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    Torvald Helmer. In Act I, there are many clues that hint at the kind of marriage Nora and Torvald have. It seems that Nora is a doll controlled by Torvald. She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet that is dependent on its puppet master for all of its actions. The most obvious example of Torvald's physical control over Nora is his re-teaching her the tarantella. Nora pretends that she needs Torvald to teach her every move in order to relearn the dance. This act

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    Gods In The Odyssey

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    Both works showed how gods are uncaring and how they are puppet masters messing with people's lives. Homer does show more characteristics of how the gods can be good and helpful to humanity, but he also shows how they are vengeful and unkind. Both Sophocles and Homer show that the gods are more human that they are

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    Chris McCandless and Henry David Thoreau in their two story’s Into the Wild and Walden show us the world of Transcendentalism through their eyes. Transcendentalism is a religion, movement and a life style to some. It’s the idea of being equal amongst all humans no matter what race or decadence; it’s accomplishing and having self-wisdom, and being one with nature devoting your life to the wild. Chris McCandless’s decision to devoting his life to the perpetual and thick Alaskan forest, and the menacing

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    In Shakespeare’s Othello, the title character is not introduced immediately in the first scene; instead the supporting character Roderigo and Iago appear first. Iago is the ruthless, cunning and deceptive puppet master of Shakespeare’s play. The final sentence of this speech to Roderigo in Act I scene I is significant for what is to come in the play. Iago is deciphering his perspective of what he thinks of the world they live in, but also of himself and Othello, and how Iago is foreshadowing how

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    into your sent messages and have people one step ahead of you. Remember that “big brother” is always watching you. Just like in the book, The Codebreaker, the Puppet Master talks about how the government is and says “It’s time for both of us to collect some observation data. I'll do it for fun” (Petry 2). The government and the Puppet Master have the watching over people together. When you think about cases where the government can pull up messages you send to people in court, they do not get the

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    How Is Othello Racist

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    Othello, creating a curiosity and paranoia inside him, causing Othello to be manipulated into becoming this barbaric creature and falling into those initial stereotypes of his race. Taking Iago’s puppet tearing into account, Othello did not fall into black stereotypes naturally, but did so by an evil puppet master Iago who caused him to become this way on

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    Edward Pierce

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    In Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery, gentleman burglar Edward Pierce organizes a gold heist. He has the opportunity and means to commit the crime, but his motive is never explicitly revealed. Crichton indicates that Pierce’s motive sprouts not from greed nor necessity. Instead, Pierce commits the crime because he is obsessed with manipulating other people. Pierce uses fear to get people to bend to his will. He walks through slums with self assurance, an attitude that makes the other criminals

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    Craig is a puppeteer who is used to manipulating his puppets into becoming what he envisions them to be and it is something he is very good at. He is not, however, good at manipulating real people. Maxine manipulates not only Craig when she uses his affections for her to make him sell trips into the Malkovich

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    that time. This can be seen in the Aarman Studio’s works that have many hidden message on their works that based on people behavior or even propaganda during that time. Next, their technique of animation use different style in Eastern Animation use puppet scuplter to made a stop-motion animation but in Western Animation, Aardman studio usually use plasticine for their stop-motion animation. In addition, Western Animation also uses pixalization technique on their animations. Eastern Europe creates their

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    The Annier Synopsis

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    transformation. The script conveys strong themes about never giving up on one’s dream. The tone is dramatic, but with a wonderful blend of humor. There's also a strong, inspiring pitch to the story. Steve’s goal to become a working announcer and the grand master at the circus is clear and the stakes are personal. He’s risking his family and his home. Moreover, Steve’s inner goal is to find his own voice. There are many smart story choices that

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