BEYOND THE REFLECTION OF OUR EYES Humans tend to link beauty with goodness‚ often thinking that if someone is beautiful then he/she must be of good character. However‚ external appearances should not be the measure of good virtue. How many times have you avoided building strong relationships because the external appearance of a person did not meet your standards of “good character”? How many times have you made a conclusion that a person is not morally acceptable based on how they look? Indeed‚ many
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving‚ Assignment 11 David Beckham’s $25m claim for libel and slander rejected by US judge In this case with David Beckham’s $25m claim for libel and slander of a celebrity magazine that alleged he slept with a prostitute‚ Irma Nici age 26. US judge rejected his claim‚ the libel laws in the US are more favourable to defendants. In this case‚ public figures where they attempt to bring a libel action in the US must be proved "actual malice". The judge states that David
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Looks Can Be Deceiving Disguise plays an important role throughout both the "Jew of Malta" and "Merchant of Venice." Play writers‚ especially Shakespeare‚ are known for their use of trickery in their writings. Disguise among characters brings about a literary device known as dramatic irony‚ in which the audience knows what the characters do not: behind the mask there lies someone other than who the character pretends to be. The beginnings of dramatic irony actually date back to the writings
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According to Alfred Kazin‚ “In every great novel of society... what counts is the reality behind the appearance” (Kazin‚ 1981‚ 297). In other words‚ he’s saying that the best books are those that include one or more realities behind appearances. The novel first I chose is called Perfect by Ellen Hopkins. This book has four main characters; Cara‚ Sean‚ Kendra‚ and Andre‚ who are all teens struggling to fit the ideal of perfection‚ even if it means hurting and lying to themselves and others. The other
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“Appearances can be Deceiving” We all together as a family joyfully entered the new house that my parents had just bought in which I would finally have my own bedroom; so the first thing I did when we had arrived was ask which room was going to be my bedroom. The move was on a long weekend which made things much more complicated than expected. However‚ it was all worth it since in the end I got to pick the curtains and wall colors for my room. Monday came along and with it came an arrival at
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In William Shakespeare’s 1606 play‚ Hamlet‚ the theme of reality versus appearance recurs throughout the play. The play‚ Hamlet makes references to how things appear versus the truth. Shakespeare’s Hamlet shows how things may not always be as they appear by the death of King Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s encounter with the ghost‚ the difference between feigning madness and real madness‚ and through the portrayal of a play within a play. The North American Edition of the Encarta® World English Dictionary
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James 1 Brittany James Ms. Lagios ENG 4U1 May 23‚ 2013 The Masks of Hamlet “Be not deceived with the first appearance of things‚ for show is not substance.” – English Proverb. A recurring theme in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is appearance versus reality. Many characters in the play pretend to be someone they are not‚ specifically Polonius‚ Hamlet and Claudius. They appear to be different than their true selves and deceive others for their own personal gain. These characters
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the main theme of the play is appearance versus reality. The characters within the play appear to be sincere and honourable when in reality they are corrupt and immoral. Many of the characters within the play illustrate this concept. When looking at them from behind a mask they give the impression of a person who is genuine and honest‚ but in reality they are plagued with lies and despicable behaviour. Four of the main characters that attempt to deceive Hamlet by hiding behind
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their inner selves differing from their outer selves. Are the characters in Hamlet the same on the inside as they appear to be on the outside? The characters in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet can be studied in a manner relating to appearance versus reality. Some of these characters are Claudius‚ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ and Hamlet. One character who enables us to examine the theme of appearance versus reality is Claudius‚ the new King of Denmark. In Act One‚ Scene Two
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APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE 1. There is an old adage “all that glitters is not gold”.Gold is bright yellow metal and very valuable. But there are many worthless things looking equally bright yellow. We should not therefore‚ think that a thing is gold is simply because it is bright yellow. So‚ the proverb teaches us that we should not judge things by their outward appearances. 2. A person may be well dressed and may look a gentle man; but in reality he may be a cheater or a thief. A person
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