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    Appearance vs Reality “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is a play that takes place in Scotland during the Middle Ages. In the beginning‚ Macbeth and his friend Banquo have just defeated two armies for King Duncan. After the battle‚ Macbeth and Banquo run into three witches that prophecy that Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland. Macbeth‚ now blinded by his obsession for power‚ betrays his closest friends in order to fulfill his prophecy. Shakespeare

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    Taming of the Shrew 								 		 Illusion vs. Reality 	As a passing traveler in Padua‚ one could easily make superficial assumptions about the inhabitants. On the surface‚ Katherina seems like a vicious tiger that is angry at the entire world. Petruchio first appears like the type of man that anybody would like to have as a friend. At first glance‚ Bianca seems like a heavenly vision of beauty that any man would be lucky to have for

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    Denice Galicia Monkey Appearance vs Reality In life‚ you may have experienced a situation where it in the beginning‚ it looked to be very being very negative but when the dust settled in the end you realized that it is quite the opposite. The situation or event had actually been a blessing in disguise and the events that took place were actually very positive and things happened for a reason and for the greater good in the end. Throughout the Wu Ch’eng-en’s novel‘Journey to the West’ there

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    Appearance vs. Reality Speaker: King “Hamlet‚ this deed‚ for thine especial safety‚ Which we do tender‚ as we dearly grieve For that which thou hast done‚ must send thee hence” (4.3.42-44) • King says he is sending Hamlet to England for his safety‚ when really it is to have him killed • The King makes it seem as though he is doing a good deed‚ when really it is wrong • The King says he cares for Hamlet’s safety as much as he grieves Polonius’ death o He is lying o He does not grieve the

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    most important is the recurring disassociation of appearance and reality. The entire motif is introduced in the first scene when the witches say “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (1‚i‚12). This is then reiterated as important when Macbeth says‚ “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” (1‚iii‚ 39). Drawing parallels and comparing two polar opposites‚ such as foul and fair‚ sets the stage for the dissimilarity between appearance and reality. This motif changes as the characters change‚ however‚ and it

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    in reading‚ the book the authors of the two books clearly let people understand on how the two lovers met and what happened as well at the end. It also kind of related to the reality though it is not really exactly the same as what happened to them but similar. Yet‚ despite of having similarities between the books and reality still‚ we people still love reading the book in order for us to understand what really happened and to learn from it as well. Despite of having complicated situations they have

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    Pearl Harbor: Movie vs. Reality “December 7th‚ 1941‚ a date which will live in infamy‚ the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (Roosevelt). Japan surprise attacked the Hawaiian naval base‚ Pearl Harbor‚ approximately at 7:55 am. The intent of the Japanese strike was to prevent the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with plans to seize overseas territories belonging to United Kingdom‚ the Netherlands and the United States

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    Prep. English 1/16/13 Table 1 Period 1 Mrs. Wiersma Descriptive Essay Assignment Reality‚ are you in reality‚ or is life just a dream? Is everything around you false‚ or is it all real pure things? These are two of the questions that run through my mind when thinking about reality‚ I guess it is a bias decision if you look at it in a way that not everyone else looks at it. The definition is that‚ reality is the true knowing that God created everything in a way that it may be pure‚ true‚ real

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    To begin‚ Dover Beach expresses the relationship of reality versus illusion. In Dover Beach‚ Arnold tells the readers that he want his lover and himself to be honest and more truthful to one another because Arnold know that the world is not everything it seems to be and that “Hath really neither joy‚ nor love‚ nor light‚ nor certitude‚ nor peace‚ nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain‚ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight‚ Where ignorant armies clash by night” (5‚5-9)

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    Theme of Reality vs. Appearances in “The Necklace” Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5‚ 1850 in the chateau de Miromesnil near Dieppe‚ Normandy. He lived in Fecamp‚ France until age twelve (when his parents separated) then moved with his mother to a villa in Etretat‚ France. Home-schooled‚ except for a brief stay at a boarding school when he was thirteen‚ Maupassant ran free for most of his school years. Maupassant attended university in Paris‚ where he began to study law

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