worse than getting a phone call saying your child is being expelled for bringing a weapon to school. Kids have been kicked out of school for possession of Midol‚ Tylenol‚ Alka Seltzer‚ cough drops and Scope mouthwash - contraband that violates zero-tolerance‚ anti-drug policies. Students have been expelled for Halloween costumes that included paper swords and fake spiked knuckles‚ as well as for possessing rubber bands‚ slingshots and toy guns - all violations of anti-weapons policies. It does not matter
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The secret path to understand the relationship between ambiguity and coherence might be simple as it seems to be. In other words‚ to assimilate and having total understand of coherence‚ people must fully comprehend the importance of ambiguity in their lives. One explanation comes with a question: how to fully understand your own cultural traditional without ambiguity? If people’s mind is not open for diversity‚ therefore they can no longer see how different or similar their cultural tradition is
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3/24/11 Psych 208 #2 Tuning in a radio can be a very diverse experience. All sorts of kinds of sounds come blaring from the speakers‚ some familiar‚ others not‚ depending on the listener. It is easy to distinguish the sounds of different generations‚ just as it is easy to distinguish their styles. On the surface‚ the popular songs of today sound very different from those that dominated the charts half a century ago. Legendary guitar rifts and pioneering vocals of artists such as Jim Morrison
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often contradicting his beliefs with his actions. His ambiguous character proves that although man is capable of fighting the temptations of sin‚ outside the restraints of society‚ he is bound to return to his evil nature. The first sign of Marlow’s ambiguity is his interaction with women. He interacts with two women who are essential to the plot. His opinions of them along with his treatment of the women contain indications of his moral uncertainty. The first critical women is Marlow’s aunt. His aunt
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Perspective and Moral Ambiguity In Oldboy Conventional morality within old boy is challenged from the very beginning of the film. Epitomized by Oh-Daesu’s arrest and depiction of civil disobedience‚ foreshadowing the overall attitude that characters within the film feel towards both justice and “established” conventions of morality. However‚ the film often depicts actions of violence‚ injustices‚ and obscenities‚ which many‚ at first glance‚ view as immoral‚ but one cannot help but to feel that
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including the once highly-praised Venetian officer‚ Othello. Iago spares none in his nefarious game of chess. In Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the conniving character Iago implements ambiguity‚ superficial adornment and loyalty‚ and fictitious imagery to corrupt Othello’s mind and turn his heart stone.
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In the novel‚ Frankenstein by Mary Shelly‚ Victor creates the creature in order to be noticed and remembered for creating life. However‚ even though making the creature was fascinating and exciting for Victor once the creature was animated Victor wanted nothing to do with his creation. Throughout the novel the creature can be seen trying to fit in and be accepted by Victor and the other people in the society. However‚ he is turned away and treated harshly because he does not look like a normal human
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Ambiguity in Dickinson’s “Much Madness” Emily Dickinson’s “Much Madness” tells about her life‚ while also reflecting the life of the reader. She uses words in the poem that are ambiguous and that are open for suggestion such as madness‚ discerning‚ and starkest. The proem is also full of cleverness and humor. The first line of Dickinson’s poem‚ “Much Madness is divinest Sense‚” makes the reader wonder about the words madness and divinest. Is the word madness referring to someone who is insane
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1.2.2 A major ambiguity in the play is Hamlet’s madness; Personally I believe Hamlet was not mad and that most of his actions were justifiable. The play took place in a very traumatic time in Hamlet’s life‚ being that his father who he respected greatly had recently been murdered and the betrayal of his mother. An example of Hamlets believed madness is his encounter with Ophelia that she believed to be madness driven by love; This encounter is not madness in my mind but rather just processing grief
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It is undeniable that Andre Gide ’s The Immoralist‚ first published in 1902 in an edition of 300 copies‚ is at the very least‚ a novel predominantly dealing with Michel‚ the protagonist‚ and his search for his true authentic self amidst social and moral conventions and the subsequent consequences of deviating from these principles. It is also undeniable that it is a novel unfolding Michel ’s journey from a married heterosexual to a widowed homosexual. Throughout the novel Gide uses ambiguous homoerotic
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