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    Rebellious Silence is a photograph by Shirin Neshat‚ who is also the subject. In the work‚ Shirin Neshat ’s face is covered by Islamic calligraphy and is divided (left to right) by a rifle (assumedly but not necessarily held by herself). The calligraphy covers the parts of a woman ’s face that one must hide in Iran ’s theological state. The photograph is black and white‚ adding to the already serious tone of the work. The first impression received is one of oppression‚ it seems as though the woman

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    Silence Killing Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles”‚ Suzy Clarkson Holstein and Judith Kay Russell give almost the same aspect of the story‚ one of the stories talk about the play being “dramatic and deceptive” and the other of being “artsy and silence justice” which both represents the story uniquely the same; which I agree with both articles meaning. The story is one about a woman who felt like a prisoner in her own home. The story is a play that becomes one of the most fulfilling of a nineteenth century

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    Peers’’ (1917) illustrate the role of the unsaid and silence between the male and female gender. Silence is imperative between the characters because it is through the Patriarchal system that men overpower women‚ and they use their authority to control them into meeting their every desire. With this said women do not express the entirety of their thoughts and desires to protect themselves from the ridicule or judgment of men. They also keep their silence as a symbol of solidarity among women. In the story

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    Danielle Phillips Sister Murdock English 201 March 10‚ 2013 The Speed of Light Response Paper- Silence Bruises The Heart In The Speed of Light‚ by Elizabeth Rosner‚ Jacob Perel went through the very traumatic experience of the Holocaust. Because Jacob Perel did not share his holocaust experience with Paula and Julian‚ he impacted Paula‚ Julian‚ and himself in a negative way. Paula‚ Jacob’s daughter‚ always coasts through life with an effortless smile across her face…or so it seems. Paula

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    “The Powerful Silence of the March for Our Lives” Summary Within the article “The Powerful Silence of the March for Our Lives”‚ by Megan Garber‚ a writer for Atlantic‚ discusses the demand for gun control within a political march held on Saturday‚ March 24th‚ 2018 in Washington D.C. A march that Yolanda Renee King‚ the 9-year-old granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr.‚ made an unexpected appearance upon the stage as a political figure. Yolonda King presented a deep and most meaningful speech of

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    The blue wall of silence is an unwritten rule found in police cultures related to individual characteristics and the environmental conditions of police work. The blue wall of silence encompass a culture of solidarity and discourage reporting fellow officers‚ which diminishes organizational goals and the public’s trust. These rules are either established under unethical practices deemed acceptable within the cultural environment or out of fear of retaliation. When unethical behavior is found at the

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    After I came home from school‚ I sat on her couch and imaged‚ “she is on her summer vacation and will be home soon.” As a character‚ Juliet‚ in Alice Munro’s story‚ “Silence‚” does when her daughter’s disappearance‚ “every day when she was on her way home from work‚ she had wondered if perhaps Penelope would be waiting in the apartment” (Munro 133). She knows her daughter is gone‚ but she denies it to escape the sorrow

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    Darkness and silence hangs over the crowd‚ suddenly the dark heavy curtains swoosh open to show a mermaid enjoying life above the sea. At the Curtis Junior High School Theater‚ "The Little Mermaid" was performed on March 18th from 7:00-8:15 PM. The play is a rendition of Disney’s film "The Little Mermaid"‚ where the youngest daughter of the King of the Seas does not fit in with the rest of her species‚ mermaids. She goes on an adventure and manages to turn into a human with the help of her exiled

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    In his essay “The Silence of the Senses”‚ Charles Travis pushes back against the representationalist account of perception. He argues that perception experiences may prove to be veridical or delusive‚ but we need not posit a representational intermediary between experience and the world in order to account for this. He demonstrates this by providing an alternative explanation of the representationalist’s strongest evidence‚ the phenomenon of misleading experience. Representationalists such as A.J

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    Being able to speak many languages help individuals talk more and not be so quiet. As mentioned in the essay Silence by Maxine Hong Kinston‚ she was silent when she had to speak English for the first time. No one wants to be known as the quite person in school. Most bilingual people come from families that have parents that were born and raised in different places. People that are bilingual can get a good job and get paid a lot of money. Also for people who know a second language it makes it easier

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