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    Color is a drive behind the world. A thing that helps people describe what something is‚ who a person‚ and what kind of person they may be. Color is more than just a look or a style‚ it can describe who a person is beneath the color coat they may wear. Color determines who a person is in many stories and goes deeper than thought. The extensive use of Color is key in The Great Gatsby and helps find out who people really are. Gray is a color used in The Great Gatsby that describes hopelessness

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    absence of morality in Chillingworth’s new point of view. In the same chapter‚ Hawthorne illustrates that "[Dimmesdale’s] dawning light would be extinguished" with the arrival of Chillingworth. Again‚ he uses light as a substitute for Dimmesdale’s purity and morality. When discussing Roger’s intentions of discovering all of Dimmesdale’s secrets‚ Hawthornes describes it as "probing everything with a cautious touch‚ like a treasure seeker in a dark cavern." This illustrates Dimmesdale’s dark side that

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    to display goodness and purity illustrates a strong symbol throughout the novel. Pearl‚ the daughter of Hester and Dimmesdale‚ is the strongest and most mystifying symbol in the novel. In "The Scarlet Letter" Hawthorne uses these symbols to give the reader an observation and a view on the way that the Puritan society is affected by sin. The title of the novel‚ "The Scarlet Letter"‚ is symbolism along with the many symbols

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    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Furthermore‚ heroin overdose has tripled over the past year. The increase in supply has led to a much cheaper and purer product. The street price for a bag of heroin is about $10 for 7-10 percent purity‚ which

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    Fitzgerald writes‚ “They were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering…” using white to describe Daisy and Jordan upon Nick Carraway’s arrival on East Egg (8). This quote is used ironically‚ because white is normally associated with purity yet these characters are far from pure. The author further emphasizes this when he writes the scene of Daisy’s childhood reminiscence‚ “Our white girlhood was passed together there. Our beautiful white -” (19). Again the novel describes the women

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    and entertaining feel to the party; Romeo is dressed symbolically as a knight in shining armour to show that he will rescue Juliet. Luhrmann uses this to emphasise Romeo’s youth and enthusiasm. Juliet is represented as an angel in white to show her purity and to foreshadow her imminent death. Paris is dressed as an astronaut to show that he is out of this world and too good to be true. Mercutio cross-dresses as a woman being both man and women representing that he is not on either side of the feud

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    and the Irish. Calling them libidinous‚ lazy and demonic. Black represented all things bad‚ wicked‚ unclean and deadly Jefferson wanted the abolishment of slavery but once they were abolished he wanted to be rid of them so they wouldn’t taint the purity of white American race. The Bacon Rebellion was an example of the blacks and white working together. Takaki showed it a being a Pre revolutionary war. Creating a great divide much like the British had over us.This was the great catalyst for the separation

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    Use of Astrology and Names in SND The author’s use of Blanche and Stanley’s astrological signs and the meanings of their names helps to define their characters in “Streetcar Named Desire”. Stanley’s astrological sign is Capricorn which is the sign of the goat. Blanche’s sign is Virgo‚ the sign of the virgin. Appropriately‚ both signs are sex symbols. Virgo is the only zodiacal sign represented by a female. Virgo implies and stands for virginity. Sometimes thought of as an older woman

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    systems that provide the foundations for the world’s many moralities. The five foundations are psychological preparations for caring about and reacting emotionally to harm‚ reciprocity (including justice‚ fairness‚ and rights)‚ ingroup‚ hierarchy‚ and purity. Political liberals have moral intuitions primarily based upon the first two foundations‚ and therefore misunderstand the moral motivations of political conservatives‚ who generally rely upon all five foundations. Haidt & Graham -- 2 Suppose

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    Introduction Nike‚ Inc. is a major publicly traded clothing‚ footwear‚ sportswear‚ and equipment supplier based in the United States. Nike started making history for sustainability in 1990 with the program Reuse-A-Shoe. They started to promote this by using advertisements which are still active today. The first line of this advertisement is an orange recycling symbol and next to it is an equal sign‚ with a Nike shoe. Under this line the advertisement states “what can your trash make?”. This advertisement

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