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    Romanticism was an early and artistic way of looking at things which ended with the Victorian age. Romantic’s supported freedom of thought‚ movement and life style and were against oppression of any kind. They saw children as the future and were against child labor and the snatching up of childhood. They also felt that all people should have rights and should be respected. William Blake was no exception to this ideology. Being born in a time of expanding industrial revolution

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    place in the 1950s off the Caribbean coast‚ García Marquez uses the force of hypocrisy within the lives of the characters and the society in which they live. García Marquez’s idea of adding hypocrisy to such a religious and conservative setting found in Chronicle of a Death Foretold adds an unusual yet interesting twist that forces the reader to stay attached on the novel until the very last work. The force of hypocrisy that García Marquez embeds within the lives of his characters is another tool

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    The Hypocrisy of Celibacy Vows in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales “General Prologue” The Middle Ages was historically a time of darkness and hardship. However‚ there were also elements of lightheartedness and hope during these times. Some examples of this lightheartedness and hope came from courtly love and the religion of the Catholic Church. However‚ while lightheartedness came from these sources‚ there was also elements of darkness and hardship that came from these sources‚ particularly from the

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    animals on a farm‚ the animals revolt against their "master" and attempt to run the farm themselves the farm slowly turns to corruption and inequality. Within the story animal farm there are A Lot of significant themes a few of these are equality‚ hypocrisy and violence. Thought out the novel George Orwell is depicting these themes as human nature‚ we are hypocrites we are violent creatures and we can never truly be equal‚ but he is also saying as humans we should strive for equality a nonviolent society

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    doctrine: “why Christ was baptized.” During his teachings‚ he emphasizes that men must follow Christ‚ be baptized‚ and receive the Holy Ghost. The main point of the passage is that Christ asks us to follow him with a full purpose of heart acting with no hypocrisy. I will use this passage to support the idea that hypocrite people cannot follow the Lord unless they give away their hypocrite attitudes‚ and a way to overcome it is to repent in order to receive the baptism by fire. Mosiah 18:8 – 9‚ Book of Mormon

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    method was showing the view through a growing child’s (Scout Finch) mind‚ eyes‚ ears‚ and mouth. There is another very significant method that was used. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee utilizes the effects of irony‚ sarcasm‚ and hypocrisy to criticize a variety of elements in Southern life. <br> <br>Harper Lee employs the effects of irony in To Kill a Mockingbird as a way to criticize the deficiency of public education. "Now tell your father not to teach you any more. It’s best to

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    and understand societies values and attitudes. The two protagonists demonstrate non-conformity and rebel against the apparent hypocrisy present in their respective societies. Hypocrisy can be defined as the difference between illusion and reality‚ in accordance to society it can be seen as people who are not who they appear to be‚ people who apply a façade. This hypocrisy is present in schools‚ families‚ and in people’s values and relationships. Igby’s non-conformist behaviour is evident through

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    “When does paradox become hypocrisy?” Immediately afterwards I wrote the response‚ “A good war is a war that teaches it’s mistakes without one having to live with them.” At first I didn’t know if I had truly responded to the question. I analyzed both the question and response carefully through the literary devices and found myself satisfied with the responses standing. When analyzing the response I first had to return to the question. “When does paradox become hypocrisy?” Referring to this question

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    criticize many of the contemporary social issues during the Victorian era. The experience of Bronte as child living in a boarding school served as the basis for the novels most vivid criticism. Charlotte Bronte uses Jane Eyre to demonstrate the Hypocrisy of Mr. Brockelhurst at Lowood to criticize the treatment of the lower class in Victorian society. The basis of Lowood draws on the experiences of Bronte’s childhood and serves as a common reference when describing the organization of lower class

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    masterpiece‚ Tartuffe‚ was written in the 17th century by Moliere as a satirical display of religious hypocrisy. Tartuffe is a production of vice and virtue that involves a witty and brusque family that idolizes a single religious figure who tries to insinuate himself into their lives. The two masterpieces‚ Candide‚ and Tartuffe‚ display exaggerated evil and whimsical events of religious hypocrisy and fanaticism‚ yet Moliere and Voltaire use very different writing styles to achieve that.     Voltaire’s

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