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    How far do the two representations differ? Representation one and representation two differ but also agree with each other too. Representation one is a historical‚ factual‚ formal commentary produced by Clive Emsley‚ whereas representation two is a satirical critique published in Punch Magazine. Furthermore‚ representation one’s purpose is to inform the readers briefly of the job’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of how effective the police were in the late 20th century. On the other hand‚ representation

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    Lucretius argued that one would eventually live in a state of tranquility if they did not spend time and effort fretting over the ideas of divine intervention and unavoidable death‚ “then these things chase fear-produced and frightened religious superstitions from the mind‚ and fears of death then leave your hearts unoccupied and free from care” (2.44). Lucretius describes the movements of atoms by saying that they swerve at unspecified times. This swerving leads to the atoms hitting each other and binding

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    Ophelia is the most evident victim of this play. With her death‚ she is released from the suffering and heartache that comes with her life. Her brother leaves her to face her father‚ her father is murdered by the man whom she loves‚ and the man she loves leaves her to go to England. Not to mention that she is used as a pawn between people trying to damage each other. The death of this poor girl should be surprising‚ but with everything she endured‚ it is a wonder that she did not pass earlier. Ophelia

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    play Hamlet‚ the author William Shakespeare‚ portrays the character of Hamlet‚ who struggles throughout the play to understand the idea whether is it better to live or to die‚ which leaves the universal question unanswered: “What awaits humans after death?” Throughout the play‚ this question plagues Hamlet if he should take his life and if it is morally the right thing to do; in which he utters the phrase “To be or to not be: that is the question; / Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer.” In these

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    Catullus presents an exceedingly realistic representation of death throughout his collection of poems. The poems are a life journey; there are moments where death is present and affects the mourning deeply. However‚ death is usually only in the back of one’s mind‚ there and yet forgotten. But at any moment‚ particularly the moments of content and satisfaction‚ a closer look can provide a deeper understanding of the omnipresence of death that Catullus so aptly incorporates into his work. The opening

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    Killings" By Andre Dubus’s. “Killings” was written by the late Andre Dubus in 1979 (Dubus). According to the article “Andre Dubus‚” often the characters that Dubus portray are in tense situations and “sometimes their frustration goads them to infidelity or acts of violence; more often‚ however‚ they simply become resigned to their lot” (Contemporary Authors Online par. 9). On the other hand‚ Matt revenge to committing his murder‚ which showed loss and consequences are explored in Andre Dubus’s

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    Pragmatics and How They Differ Communication sometimes can be somehow tricky and disconcerting since language itself sometimes can confuse the participants of a conversation since the meaning of the conversation can be confusing sometimes. In the linguistic field the term ‘meaning’ and what it implicates have been studied from different points of view. In semantics when they try to understand the meaning of something in a conversation‚ they focus just on the word and what does it mean and how its syntactical

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    will require a lot of vigor that can make or break the person. To really achieve personal contentment‚ one must first know what it is that they want‚ then‚ determine if it is realistic‚ and finally‚ figure out a way to achieve it. In the modern play Death of a Salesman‚ by Arthur Miller we are delved into a story of disillusionment and unrealistic expectations and values. Willy Loman‚ a man down on his luck develops mental issues that cause him to hallucinate and have illusions of grandeur. His son

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    How Death can affect Perception of Reality Perception of reality‚ what is it? It is how one views the world around them and each persons is different. Many things can alter and affect someone’s perception either negatively or positively and an example that could go both ways is death and the relationship someone may have with it. The authors‚ Jill McCorkle and Edgar Allen Poe‚ do a good job of displaying this in their writings. However‚ the character of Fish is accepting of death‚ whereas the

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    In Book IV of “Confessions‚” St. Augustine is talking to God about the death of a close friend and how he feels nothing but sorrow. He realizes that everything on this Earth is mortal‚ and by his tone‚ it fills him with sadness. As he continues with his prayer‚ St. Augustine begins to question his emotions and belief in God. He then states‚ “For that first grief had pierced so easily and so deep only because I had spilt out my soul upon the sand‚ in loving a mortal as if he were never to die.”1 If

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