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    Animal cruelty can be described as many different things. There are different ways to identify animal cruelty. Animal cruelty is when someone hurts an animal or does not care for an animal responsibly("PAWS-People Helping Animals"). Ways you could show cruelty towards an animal would be not feeding it or providing it with water‚ or even mistreatment of the animal. There are two known acts of animal cruelty: active and passive("Animal Cruelty and Neglect"). Active cruelty is an act of abuse done intentionally

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    Demol 1 Alexis Demol Mr. Feduck ENG4U-03 July 16‚ 2014 Rebirth and Renaming‚ Fifth Business Robertson Davies shows how rebirth is similar to shedding a layer of skin. Like a snake‚ Dunstan Ramsey‚ Percy Boyd Staunton and Paul Dempster all shed a layer of their past at some point in Fifth Business. The term rebirth‚ means to be reborn either mentally or physically. Dunstan Ramsey shed’s a layer of skin every time he is renamed‚ which occurs four times throughout the entire novel. The first

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    The Role of Guilt in Fifth Business Guilt is a human emotion experienced when one has done something they normally would judge to be wrong and morally incorrect. Throughout the novel‚ the author‚ Robertson Davies‚ demonstrates how guilt can stick with you for many years and how it could affect your life. Guilt plays an enormous role in the novel titled Fifth Business‚ as it reoccurs all throughout. The author Robertson Davies demonstrates the role and importance of guilt in the

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    "Cruelty Breeds Evil" There is nothing worse than feeling detested and abhorred by society‚ especially if this hatred is caused solely by one’s physical appearance. In Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley uses the Creature to show how people are inherently good‚ but compelled to become evil only when ostracized by their fellow man. Although the Creature is initially full of love and is surrounded by examples of human happiness‚ he finds himself excluded from this happiness‚ through no fault of his own. The

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    Guilt in Fifth business In The Fifth Business‚ by Robertson Davies‚ Guilt is a theme that runs throughout both The Fifth Business and is a major force in one’s life. Davies demonstrates this by having one character feeling guilt while another who does not. Davies introduces the reader with Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton. And Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other. Davies portrays the idea of competition through the relationship between Boy and Dunstan in their

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    In Dracula and beloved cruelty is presented in many different ways. Cruelty In both of the books is based on people not accepting people who are different such as the black people in beloved and the vampires in Dracula. These characters are seen to be different‚ so they treat each other with cruelty. In “Dracula” cruelty comes from the main character who is Dracula. He is portrayed as being terrifying and “cruel looking” because he is seen to be foreign and different. Dracula is a vampire which

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    Adversity is the most important factor in shaping character and/or identity. Assess the validity of this statement with reference to Fifth Business. Identity is individual characteristics by which a person is known or recognized. In Fifth Business‚ a character’s reaction to adversity is the foundation to shaping identity. Others may not know what the adversity is but they observe the way a person is acting. The composure held in rough situations allows people to formulate opinions based on these

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    Jungian Theories in Fifth Business The first instalment‚ Fifth Business‚ in The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies incorporates many different ideas to help the book progress as smoothly as it does. Davies’ interest in psychology heavily influenced many of the actions and ideas portrayed in the novel. By combining the psychology theories of the famed psychologist‚ Carl Jung‚ with creatively designed characters‚ Davies was able to create his finest piece of literature. Many characters in the novel

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    By examining Fifth Business‚ it is clear that the characters take part in theatricizing life: they play and cast others into roles founded in archetypes. The characters feel a need to do this because it provides stability in their lives. Playing a role gives a person an identity and purpose so that‚ even in face of unpredictability‚ their self-image and future is a given constant. Imposing such roleplaying on the rest of humankind familiarizes the outside world and gives a person an escape from volatile

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    Nicholas PrevedelMrs. Machado ENG4U1-01 20 October 2014 Robertson Davies: “Fifth Business” Dorothy L. Sayers states “Wherever you find a great man‚ you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him.” Man is a societal construct that is structured and molded by maternal influences and female insight. Typically one is a product of its environment‚ however Robertson Davies in “Fifth Business‚” deliberately uses female roles to display the impact that women have on the psychological

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