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Semiotic analysis of symbolism in Don McLean's American Pie

Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols employed in communications and the process through which signs and symbols come to develop their shared meaning among those who recognize and understand their intended message.

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Nursing care plan for an eighteen-year-old client with low self-esteem

Client is 18 years of age and presents with vomiting, weight loss, diarrhea and persistent headache for last few weeks. Client reports she is presently taking a course on tourism in a private school and that her elder sister is pursuing a degree in medicine at an Ivy League college.

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Phallic violence and female autonomy in "Thelma and Louise"

The protagonists of the film "Thelma and Louise" (1991) illustrate a paradox. On one hand, the relatively disempowered women of the introduction of the film find a sense of autonomy and friendship in their quest to avoid the law over the course of the film.

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Fate and free will in *No Exit* and *Lolita*

The question of whether fate or free will have a greater affect on the lives of man is a question that has existed since man first became sentient. Fate refers to the individual being acted upon by outside forces that they cannot control.

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Gender conformity and stereotyping in social roles

Conformity has many levels and varieties and degrees of compliance can vary greatly within the individual as well as have both subtle and overt elements based on an individual's gender characteristics.

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Community policing implementation and crime prevention in Chicago

The end of the 20th century has seen vast changes in almost all spheres of human activity. Today the state, living and information have undergone vast changes both in the concept and definition.

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Ethical issues in shark fin harvesting practices

The concept of human sensitivity toward non-human animals has taken a long time to develop and in many respects, still lags far behind other moral concerns.

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Communication as a key factor in relationship maintenance theories

RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE THEORIES have been many and they have made significant contribution to the field. In this paper, we shall focus on some relational maintenance theories that focus on such things as attractiveness, communication, friends and social networks etc.

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Religious rituals and sacraments in Roman Catholicism

Regardless of where it is practiced, nearly every religion in today's modern world contains some form of ritual. These are usually referred to as ceremonial actions that are "repetitive in nature and which people perform as a part of their religious behavior" (Swift, 34).

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Picasso's Guernica: antiwar statement and modern art significance

This painting by Picasso is described as "... modern art's most powerful antiwar statement... "(Guernica: Testimony of War).

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