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    they learn about good and bad‚ evilness and benevolence. Once learning about this they are able to decide who they are and who they want to be. Are they purely evil or purely good? Or both? In the novel Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley uses the morally ambiguous character of the creature to convey how isolation and society’s expectations towards appearance can lead to the desire for revenge. Additionally‚ the creature demonstrates that when revenge consumes an individual it can lead to tragic consequences

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    Blood Symbol In Macbeth

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    In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth symbolism is used to represent the theme of murder. Symbolism is the most frequently literary device used in the play. Blood‚ Sleep‚ and Weather are recurring symbols that are seen as Macbeth goes through different stages of power and control. The witch’s prophecies spark both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s interest in fulfilling their deep desires. Macbeth with the help of his wife began to take fate into his own hands which ultimately leads to demise of the couple.

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    Symbols The Three Caskets The contest for Portia’s hand‚ in which suitors from various countries choose among a gold‚ a silver‚ and a lead casket‚ resembles the cultural and legal system of Venice in some respects. Like the Venice of the play‚ the casket contest presents the same opportunities and the same rules to men of various nations‚ ethnicities‚ and religions. Also like Venice‚ the hidden bias of the casket test is fundamentally Christian. To win Portia‚ Bassanio must ignore the gold casket

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    24x7 WE CARE FOR YOU.. | | GROUP MEMBERS | | | | | | 24x7 WE CARE FOR YOU ABSTRACT This project is aimed at developing a platform where all the hospitals‚ doctors and the ambulance services within a fixed area are brought under a single online application. Here anyone can access the application from anywhere at any time. The database stores the details of all the hospitals and doctors along with their specializations and consulting time slots. At once a person get access

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    Perhaps one of the reasons that “The Most Dangerous Game” is still read to this day may be because of the ambiguous ending that this short story has. The way the story is left off leads the reader to many different conclusions as to what happened. Perhaps the two most common inferences would be that either Rainsford realizes that he is becoming like Zaroff‚ or Rainsford realizes that he is nothing like Zaroff and takes comfort in this. There is much evidence that supports both of these theories.

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    from following points of comparison: dreamer or realist‚ desire for what‚ motivations‚ origins and their fates. The paper will respectively choose “A beautiful kite with the string in the sky” and “A beautiful kite without the string in the sky” as symbols of two characters. In the whole novel‚ it is easy to find that Daisy is a complete realist‚ who just cares about material enjoyment. She wants always to lead a luxurious life. She will not give up marriage for Gatsby. A beautiful kite with the

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    Malcolm D. Ervin Professor Kristen Raymond English 1101 28 September 2011 Pebble: The Symbol of Emotion In The Things They Carried‚ O’Brien talks about many of the objects that he and his comrades carried while they were in Vietnam. They carried things like food‚ water‚ weapons and ammunition. They also carried comfort items like tranquilizers and M&M’s. Although the weight of these things placed a physical burden on the soldiers‚ it was the emotional weight that each of the soldiers carried

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    In the play‚ The Glass Menagerie‚ by Tennessee Williams‚ Williams uses many symbols which represent many different things.?Many of the symbols used in the play try to symbolize some form of escape or difference between reality and illusion.?The first symbol‚ presented in the first scene‚ is the fire escape.?This represents the "bridge" between the illusory world of the Wingfields and the world of reality.?This "bridge" seems to be a one way excursion.?But the direction varies for each character.

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    The Study of Language

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    The study of language By: ... Semester: ..; Group: .. 2012/2013 Plan: ✓ Introduction. ✓ Varieties of language. ✓ Language‚ culture and thought. ✓ Speech as social interaction. ✓ The quantitative study of speech. Introduction:

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    Basic Flowchart Symbols

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    Basic Flowchart Symbols Process Symbol The Process Symbol represents any process‚ function‚ or action and is the most frequently used symbol in flowcharting. Document Symbol The Document Symbol is used to represent any type of hard copy input or output (i.e. reports). Offpage Symbol Offpage Connector Symbols are used to indicate the flowchart continues on another page. Often‚ the page number is placed in the shape for easy reference. Input/Output Symbol The Input/Output Symbol represents data

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