... as Big Brother, have allowed millions of individuals to act as the "observer"and thereby, placing the shows contestants in the role of the prisoner. Foucault saw the Panopticon as a metaphor for the way the modern state incarcerates us, inflicting surveillance and control over our bodies. Ironically, while it appears that no prison was ever built exactly along the lines of ... , assumes responsibility for the constraints of power; he makes them play spontaneously upon himself... he becomes the principle in his own subjection." (Foucault 1979:202-3). Foucault used the Panopticon as a meta...

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... and her love of learning as a legacy. However, Mattie's integrity hinders her from breaking her promise to her mother to "never go away" and abandon the family. This metaphor highlights her loyalty to her family and shows the struggle to make a choice between her relationships and the education she values dearly. Mattie feels pressure to be selfless and also ... through both Grace Brown and Mattie Gokey. "She was carrying a baby, Chester Gillette's Baby" Mattie realises after reading the incriminating letters. Grace Brown's baby can be seen as a metaphor for the death of Grace's dreams....

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... , conformist juveniles are those most often affected by such control strategies, which take the form of curfews, dress codes, and rules of participation. Thus, the symbolic power of the gang metaphor lies in its successful application in settings where the gangs are relatively unimportant or inconsequential. Whether it is used to justify or forbid a particular style of dress, defend skateboarding, or ... enhance a politician's prospects on election day, the gang metaphor is a powerful tool for conjuring up an image that can be exploited by a host of social actors in the quest for power a...

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... , conformist juveniles are those most often affected by such control strategies, which take the form of curfews, dress codes, and rules of participation. Thus, the symbolic power of the gang metaphor lies in its successful application in settings where the gangs are relatively unimportant or inconsequential. Whether it is used to justify or forbid a particular style of dress, defend skateboarding, or ... enhance a politician's prospects on election day, the gang metaphor is a powerful tool for conjuring up an image that can be exploited by a host of social actors in the quest for power a...

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... murder; Glaspell first introduces these psychological feelings in her play, Trifles, by cunningly creating a rural setting where inhabitants of the area cannot conveniently socialize with one another and serves as a metaphor for psychological isolation. In the rural setting, there are several small farms that are widely dispersed over the country side. Minnie Wright, who is a suspect in the murder of her ... this place. Maybe because it's down in a hollow and you don't see the road. I dunno what it is but it's a lonesome place and always was- (Glaspell 1331). The setting is a metaphor f...

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... the problem would optimally integrate methods of environmental mitigation with informed perspectives that deal with the social impacts of displaced and victimized populations. Stephen Castles suggests a need for "a sociology of exile, displacement and belonging," which "cannot exist in isolation: it has to understand itself as part of an interdisciplinary and transnational project, informed by reflection on the social, cultural and political ... ...

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... , France witnessed a major social and economic change: the old aristocrats, the church, and the nobles saw themselves being expropriate from all their possessions as well as being obligated to seek exile, leading to a total loss of their social and economical power. On the other side, many people took advantage of the situation, some to become rich by purchasing at floor prices ... ...

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... exclaims "I"m jealous, you see, I love Helen too!". Mayne explains the cinematography perfectly in this quote "In this shot Helen moves from George's to Stella's arms. And the camera moves to exile George from the frame while the two women romantically embrace"(Mayne 133) Later in the film Helen's place at the university is put in jeopardy when the college finds letters ... ...

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... a sense of order. As familial bonds decay, society is subsequently thrown into chaos. The use of a trolley piled with the corpses of Lear and his three daughters acts as a visual metaphor of the domestic holocaust, forming contrast with the opening scene of the family table. Familial bonds are a driving force in our lives and Lear finally recognizes the importance of the ... ...

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... tower to the prisoners, the latter where constantly seized by the feeling that they are watched and therefore should abide by certain rules of conduct. Foucault uses this model as a metaphor to deal with the operation of power and surveillance in contemporary society. Indeed, Napoleon's newly acquired invisibility seems to offer him better position to maintain an unquestionable authority over the ... ...

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... prisoners. Foucault sees the penopticon as a means of "inducing in the inmate a state of conscious and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power" (Foucault, 201), using it as a metaphor to describe how people internalize social discipline on themselves because they are under continual observation. The penoptic society within one's episteme allows for total surveillance, thus creating an intense fear ... ...

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... by the fantasy of a supernatural world where all sorrows cease" (141)*. In this, Marx finds a dangerous complacency, escapism similar to the one provided by the narcotic of his (in) famous metaphor. He worries that people distracted with rituals and ceremonies, the merest "sigh of protest," can not direct any energy towards actually changing their station, as religion "draws off into fantasy ... ...

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... a bird. Everybody has dreams about flying. Thomas flew. One of his dreams came true for just a second, just enough to make it real" (Alexie 29). Again Alexie is using the metaphor of flying which shows the imaginations of the somewhat unfortunate reservation Indians. NorthSun uses humor in her poetry, but her work tends to have a more cynical feel. Her cynicism seems ... ...

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... arms so that her legs and neck retained their blackness'. (Ngugi p.1447, line 26-27) Therefore, Beatrice becomes a semi-black and a semi-white person; having a hybridized identity. Ambi is also a metaphor of the political colonial rule of the British government. It changes Beatrice's skin from black to light while the British colonizer changes the African's minds to abandon their traditional values ... ...

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... in this poem are about how women are perceived by each other. Melia's friend has completely ignored her opinion and her feelings and her right to talk. This may be a metaphor for the way that women were treated, which is the way men looked upon all women and almost the way that Melia's friend looks upon her, without regard to her ... ...

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... by one of the Grange's dogs. He said, "The devil had seized her ankle, Nelly, I heard this abominable snorting. She did not yell out - no!" (49) The dog bite is a metaphor for the abrupt change in her opinions that was to follow during her stay at the Grange. The dog is a symbol of society's protection of social order, an order that ... ...

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... .. In addition the symbolic fading of clothing is relevant to the overall motif because the garments illustrate the worn out social rules and the denial of conventional society. The garment metaphor shapes the narration. For instance, when Robert leaves for Mexico Edna's feels like her existence is, " like a faded garment which seems to be no longer worth wearing" Throughout the novel ... ...

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... a picture that we couldn't transfer from our minds onto the canvass. Although Berger does not write a poem to capture the emotion behind Caravaggio's work, he uses the language of poetry - metaphor: "His darkness smells of candles, overripe melons, damp washing waiting to be hung out the next day" (132). Berger also looks at this painting in the same way that we ... ...

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