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    love. This book written by the classic author Nathaniel Hawthorne has a lot of ambiguous characters. Hawthorne used his characters to portray irony and moral ambiguity. The most intriguing character I chose that displays moral ambiguity is Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale. His character is fairly interesting being that he is a reverend minister and an adulterer. We learn that Dimmesdale is a prime example of an ambiguous character because he doesn’t have the courage to be the right person and do the right

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    In the novel Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane‚ the country of the Diallob¨¦ is entirely ruled by a culture of faith‚ a mystical faith that gives the afterlife a supremacy. The Western world has‚ since the Renaissance‚ been engaged in a process of secularization that first "began‚ timidly‚ by putting God ’in parentheses.’ Then two centuries later‚ having acquired more assurance‚ they decreed ’God is dead’". (100) The West world is abundant in material but poor in spiritual‚ that creates

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    novel of “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck invented an extremely ambiguous character known as Curely’s Wife. Readers would ether like or dislike the personality of Curley’s Wife. Her dream was to be in the movies as she quotes “Nother time I met a guy an’ he was in pitchers. Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural” In the novel she was massively disliked by the other characters for her attracting the attention of other men when she was

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    Several morally ambiguous characters played different vital roles in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. In fact‚ most characters illustrated in this twisted novel can be evaluated as possesing "good" and "evil" qualities. Sonia Marmeladov is especially ambiguous and important in this novel. Her contradicting social and moral statuses along with her contrasting roles as a saintly liberator and sinner allowed Sonia to play a crucial role throughout the novel. Not only that but her character further

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    6.2 Case 2 (The Ambiguous Case) If the given parts of the triangle are two sides and the angle opposite one of the given side‚ there are many possibilities that may arise‚ t hat is there maybe no triangle formed‚ one triangle or two triangles defending upon the given condition‚ and this is known as the ambiguous case. Following are the conditions to be considered: 1. When a>b‚ but bb‚ but m = a sin B‚ one right

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    Ambiguous Terms

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    1. Clarificatory Probe: 2.1 Are there vague or ambiguous terms that need to be defined and or clarified? “Vague or Ambiguous Terms” * In dealing with the situation given‚ I had come up that there are terms or words that are not clear or too obscure on me. And these are: * “Jenny became heavy with a child” * “Rheumatic Heart” * “Mitral Valve” * “Medical Predicament” In regards with the ambiguous or vague terms that I’ve encountered in the given situation

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    is to identify these linguistic pitfalls. Let us start with the first major pitfall - obscurity. "Obscurity" here refers to unclear meaning. A concept or a linguistic expression can be unclear for various reasons. One reason is that it might be ambiguous‚ i.e. having more than one meaning. The other reason is that it might be vague. A term is said to be vague if there are borderline cases where it is indeterminate as to whether it applies or not. Finally‚ a term might also have an unclear meaning

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    Ambiguous Adventure

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    PAPER NOT MORE THAN 250 WORDS ON AMBIGUOUS ADVENTURE AND BLACK SKIN‚ WHITE MASKS. Ambiguous Adventure written by Cheikh Hamidou Kane talks about the life of Samba Diallo and his “adventure” which brings change to himself as well as his people. Black Skin‚ White Masks is written by Frantz Fanon and is criticizing the outlook of black people on themselves as well as how they see others. In the paragraphs below my response about the two books will be given. Ambiguous Adventure has education as a key

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    Ambiguous Character Development in A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens uses enigmatic depictions of character development to create a multifaceted story that encompasses innumerable themes within the plot of A Tale of Two Cities. The ambiguity surrounding characters Sydney Carton‚ Charles Darnay‚ and Madame Defarge effectively portrays author Charles Dickens’s personal perspective on the potential for human qualities to develop in either a positive or negative way when enduring personal tribulations

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    Ambiguous Qualities

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    Some people find it vexing considering it deprives him or her from getting any sense of closure; nevertheless the Ambiguous is a more sophisticated way to end a movie. Because of its complexity and extreme difficulty the Ambiguous is an ambitious yet challenging and laborious way to end a movie which is why it is Academy Award worthy. The Ambiguous is a creative process that requires the audience to think‚ he or she is essentially helping to fill in the missing gaps with their own

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