Festinger (1957) when faced with cognitive dissonance will often change their attitudes towards an issue or situation rather than their behaviour. Stone‚ Wiegand‚ Cooper and Aronson (1997) argued that dissonance was closely related to feelings of hypocrisy. People want to maintain their self-integrity‚ so when faced with situations in which they may be perceived‚ or may feel like a hypocrite‚ a ‘dissonance reduction strategy’
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In the Pardoner’s prologue and tale‚ by presenting the Pardoner as a professional hypocrite in a situation in which he attempts to justify himself by revealing the full truth‚ Chaucer identifies that the truth in which the Pardoner deals is what makes him such a disturbing and threatening figure. For instance‚ this is most evident in the lines that are often most confusing to readers‚ when the Pardoner states‚ “ –And lo‚ sires‚ thus I preche./ And Jhesu Crist‚ that is oure soules leche‚/ So gruante
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influence was great. He knew and aided John Brown in his efforts‚ welcomed the Civil War and until his death in 1895‚ spoke against Jim Crow laws and lynching. This famous speech is a masterful example of Douglass’ use of irony in illuminating the hypocrisy of the celebration of Independence day. Fellow citizens above your national‚ tumultuous joy‚ I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains‚ heave and grievous yesterday‚ are‚ today‚ rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that
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irony in between the theory and practice of revolution with implicit reference to the Stalinist regime in the USSR from the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 onwards. Though it can be read as a critique of any kind of totalitarian doctrine and political hypocrisy‚ Animal Farm abounds with numerous judiciously moulded allegorical references to certain historical personalities and incidents – which resist its being generalized as an abstract fable of political morality. Orwell here employs the fantastic form
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Conrad: Kill Whitey Indigenous peoples of Africa die every day because of war‚ famine‚ and disease largely due to the legacy of European imperialism. Joseph Conrad‚ who saw firsthand "the horror" (Conrad 154) of imperialism as a ship captain‚ sought to change public opinion and call attention to the atrocities committed. In Heart of Darkness‚ Conrad articulates his negative view of imperialism as oppressive and hypocritical through contrasts and parallels of Africa and Europe Conrad ’s sympathetic
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He threatens to expose the inefficiency‚ moral degradation‚ and “the dream of domination and control which Americans wanted to realize” (Bogue 622) not only to the people‚ but he holds up a mirror for the leaders to see the faults in their own hypocrisy. For this betrayal Kurtz must be eliminated before “the horror” behind imperialism is exposed to both the people and the protectors of ‘the
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Overview "The Swimmer" is recognized as one of Cheever’s best short stories and explores themes that are considered typical of his fiction as a whole. In this story‚ which is set in an affluent community‚ Cheever chronicles the morals‚ rituals‚ and hypocrisy of the upper class through his focus on Neddy Merrill‚ who is‚ at the beginning of the tale‚ a vibrant man with a home‚ a wife‚ and four beautiful daughters. The story opens with the protagonist Neddy‚ his wife‚ and some friends sitting around a
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Question 1: How does the novel reflect Puritan society? English Protestants created a large group of people in the 16th and 17th centuries called the Puritans. These people advocated strict religious discipline along with a strong beliefs and worshipping. The Scarlet Letter reflected on Puritan Society in several ways‚ from religion to discipline and punishment. Religion seemed to control everyone‚ the reverend was the person that everyone looked up to‚ and the community‚ as a whole‚ believed in
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avoid the itching on their hands. But the stink lies not only in the prevalence of the lure of gold‚ but in the hypocrisy that accompanies it. It’s really disheartening when a corrupt person after taking a bribe‚ talks about the high moral standards and urges people to follow the principles and ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi‚ and remain honest‚ true and just in whatever they do. Such hypocrisy complexes the offence‚ but the ministers‚ politicians and officials
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Whether they become conflicted in a disagreement‚ joined by tricksters‚ or nearly caught‚ civilization never brings much happiness to either Huck or Jim. Twain repeatedly emphasizes the hypocrisy of society‚ which proclaims to be more “civilized" than Huck or Jim‚ forcing Huck to despise it even more. Religious hypocrisy is another theme that is widely spread throughout the novel. In one town that Huck and Jim arrive at‚ both go to the house of the Grangerford’s. Within the Grangerford’s house is bibles
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