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    messages‚ morals‚ and allegories of this profound novel. Lord of the Flies can be interpreted as a political‚ psychological‚ and religious allegory. Lord of the Flies can be exposed as a political allegory to the Second World War‚ as well as a psychological allegory to Sigmund Freud’s theory of the id‚ superego‚ and ego‚ and furthermore the novel is a religious allegory relating to the Christian faith‚ and the bible. The novel Lord of the Flies can be interpreted as a political allegory to the Second World

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    Leaving the Cave

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    DEONTOLOGY Deontology is a form of philosophy centered around the principles of eighteenth century philosopher Immanuel Kant. Its name comes from the Greek words deon and logos‚ meaning the study of duty. The basis of deontology is to assess a person’s character by how well he or she follows moral rules‚ even if by doing so‚ tragic results occur. It is in direct contrast to consequentialism‚ a form of ethics that determines the morality of actions by the results they produce

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    Allegory Used By Authors

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    Allegory Used by Authors Ines Palacio Mrs.Coplen English I Honors 10 December 2012 Do you ever wonder what it takes for a revolution to happen? Revolution usually takes time‚ a strong leadership‚ ideology‚ and not just one person. When writing a story‚ authors often mean for the story to interpret a second meaning behind it‚ to reveal a hidden message. They do this by using allegory. In Animal Farm and Black Boy some sort of revolution happens at different points in the book to convey this meaning

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    in hopes of doing one meaningful deed before dying. The movie opens up with quotes from The Revelations which informs the audience that religion and the idea of God is involved with the film. Throughout the entire film of The Seventh Seal it is evident that the main issue and theme of the movie is what role God plays in our society and in our hearts. The director does an excellent job of using the movie as an allegory for the different position that God holds for different people. For example

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    relations between the different classes of people are right. This‚ in turn‚ created the allegory of the Ideal City. Within this allegory Plato proceeds to create different classes of people -the producers‚ the guardians‚

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    right‚ you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself‚ and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” -Marilyn Monroe- This quote to me means that everything happens for a reason and it is sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. I think that this quote says that Everything that happens in one way or another has a direct impact on who you are. How you look at and react to everything that happens around you goes into defining who you

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    Homer demonstrates Life’s journey in several different situations. These situations are lead by actions that reveals an example of karma and how people don’t always get what they want. An allegory implies that even when a reward is as precious as Penelope‚ people do not always get what they want. An allegory also illustrates how when advices are ignored and continuously do wrongdoings‚ punishments occur. The suitors get frustrated and causes these actions because they want nothing else other than

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    Allegory In Jane Eyre

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    The novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte‚ is a powerful story and throughout the story‚ the author uses many elements such as‚ imagery‚ tone‚ personification and allegory. Because of these elements‚ the author will engaged the readers into the short story. The point of view also has a huge impact throughout the story‚ and it can show feeling throughout the story. Throughout the first chapter the author uses many imagery to get the feeling to the readers. In the first paragraph of the first chapter

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    people said their life is like Truman’s life. Because their life were control of another. And they’re not living in their own life. To know who really we are‚ we need to do the same thing like Truman did. The Truman Show is kind a parallel with Allegory of the Cave because Truman and the prisoners both were trapped in some’s cage. They didn’t know their reality is not real. The escape prisoner and Truman were finally discovered the truth outside the world. They realize their past is nothing but a lie

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    Essay On Bellamar Cave

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    Bellamar Caves are a National Monument that is located in Matanzas‚ Cuba‚ they are a set of cave with more than 23 kilometers of galleries. By the beauty of its gallery and caves‚ they were declared a National Monument. The galleries and passages of the cave started forming about 300 thousand years ago. According to the studies the caves were originally under the sea‚ part of the bat of Matanzas. While they were under sea level‚ these caves were full of water. The tectonic movements caused the area

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