LIES OF SILENCE - SUMMARY ONE In the first chapter you get to know all important people of “Lies of Silence”. At the beginning the main character Michael Dillon is introdced to the reader. At this moment he is working at the hotel he is manager of. It`s evening‚ shortly before he stops working. Mainly he is planning the next day where would be a lot of work in the hotel because of a Speech of Reverant Pottinger and the graduation week at the university. When he is ready he phones Andrea‚ another
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Paradoxes within Shakespeare’s ironic drama Twelfth Night In Shakespeare’s uniquely constructed comedy‚ Twelfth Night‚ there are several paradoxes within the characters. Misinterpretations as well as false presentation of reality are both common occurrences within the characters. Nearly the entire cast of characters use or fall victim to some form of deceit. Both Andrew and Viola present themselves as people they are not‚ and Orsino and Malvolio are fooled themselves about who they are and where
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realization that Abigail “thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave” (110). Abigail’s lust for John takes the accusations to extremes where no one is safe‚ and Abigail’s unchallenged dishonesty gives her free reign over the outcome of the trials. Her lies not only help her accomplish her selfish agenda‚ but also give her a power over the entire town. While lust or love is a main drive
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How does the dramatic device of the fool contribute to the comedy in Twelfth Night? Feste is Shakespeare’s comedic tool in Twelfth Night. He uses puns and a mix of prose and iambic pentameter to titillate the audience. However‚ in a different manner‚ Malvolio is also presented as a fool‚ but in the sense that he is at the end of the jests of others‚ which amuses us due to how Shakespeare has made the audience dislike him. Typically‚ in Shakespeare’s comedies such as As you like it‚ the fool is
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and Andrew for their drunkenness‚ but she also tolerates them and shows her own capacity for pranks by initiating the phony love letter ploy against her supervisor‚ Malvolio. In I.iii‚ Maria draws our attention to Sir Toby Belch’s habitual late nights and drunkenness when she warns him that his niece‚ Countess Olivia‚ has lost patience with his dissolute behavior. She also prepares us for the entrance shortly afterward of Sir Andrew Aguecheek by referring to him as "a foolish knight" whom Sir Toby
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Essay examining the role of deception in the play‚ as seen through the action of the main characters: Othello‚ Iago‚ and Desdemona. Othello is‚ at heart‚ a play about deception‚ and the emotional turmoil and mental anguish it can cause. Although Iago aptly demonstrates all that is evil through his malevolent manipulation of others‚ he is not the only practitioner of deception in the play. Othello himself can also be regarded as a study in deception‚ albeit of a much more subtle variety than that
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Everyone characterizes deception differently. One may view it as breaking the trust of a loved one and think of it as mere deceit. Others may accept deception as a way to gain/give happiness. Some may even think of it as part of life. More commonly‚ deception stands being viewed as hand and hand with “evil”‚ this includes‚ not only viewed by people‚ but also portrayed in movies and novels from all eras of time. Frequently feelings dealing with deceit –lying or jealousy- creates anger in an individual
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DEDICATION INTRODUCTION Wherever two people communicate‚ deception is a reality. It is present in our everyday social and professional lives and its detection can be beneficial‚ not only to us individually but to our society as a whole. For example‚ accurate deception detection can aid law enforcement officers in solving a crime. It can also help border control agents to detect potentially dangerous individuals during routine screening interviews. Currently‚ the most successful
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that is so is so.” To what extent do you agree with this in relation to Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night”? In Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Twelfth Night’‚ the main theme of disguise and façade is used to create comedy as the characters ‘conceal’ themselves. This adds to the confusion and consequently the characters‚ and at times the audience‚ are doubtful of what is real. Shakespeare makes it clear that ‘Twelfth Night’ is up for interpretation through the use of his double title ‘what you will’; he introduces
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SELF-DECEPTION * Being in the box * See matters only from own closed perspective * Resistant to suggestion that the truth was otherwise * No matter what we’re doing on the outside‚ pp respond primarily to how we’re feeling about them on the inside * Pp primarily responds not to what we do but to how we’re being‚ whether we’re in or out of the box. * I sat there blaming others‚ while she seemed not to have blamed‚ but to have understood * Big problem – Self-deceived
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