his description. For example, Jim and Julia see that "in the great stone doorway a hundred men and women and children lay crushed and twisted and jammed " (Du Bois 3), and feel that "the stillness of death lay everywhere and everywhere bowed, bent, and stretched ... ...

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... human brain and behavior also impacts attention span, and becomes a constant distraction. Distraction is most prominent when one is giving continuous partial attention " a term founded by Microsoft executive Linda Stone, -- meaning there is multitasking and only partial attention being given (Dalton Conley, 1). Through a trial of testing in 2009 by a trio of Stanford University researchers, they proved that more people who ... ...

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... of souls . The sonnets of Shakespeare abound in imagery of all kinds, and many dominant themes. In his sonnet 65, he describes the force of time saying: "Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power,  How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, " He means that there is no way in which beauty ... ...

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... person's well-being seemed secondary, but as a whole he set out to establish pride and build a system of values. He had traveled throughout China scaling its mountains and inscribing on stone markers exaltation's of the black haired people, while doing this he met with the Confucian scholars in order to extend his political reach. 3) He was a superstitious and spiritual man. The ... ...

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... is given as "Mindsets are beliefs-beliefs about yourself and your most basic qualities. Think about your intelligence, your talents, your personality. Are these qualities simply fixed traits, carved in stone and that's that? Or are they things you can cultivate throughout your life?" (Dweck, 2006, p. 7) Based on this definition there is a visible distinction between two mindsets that a person can have ... ...

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... organization to a certain race; however, KKK themselves argue that their right has been denied and they are free to fight for it. There is no policy that is set in stone to protect us from hate websites; however, there are possible ways to reduce the damage caused by hate websites. Usually, hate websites do not stay active for a long time; they ... ...

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... creativity is directly related to resistance or crisis. Again, if resistance is to be compared with adversity, then the creative work of a sculptor is dependent upon the resistance that the stone provides to his chisel. Had there been no resistance, the sculpture would have been produced. It is a common observation that people, who lack one or more sensory organs, have some ... ...

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... . It's important for those that are traveling to another country to have cultural competence because without it they could disrespect the other culture and create problems between each culture. In chapter 6 of The Peace Corps Cross-Cultural Workbook, it shows the four levels of cultural awareness. The levels of culture awareness are listed like this; Unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence ... ...

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... , strange and aggressive. However, he is able to face his failings in a logical manner because he is unafraid to be honest about his 'behavioural problems' as he lists in Chapter 73. In contrast to Siobhan's directness, which often helps Christopher to learn social rules, society often uses euphemisms such as 'special needs'. These forms of labelling can at times ... ...

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... this more radical style of protesting became more popular amongst the members of the SDS it started to move onto the campuses as well. On April 23, 1968 the SDS chapter at the University of Columbia in New York held a rally in protest to "the University's relation to the Institute for Defense Analyses, the school's 'racist' policies toward neighboring Harlem ... ...

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... stories, the dead live again. This is comforting to O'Brien and in a way helps lighten a metaphorical weight on his conscience. I think that this is an interesting point because the first chapter of the novel was entirely dedicated to the physical burdens and metaphorical weights that soldiers carried as they trekked through Vietnam, and now the end of the story relates back ... ...

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... ; that is to say, of his own life; and consequently, of doing anything which, in his own judgment and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest means thereunto " (Leviathan, Chapter XIV). Hobbes understands that people will do anything that will benefit them and not think about others. This holds true for our government as well. Without the role of the ... ...

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... connected together, that one man's death can diminish him. People should consider each other's emotions during interactions as we are a "continent" that is a combination of many small "islands." In the chapter "Living Together VS Going It Alone," Richard Nisbett finds the Asians tend to have similar opinions as John Donne. He expresses, " For Asians feeling good about themselves is likely ... ...

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