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  1.      Differentiate between ‘Probability’ and ‘Possibility’. Ans: Probability is a theory which indicates the extent to which an event is likely to occur. It is a subset.  Probability thinking is considering the likelihood of something happening from past evidence. This can be described as something which has a great chance as well as a small chance of happening. Possibility is derived from the Latin word “possibilitas” which means able to be done is the capability of an event taking place or being done. It is a universal set. This word is used when something has a lesser chance of occurring.   2.     2.  Explain the types of fallacies. Ans: 1.      AD HOMINEM FALLACY: Under this the person who is making their point is targeted and not the statement.   EXAMPLE: JACK: You should stop smoking- it’s bad for you.   JILL: Look who’s talking! You smoke three packs a day!   Ja...
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RIVIERE'S "WOMANLINESS AS A MASQUERADE

          CRITIQUE OF RIVIERE’S “WOMANLINESS AS A MASQUERADE” Riviere’s womanliness as a masquerade is an essay that describes two types of women mainly ‘Heterosexual’ and ‘Homosexual’. This essay aims at destabilization of masculinist psychoanalysis, whereas the latter in its vivid imaging of castration of anxiety qualifies as one of Freud’s most explicitly phallocentric essays. The essay is developed mainly on the area where she looks at an area of sexual development of intellectual women where femininity is a defensive mask that is used to hide masculinity. From the title ‘Womanliness as a Masquerade’ one comes to know that a woman hides her identity and acts as another person for men which is stated in the essay. Due to the society in which we live in women one of the topics which are discussed in the essay is that women are shelved by men due to certain character traits which are not appreciated by them which women possess. The essay also gives us a cle...
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Critical Thinking (The Miniature Guide)

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  The main purpose of this guide is to make/help students or whoever reads it to understand how as an individual to critically think in any situation. A person must follow a process to critically think and analyse situations. When one reads this guide s/he understands how to examine a situation. This guide is a basic book to help layout the foundation to become a rich intellectual thinker. It helps break down various steps to simpler ones. There are certain terms which sound similar but hold a different meaning towards it. The key question that the author is addressing is “Why Critical Thinking?”. In a person’s life why is it important to think in depth and reason out every situation. An individual’s life can be remarkably simple and sober but when a person starts to analyse it helps him/her to have a  clear picture and not be in any doubt.  For this there are certain steps which are: there is a checklist, problem of egocentric thinking , universal intellectual standards,...
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Story

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 STORY WITH THREE PICTURES                                                                                     Light, light and light. As light is bright in nature, bright just as my future…… ha-ha very funny and not even in my dreams would this sentence be worth it. But keeping and talking negatively is not good so let us consider it. The first image depicts how high I can go in my life with roads that are up and down just like the chandelier but without the limits (in the pic the ceiling). The second picture shows us the color orange and yellow wherein yellow is considered to depict positivity, creativity which mostly I think I possess (again what a joke!!!), orange which depicts excitement, enthusiasm, and warm all of which I possess (this time not joking for real!!!!). No...
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Limerick

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  1. On someone I know: (Friendship)      A friend is someone who is there always      They are like the second family      Their trust do not break      At midnight on your birthday, they knock at your door with a cake      Do not lose them or you will regret 2.  On online classes:      Eight in the morning boring lectures start      In the mood for sleep, everyone would moan      Everyone would recite Good morning in the same tone      Like an alarm, a question would pop, and silence spread      Online classes are not favorites
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Laura Mulvey's Essay and Bechdel Test

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VISUAL PLEASURE AND NARRATIVE CINEMA Laura Mulvey’s essay is about Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema and how it is showcased in the film industry. The essay comprises a few key points which basically explain it in detail. The keywords are: Male Gaze, phallocentric, Scopophilia, Voyeurism, Manhood, and the active male and passive female. So, we will now be analyzing how certain films have shown these in their film MOVIE (HINDI): The psychoanalytic background of the pleasure principle is brought into light through the film ‘Pink’. The movie ‘Pink’ starring Tapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bacchan can be considered as an example of the essay written by ‘Laura Mulvey’. As decades have shown us the patriarchal society wherein the women have no say in anything is screened in one scene wherein Meenal takes a stand for herself and tries to voice out but is attacked with a glass bottle. As mentioned, sexual harassment can take place from the known and not only the unknown as the neighbor is ...
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