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    survive and their looks have no impact on their drive to do those things. Similar to in the forest‚ we sometimes discover that important character traits belie outward appearances and reputations and many examples of this are portrayed in Unforgiven. Unlike in the case of the slow loris‚ it is sometimes a loathsome outward appearance that masks sincere character traits; this is the case for Little Bill. He is portrayed as a cruel‚ sadistic‚ monster‚ but throughout the movie we become aware of some

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    that he is the minister Sir Topas‚ he actually dons a disguise even though Malvolio cannot see him. Perhaps this is because he needs the disguise to enable him to play the part effectively‚ or maybe it is Shakespeare’s way of saying that outward appearances are in fact not that important‚ or even indicative of one’s true personality. I believe that Feste’s comment cucullus non facit monachum ‘the cowl does not make the monk’ sums up the entire message of the

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    Gertrude‚ his lover¹s‚ back and murdered her husband. Shortly after‚ he married her and took the crown. Not only was this extremely deceitful to Gertrude‚ but it hurt Hamlet‚ his nephew‚ extremely. Lady Macbeth was indeed as power hungry as Claudius‚ and she too plotted a murder in order for her husband to obtain the crown. In doing this she was extremely deceitful of her lover also. She employed many conniving tricks in order to convince Macbeth to kill King Duncan‚ such as in scene in Act I‚ scene

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    Deceitful Spammer or Marketing Genius? By Jessica Silliman Rachel Bailey was quickly hired out of Santa Clara University during the dot-com boom to a company of 100 employees that ran an innovative social networking website in Silicon Valley. She was immediately put in charge of email communication to customers-both existing and potential. The Internet was quite new to everyone and online communication (via email) had little corporate regulation or set social protocol. Privacy policies were yet to

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    Calixta is a hard working wife and mother and she does her best to keep her house clean and her family happy. She is the most developed character in the short story and the way she is described portrays her as beautiful and vivid when she is in fact deceitful. It is noticeable in the beginning of the story that Calixta takes a lot of pride in her housework because she is working so

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    In his article about the play he mentions “But one of the great achievements is the honesty and simplicity of the craftsmanship.” This response exemplifies the observation made in the play of humanity and its deceitful greediness. Later he mentions how the integrity of the play is protected by the lack of use of “formulas of the theatre”. Doing this‚ the critic explains‚ leaves room for thought about the subject matter at hand. An article in the Australian Quarterly

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    judgement of the characters. It is a text rich in dramatic irony and gives the viewer an external and impartial view of the character’s actions through the various asides. This openness allows the audience to be disgusted by Iago’s duplicitous and deceitful

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    who can deceive others. Desdemona fearing his looks foreshadows her death‚ when she fears of Othello killing her. Shakespeare juxtaposes fear and love as a contrast between emotion and conveys an appearance versus reality motif‚ and he reveals the possibilities of honest people becoming deceitful in nature. Iago furthers Othello’s doubt of Desdemona by telling him to “be wise. Yet we see nothing done. / She may be honest yet‚” (III.iii.491-492). Positioning Iago into a neutral state‚ however

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    truthful or deceitful. We as human tell untruths amongst ourselves on a daily basis and generally cannot tell when we are told untruths According to Proverbs 21:2-3‚ is states that “A person may think their own ways are the right‚ but the Lord weighs the heart.” This means that individuals are going to act accordingly to their needs regardless of the outcome whether right or wrong. It is also interpreted as meaning that individuals seem to not recognize wrong or deceitful through

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    McKettrick 2 Mark Twain’s use of irony to express a better sense humor is displayed in many of his short stories. Such as “Luck”‚ in this story a clergyman explains how the “hero” was able to make mistakes and receive commendations and medals because acts of stupidity turned into acts of military intelligence. “He was appointed an officer‚ a captain of all things” (Twain‚ “Luck”)‚ the clergyman said for the reason that the stupid “hero” that had barely made it through basic training was appointed

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