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    ENG- 102 Witch Way Is Which? After reading the poem “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton a lot of thought and emotion arises. It leaves a lot to be questioned and can be interpreted in many different ways depending on the reader. I perceive it as the author symbolically describing her experience with manic episodes that she endured‚ but she describes it all in the second person perspective. She writes of a “witch” who is dark spirited‚ “twelve fingered”‚ mentally abnormal‚ and isolated from her community

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    In Nathaniel Hawthrone’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ both main protagonists‚ Hester and Dimmesdale‚ present behaviors which do not correlate with what they feel inside. According to Psychoanalytic ideology‚ "[the study] to bring patients’ repressed memories and wishes to the surface"(Psychoanalysis)‚ Hester and Dimmesdale are repressing their real emotions and projections ones that they are not feeling. In the beginning of the novel‚"When the young woman- them other of this child- stood fully revealed

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    More specifically‚ in Great Expectations‚ his sister and others deeply instill in him that he is a burden who causes his sister to suffer. Moreover‚ his sister shames him for things that are inherent to adolescence such as “the acts of sleeplessness I had committed and all the high places I had tumbled from‚ and all the high places I had tumbled from‚ and all the low places I had tumbled into‚ and all the injuries

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    “wanted to disappear” (pg 117). The shame of her customs did not end with that as the dinner grew to a close her father belched loudly stating “its polite Chinese custom to show you are satisfied” (pg 117) and Tan was stunned into silence for the rest of the night. After the guests leave‚ her mother gives her a lesson on embracing the differences of her culture saying “but inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have

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    story about destruction‚ guilt and shame through the story there are allot of up and downs after the crash the family is not the same and tom knows that it will never be the same the story uses destructive power to add some problems to the story to keep it going the crash causes a couple of problems to everyone not just the family the whole community is effected guilt tom and kylie both feel guilty like they were the cause for the crash shame the family lie in shame they feel like there family is bad

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    Chapter twenty portrays Atticus’s plea to the jury to do their sworn duty‚ toss aside their predetermined views‚ and take account all the evidence present in order to free Tom Robinson. However‚ I do not understand why Atticus is trying to persuade the jury with his speech‚ even though he knows that it is hopeless to save Tom Robinson. In spite of this‚ I can make inferences and use the subtle clues provided in the text to answer my questions. Atticus appeals to the jury’s sense of dignity‚ and

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    In year 1765 there was a tax that was called the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was the name of an act that the British King and Queen taxed all the colonial people’s paper. The King and Queen were using the money to help pay for troops in the colonies in the seven years’ war or so they said. The Stamp Act negatively affected many groups of people; tax collector’s families went into hiding‚ it ruined the trust people had in tax collectors‚ and it made the colonists so angry they tortured the tax collectors

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    appearance‚ through a judgment or comparison to another person. 2) by criticizing another’s appearance in front of them‚ and 3) by criticizing another’s appearance without their knowledge. No matter how this manifests‚ it often leads to comparison and shame‚ and perpetuates the idea that people should be judged mainly for their physical features. In today’s age‚ the ideal model is‚ height: 5’9” to 6’-plus; bust: 32” to 36”; waist: 22” to 26”; and hips: 33” to 35”. For those who don’t know what any of

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    In this article‚ shame and guilt are being discussed and I am going to connect with the characters of the books I am going to write about them. “Analyses of personal shame and guilt experiences provided by children and adults revealed few‚ if any‚ "classic" shame-inducing or guilt- inducing situation. Most types of events E.g lying‚ cheating‚ stealing‚ failing to help another‚ disobeying somebody are cited by some people in connection with feelings of shame and by another people in

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    find a seat." My wonderful vice principal‚ Mr. Trokon. I resented his mocking statement and reasured myself that leaving that hell hole was the right thing to do. As I entered the auditorum I was overwhelmed with an unfamilar and unexpected feeling‚ shame. I noticed how each teacher saw me and looked almost disappointed. I tried to shake it off when I went into the dressing room to see my friends. I was approached by eight or nine giddy girls all talking at once. "I’m so nervous...Oh my god what if

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