... situation to determine whether it could be taken for a positive or a negative event. Having to live and build up your character in a different country could be taken as living in exile, which always has a negative connotation, or as a possibility to gain new experience and enrich one's idea for the world and the different cultures that try to exist together in harmony ... I do could be benefited. Although there are some drawbacks in living and studing in a different country I can't describe my experience as being even close to the feeling of exile. When being or feeling in exile is not ...

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... expression through Prospero's language. And the focus was shifted from despair over the deprivation of native culture to pride in its tenacity. The universality of the new Caliban metaphor concerned the two late-twentieth-century themes: apartheid in South Africa and French nationalism in Canada. Caliban, as well as Shylock and Othello, became the symbol of " ... effectively represented native populations almost everywhere, especially in Africa, the United States and Australia. French-Canalians also borrowed Caliban's image to emblem their literature by regarding the Caliban-Prospero met...

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... expression through Prospero's language. And the focus was shifted from despair over the deprivation of native culture to pride in its tenacity. The universality of the new Caliban metaphor concerned the two late-twentieth-century themes: apartheid in South Africa and French nationalism in Canada. Caliban, as well as Shylock and Othello, became the symbol of " ... effectively represented native populations almost everywhere, especially in Africa, the United States and Australia. French-Canalians also borrowed Caliban's image to emblem their literature by regarding the Caliban-Prospero met...

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... is important. The message is about humanity and getting in touch with our inner-selves and with nature - to transcend beyond materialistic western world. The story itself should serve as a metaphor. Nevertheless this message was told in such a way that is grossly offensive to Aboriginal culture and a large number of people across the world have the faith that the story itself ... need to tell their story in their own way, and not for commercial interests to prevent exploitation by New Ageism for example. Advocates for the book see the story as a metaphor, but it has to be pointed out th...

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... ). Although Postman feels very strongly about Technopoly, he does not only give the reader facts, he takes the time to tell a story or use a metaphor to better explain his position. In chapter 4 ("The Improbable World"), Postman uses a metaphor to clarify an idea, "The belief system of a tool-using culture is rather like a brand-new deck of cards. The role of the church ... ...

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... . This what I would name blaming the victims. It is not possible for everyone to assimilate into the Netherlands in the same way. The metaphor of the melting pot does not fit with the Dutch context. We need a different metaphor, one that reflects the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity that truly exists in the Netherlands. Probably the term 'salad' in which each group ... ...

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... evolutionary chain. The idea that being addicted to crack is a bad thing, while seemingly unquestionable, also has an underlying assumption to it that is problematic. The theory stems from the metaphor that we in North America have hammered into us at an early age; drugs are for the dredges in society, and taking them will lead to a whole host of problems ... that are unavoidable. The reason that this metaphor is problematic is that it fails to acknowledge the power that culture has had with regards to our acceptance or denial of drugs. Take Marijuana which has gained relatively widespr...

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... pride. The most significant, and redeeming, event in Okonkwo's life is his own suicide. This came about due to irreversible cultural changes in his village. In his seven years of exile, Okonkwo's village has undergone some radical changes due to the arrival of Christian missionaries. The church proves to be a threat to his clan's cultural traditions, and the introduction of the ... ...

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... the practice spread to China. In China, they believed that ones body is a precious gift from the parents and should never be adulterated by a tattoo (Chinapage). "Ci Pei" meaning "tattoo/exile", was placed on a criminal's face when a court found them guilty of a severe crime. These tattoos marked that person as a criminal for life (Chinapage). Even in China today, tattoos are more ... ...

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... various ways in which he tries to sustain a monetary fuelled existence, clipping nails in the park, begging etc, all clearly exhibit this third world filmmakers fascination with the so-called exile' film. The farmer's experiences have been portrayed in a fish-out-of-water' manner, as he seems lost and confused within the metropolis setting, having been cut off from his rural ... ...

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... hop subculture we look for signifiers that represent or are attached to members of the subculture. " We should not underestimate the signifying power of the spectacular subculture not only as a metaphor for potential anarchy 'out there' but as a actual mechanism for semantic disorder" (Hebdige, 1979:90 cited in Cultural Studies Theory and Practice, Barker,2000, pg 327,). Structural and semiotic theorist ... ...

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... Unease) indicates many filmmakers turned their backs on the picturesque "the stereotypical, picture-perfect images of New Zealand ( Gods own Country and racial harmony) for a land that has become a metaphor for the darker psychological interior, aberrant sexuality, violence and madness( Watson (1966). Of course film is primarily about entertainment, the perception, personal experience and any message , overt or covert, is ... ...

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... one interpretation is usually dominant. Connotations can have a shared, or dominant, meaning by many people in a culture. In our society dark suits connote intelligent business people and striking ties are a metaphor for individuality; a "mover and shaker", not a wallflower. I know that there is political tension within the Federal Labor party regarding the Opposition Leader Simon Crean and his ability to lead the ... ...

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... to focus on an individual's personality development and passage towards adulthood, but this thematic complex nevertheless still usually both coincides with the narrative structure of the fiction and functions as a metaphor for (or carrier of) an ideological position. This position frequently includes a desire to promote social change in the modern world. Yolngu Boy presents the viewer with ideologies (as Stephens suggests ... ...

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