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    Illusion vs. Reality In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman cannot decipher the difference of illusion and reality. He roams around in a dream-like state- confused‚ and unaware of reality. Due to his inability to remain focused on the truth‚ a constant struggle developed inside of him‚ engulfing Willy’s thought process. In the end‚ Willy’s inability to accept reality results in his death. Willy Loman‚ a salesman from New York‚ was an extremely confused man. He worked a job in which

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    Illusion is more attractive than reality The smell of chocolate engulfed my surroundings and a hearty smile filled my small face. This was it‚ the place where I was most content and fulfilled. My nan moved across the kitchen as graceful as a dancer‚ she could do absolutely anything‚ she was magic. An old beatles track came onto the radio‚ and my nans face lit up as she recognised the tune. A Nan started to chant along I also realised I knew the song and sang along with her. Nan’s eyes brightened

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    Illusion Vs. Reality Tennessee Williams and his works deal heavily in the contrast of illusion and reality and the characters’ struggle with this. Illusion vs. Reality is a major theme is mostly all of his dramatic works. The majority of these characters find themselves in a state of illusion. This was intended by Tennessee Williams to show how unavoidable and definite falling into illusion‚ or insanity‚ can be. Williams’ sister Rose affected him greatly when she became schizophrenic. This

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    Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah "Every person‚ all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you." This is an extremely powerful quote that is proven in the opening scene of the book. This scene includes the main character of the novel‚ Richard‚ who is searching for the "meaning of life". While flying his 1928 Fleet over Ferris‚ Illinois‚ Richard spots another biplane parked in a field knowing how lonely flying

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    the police academy. One friend of mine from college actually work for the same department. However‚ she decided not to mention the fact that we were arrested for marijuana our freshman year‚ reason being is that the charges were dropped because the search the officers ducted was illegal. She also advised me that the department does not conduct polygraph as part of the hiring process. I now have the decision to either lie on the form or tell the truth about the incident. I know if that if I lie eventually

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    Oedipus Rex and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: The Illusion of Reality Sophocles was known for his emphasis on the individual’s uncompromising search for truth‚ particularly in “Oedipus Rex.” In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave‚” he‚ similarly to Sophocles‚ illustrates man’s pursuit of truth and what that means. Plato suggests that truth is subjective to each man. But what is truer? What is illusion and what is reality? Just because something is illusion for one man does not make it falsehood for the

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    between Illusion and reality‚ Blanche Dubois arrives in New Orleans with the impression of a patronising‚ wealthy school teacher who has no time for those who she believes to be below her class as we see in her rudeness to Eunice at the very beginning. As the play progresses we see that Blanche is merely projecting a persona which hides both her past and the inevitably grim future that awaits her. On the other side we have Blanche’s brother-in-law Stanley who acts in opposition of the illusion which

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    represent is clearly implied through the course of scene 10. Her illusions‚ the very foundation of her life‚ are destroyed and this reflects the decay in her power‚ status‚ and mental capacity. Symbolically‚ this scene is used by Williams to show the death of the aristocratic values of Blanche. Blanche herself realises this and believes she is in “desperate circumstances” as she is “caught in a trap” and needs “help”. The “trap” is reality as Blanche feels that her dreams are dying before her eyes and

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    with a harsh reality that we cannot bare to live with‚ we try to diverge and create a new route of illusion or fantasy to escape. However when reality comes knocking at our door we start to retreat further into this illusion or fantasy in order to preserve ourselves. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ the subject of how the role of self-perception plays when individual try to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality is illustrated by the character named Blanche

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    Tactile illusions are found when the perception of a quality of an object through the sense of touch does not seem to be in agreement with the physical stimulus. They can arise in numerous circumstances and can provide insights into the mechanisms subserving haptic sensations. Many of them can be exploited‚ or avoided‚ in order to create efficient haptic display systems or to study the nervous tactile illusions are illusions that exploit the sense of touch. Some touch illusions require active

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