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    insults and sarcastic remarks that he wishes to tell the students‚ but he holds his tongue so he doesn’t humiliate anyone. Throughout the poem “Sea of Faith” the speaker uses personification‚ symbolism‚ and irony to develop the theme of faith and ignorance.

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    David is known as an ordinary Australian. Steady job as a carpenter‚ married with 2 kids and lives in the city. David Smith is recognized by his mates as a ‘racist’ as his knowledge on other cultures is low and has carried morals from the generation before him who were also racist. After a hard day of work David arrives home to realize the ‘For sale’ advertisement next to his house was removed. Entering his house he is greeted with his two children James Smith and Destiny Smith James: “Dad

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    2013 2nd Block The Danger of Ignorance “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” (Mandela) Mandela says that education is a best weapon but I also believe that it is the best defense. In George Orwell’s novella “Animal Farm”‚ a pig named Napoleon takes over and does as he pleases. There are so many animals that they could easily overthrow him if they were educated and united. Orwell warns his readers of the danger of ignorance and blindly following someone

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    John Dowland’s ‘Can She Excuse My Wrongs’ was published in his ‘The First Booke of Songes or Ayres’ in 1597. The late-Renaissance composer‚ in his piece‚ laments over his ladylove not succumbing to his desires in the pretense of being ‘virtuous.’ The buoyant and lively pace of the music is a complete contrast with the unmistakably cynical mood of the lyrics. The piece comprises of a mixed triple meter ranging from 3/4 to 6/8. Although Downland did not imply a specific performance style‚ the madrigal

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    The storm sets in motion the chain of events that leads to the characters adultery. Do you think the storm excuses the characters in any way from responsibility for their actions?In her short story The Storm‚ Kate Chopin creates a situation where two people give in to their sexual desire with the help of the outside setting. Although the threatening appearance of the storm does incite the deep rooted emotion; the couple is not excused from their treacherous act since they are well aware of their

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    represent people‚ places‚ or objects. The humans are symbolized as evil and oppressive and the animals decide to change things. I believe that the novel proves the saying “ignorance is bliss” is true. Napoleon and the other pigs are able to take control of the farm because of the other animals’ ignorance. Throughout the story the animals are happy because they have no grasp of what Napoleon is doing. For example Boxer the horse said‚ “If Comrade Napoleon says it‚ it must be right” (40)

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    when it comes to love and compassion. However‚ Mrs. Turpin isn’t the only character that exhibits ignorance in this short story. Mary Grace‚ the help‚ and even Clyde display ignorant behavior whenever it comes to responding the Mrs. Turpin. Although the story centers around the ignorance of Mrs. Turpin where one person displays ignorance‚ others will exhibit ignorant behavior also. The battle of ignorance first appears during the introduction between Mrs. Turpin and Mary Grace.

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    2012 International Conference on Language‚ Medias and Culture IPEDR vol.33 (2012) © (2012) IACSIT Press‚ Singapore Women Ignorance in Short Stories of Hemingway Arezoo Assemi1+‚ Maryam Ebadi Asayesh2‚ Amine Jabraili3‚ Mostafa Sheikhzade4‚ Mahnaz Hajmohammadian5 1 Urmia University of Medical Sciences‚ Urmia/ Iran 2 Islamic Azad University -Marand Branch/Iran 3 Islamic Azad University -Maku Branch/Iran 4 Islamic Azad University -Urmia Branch/Iran 5 Urmia University of Medical Sciences‚ Urmia/Iran

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    �PAGE � �PAGE �1� López Pablo López Professor Andrés Navarrete Shakespeare LET 1746 3 October‚ 2011 How ignorance leads Macbeth to his evildoing In order to introduce the topic‚ we need to understand that the origin of Macbeth ’s evildoing can have many possibilities at the moment of interpreting this character. However‚ I am going to focus mainly on the role of ignorance as the element which triggers his evil‚ inner side. In addition‚ I will analyse the external features which influenced

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    and no one has the right to tell them what to think and feel. The fireman’s responsibility is to burn books‚ and therefore destroy knowledge. When they do this‚ the firemen promote ignorance. Montag‚ being a fireman‚ starts off by promoting ignorance‚ but after he discovers that he is wrong‚ he fights against ignorance and tries to help others welcome knowledge into

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