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    was.” (Fitzgerald 672). As time passed‚ their live had separated but were to cross again and when Dexter acknowledged her he was stunned by what a beautiful woman Judy Jones has grown up to become and was mesmerized when his eyes meet her elegant appearance. “The quality of exaggeration‚ of thinness‚ which made her passionate eyes and down-turning mouth absurd at eleven‚ was gone now. She was arrestingly beautiful. The color in her cheeks was centered like the color in a picture-it and not a “high”

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    The imperialist’s outer appearance‚ connected to light‚ certainly cannot conceal the ignorance‚ brutality and cruelty with which the white men treat the enslaved black Africans. The colonialist nature of European presence in the Congo leaves its imprint over the heart of the Dark

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    In this passage from William Shakespeare’s Richard III‚ Richard ingeniously portrays himself as a transparent man through creative wordplay and deceitful actions. As such he is able to effortlessly manipulate Hastings into initiating his own death. Throughout the passage‚ Hastings continuously misreads Richards’s true character and as a result‚ foolishly ignores the many warnings given to him. He was ignorant to the fact that he is but another stepping stone towards Richards’s journey to the crown

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    encouraged her husband‚ Macbeth to be deceitful. Lady Macbeth also faked herself fainting when she was told the news that King Duncan was murdered. Finally‚

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    Hamlet Delay: Hamlet claims “there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so”‚ his delay or inaction is a central and ambiguous concern throughout the play. This key theme becomes prevalent in his soliloquies. The soliloquies are a dramatic technique‚ which provides an insight into the characters frame of mind‚ in this case giving reasons for Hamlet’s delay. The “O what a rogue and peasant slave am I” and “How all occasions do inform against me” soliloquies highlight the ways in which

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    The Concept of Pride

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    family name caused by Mei Oi’s deceitful actions towards her husband‚ Ben Loy‚ truly demonstrates the ultimate Chinese priority and major concern of defending ones own pride in his or her family name. Dignity in a persons family name is of very large importance. Rather than seeing Chinatown as a city in New York we get the feel that it is not only its own community but its own society. The Chinese culture tends to present itself focused mainly on its reputation and appearance in a tightly knit community

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    act of disobedience‚ preventing people from obeying their creator‚ by calling forbidden things and evil by attractive names‚ preventing mankind from performing good deeds and act of kindness‚ by making falsehood to appear attractive and many other deceitful ways. Also in Christianity‚ same is the work of Satan to deceive Man. He works to block the truth from reaching the heart of man‚ he tempts man toward immorality and promotes false religion among many of his different ways. In conclusion‚ in both

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    Femme Fatale: Evil or Not

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    woman with blonde hair and a seductive curvy body but an evil and immoral character who would do anything for money (Wadler). Her first encounter with the anti-hero of the film‚ Walter‚ displayed her beauty and her ability to attract Walter with her appearance and seductiveness. The camera focused on her legs as she came down from the stairs wearing gold ankle strap heels. Walter watches her with eyes of desires and longing as she buttons up her dress and puts on her lipstick

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    In the poem ‘A Contemplation of Flowers’ written by Henry King and ‘Once Upon A Time’ written by Gabriel Okara‚ both speak of and expresses regret by the persona in the way he had lived his life. Both personas illustrate how they wished that their situation would have been different by expressing their desires in poetic devices such as rhyme‚ alliteration‚ reputation‚ etc‚ etc. In ‘A Contemplation of Flowers‚’ the poet speaks about a man who has an admiration for flowers. The persona is marvelled

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis

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    situation. All discernible characters in this book project a true form of cultural ignorance that prevents them from progressing through their lives constructively. Society‚ as portrayed in The Great Gatsby‚ seeming to drift around in a vast ocean of deceitful personalities and social dilemmas ultimately leading to an inevitable collapse of this artificially propped up society. The Great Gatsby shows a great deal of cultural selfishness and subliminal social ignorance. The characters in the book do not

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