Initially, the mask signified typical or depersonalized characters; later, it became a device for distancing the audience from the characters altogether, as it was used by Brecht in The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1948) and other plays.
In contrast, this very Agni Pariksha became a device for the return of the unblemished Sita, as Sita and Maya Sita switch places again, in some later versions.
The stronger the grounds for accepting Locke's characterization of people as free, equal, and independent, the more helpful the state of nature becomes as a device for representing people.
Given this report, it seems very likely that Apple's announcements at its Spring Forward event last week were intended to set up a scenario in which the Apple TV hardware becomes a gateway device for users new to its product line, as well as something that will greatly increase its appeal to existing owners and established Apple fans alike.
In a sense, the Farnsworth House has become less a device for living and more a device for making people think about the ways we choose to live.
For now, the expansion will be slowed partly because, with few exceptions, e-books in libraries cannot be read on Amazon's Kindle, the best-selling electronic reader, or on Apple's iPhone, which has rapidly become a popular device for reading e-books.
The cell phone has become a monitoring device for worried loved ones.
The graphics processing unit (GPU) has become a popular device for the high-performance computing (HPC).
What's happened in the case of Toronto in recent years is that it's become a marketing device for Hollywood".
However, smartphones are struggling to become a preferred device for the mobile web: the iPhone and Blackberry are being kept average users by prohibitive pricing, even though it's possible to get a (pricey) 3G iPhone in Italy unlocked without a two year contract.
