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    Literary realism is the literary or artistic portrayal of real life in an accurate manner, without false ideals and avoiding the supernatural, transcendental, or surreal events. However, concerning the subject of literary realism, Flannery O’Connor has written, “I am interested in making a good case for distortion because i am coming to believe that it is the only way to make people see”. Often in works of literature, distortion of reality gives the reader a different perspective on their perception

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    Neo-realism, also known as structural realism or system level theory outlined in Theory of International Politics (1979) has been Kenneth Waltz’s response to the Realism theory by Hans Morgenthau (1948). The neo realist thinking of Waltz along with John Mearsheimer, Robert Keohane, Stephen Krasner, Charles Kindleberger and Robert Tucker George Modelski had a deep impact both within and beyond the realist tradition. Unlike classical realism, Neo realism does not consider human nature as relevant

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    In the Statecraft world, one is able to understand actions, decisions, and their implications on a state or even multiple states. The two main theories on how an actor can function are realism and idealism. In the game, those two theories have been put to action, each being used with different goals in mind. Since it is difficult to know what is happening in every state, my judgement is based on how certain states interact to identify which theory is in action. Between the states that use differing

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    Command Theory overview Moral Nihilism states that the world contains no moral features and under this theory are two theories which are error theory and expressivism. The reason that both of these theories are under Moral Nihilism is because they both believe the statement that there are no moral features in the world and that no moral judgements are true. The defining point of Error Theory is that it believes that our moral judgements try and always fail to describe the moral features of things. Although

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    Introduction: The topic of interdependence has been an issue since the inception of the state system and more prominently after the Cold War. Political scientists have debated its significance and vitality in a realism dominated discourse for years. However many alternative theories have surfaced supplying theorists with new material to analyze the question of conflict and interdependence. Interdependence does reduce the likelihood of conflict. Interdependence can be defined by its components:

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    current political landscape allow a mixture of the three forms of liberalism while simultaneously, perhaps unintendedly, rooting out long ingrained conservatism. Individuals seeking to use this form of belief have a general and broad set of personal morals that they believe the world and individuals should hold themselves to. The most common beliefs would be that people have universal healthcare, comprehensive education, equality in all things, and for the current society and world to address, take

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    The Realism Movement in France Gustave Courbet, a major influence of the Realism movement, defined Realism as a "human conclusion which awakened the very forces of man against paganism, Greco-Roman art, the Renaissance, Catholicism, and the gods and demigods, in short against the conventional ideal” (New World Encyclopedia). According to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, the definition of realism is the theory or practice in art or literature of fidelity to nature or to real life and to

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    of this quote portrays scattered thoughts and ADHD that leads to a weakly connected conclusion, which in this case, is honey. This is due to the fact that there are many commas and separated claims that Pooh makes. This conveys A.A. Milne’s use of realism to make Pooh more amusing in a child-like manner. This quote describes Pooh through Pooh’s use of simple phrases such as “buzzing-noise” in a complex manner. Pooh’s adventure to take some honey from a tree also exemplifies his addiction and ADHD.

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    The Bar at the Folies-Bergere shows a young lady who works at the Folies-Bergere, a Paris cafe. The lady is the sole focus of the work. Manet has depicted her in a manner that seems both thoughtful and aloof. Her mind seems elsewhere while she is focused on serving drinks and appetizers to the noisy crowd. The viewer’s attention is focused on her locket pendant, which makes us think of a situation and place far away from this, where she is someone’s beloved, not one of many servers in an overcrowded

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    Henrik Ibsen is regarded as the ‘inventor of realism’. Realism is a movement in theatre that first began at the end of the nineteenth century. In a realism play social and domestic problems are explored as they would actually happen in a real life situation. We are presented with a portrayal of humanity and life as it occurs in real life. It is evidently clear from reading Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ that this play was written in the form of realism. Ibsen does not shadow any aspect of life in Norway

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