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    The animals‚ at first‚ must face the terrorizing power that all humans hold over them. Through the fear that the animals have endured their entire lives‚ they decide to change the course of their future- but even through their acts of bravery and dauntlessness‚ they still become a prisoner to the exploitation of

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    The animals in the book will not revolt again. They are not very intelligent‚ there is a threat of death‚ and the pigs have total control over most animals. The animals could revolt and prosper in the first place because of animal intelligence‚ without the pigs there is not much of this. The pigs are too cleaver and have a “police force” of sorts that keeps the animals from the revolting. Since the beginning it was always said the animals‚ besides the pigs‚ Muriel‚ and Benjamin‚ were not very intelligent

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    The Tragedy of King Lear: A Comparison of Psychological and Physical Deceit and Disguise In many of Shakespeare’s works‚ he suggests that appearances are not reflective of reality and uses this idea to develop many subplots in his works. He is notorious for constructing these false identities to advance the plotline and create unsuspecting twists. As his plays progress‚ different characters employ different strategies to promote their actions‚ with some opting to psychologically deceive

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    power that they wield; especially when it comes to the interests of the public. George Orwell’s Animal Farm portrays differing types of leaders between Napoleon and Snowball‚ the two main rulers of the Manor Farm. Throughout the novella‚ Snowball’s superiority of leadership in comparison to Napoleon’s is established by the differences between their styles of leadership‚ their true intentions for the animals‚ and their moral uprightness. An individual’s type of leadership can result in the failure or

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    Animal Farm by George Orwell is a sensational book and teaches readers that it is sometimes ok to question authority‚ and to stand up for your beliefs. If not‚ you could be taken advantage of like the animals of the farm. The main protagonist‚ Napoleon‚ is a tyrant and uses fear and propaganda to control the animal by making them obey orders‚ motivating them to work‚ using their intelligence against them‚ uses Squealer to implement his plans and push ideas‚ and blames the farm failures on snowball

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    are hunting him. Using a biblical style‚ uncomplicated language‚ and rich imagery‚ Steinbeck relates this story to universal values. In The Pearl‚ animal imagery is an essential motif that infiltrates the structure of the novel. Steinbeck utilizes animal imagery to foreshadow Kino’s catastrophe‚ to illustrate Kino’s character decline‚ and to symbolize the corruption of civilization. Initially‚ the motif of animal imagery is used to predict the tragedy that comes to Kino. For instance‚ while Kino

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    your own fate in life‚ or be blissfully ignorant of what the gods have in store for you? Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ translated by David Grene‚ explains knowledge as an awareness of the future‚ or fate. This knowledge can lead to a greater understanding as to one’s purpose in life‚ but in the end results in misery because humans try to control fate‚ which is impossible. Oedipus the King shows the results of learning fate and the moral price that comes with attempting to change the future. These results

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    In the play‚ Oedipus the King and book‚ HTRLLAP‚ both resources share the same ideas and thoughts because of the clear denial there is between the king and the profit which lead to further acknowledgment of the truth. In He’s Blind for a Reason‚ you know‚ it’s known that physical blindness isn’t just about sight‚ but it’s concerning the mind‚ honesty‚ and intellectuality. Using this‚ an example is the neglect of Oedipus murdering his own father‚ possibly to avoid any negative impulse towards him

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    to choose fools over knaves.” Discuss In King Lear virtually every character is either a fool or a knave; however these terms contain multiple layers. The crucial scene in which this idea is presented in the play is act 2 scene 4 when the Fool talks to Kent after he has been put in the stocks‚ and more specifically his line “The knave turns fool that runs away;/ The fool no knave‚ perdy.” On one level the Fool is mocking Kent for his loyalty towards Lear despite the fact that Lear’s fortunes have

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    Lear and Comedy.... Lear and Comedy. Strangely enough‚ it is G. Wilson Knight‚ a critic famous (not to say notorious) for a vehemently Christian interpretation of Shakespeare’s plays‚ who notes in The Wheel of Fire some of the comedic aspects of King Lear[1]. Whether or not the harsh moral ecology of King Lear fits comfortably with the Christian ethos of forgiveness‚ structural elements of comedy are plainly present in King Lear‚ quite apart from the sardonic humour of the Fool. Indeed‚ a ‘happy

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