the god of love. Aristophanes‚ a comic poet‚ gives the first speech‚ and the second is given by Socrates. The first speech tells a humorous history of mankind and how it became “whole‚” addressing gender issues and sexuality. On a more serious note‚ the second speech addresses the origin of Eros and his use to humans. Before launching his speech‚ Aristophanes warns the group that his eulogy to love may be more absurd than funny. His speech is an explanation of why people in love say they feel
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“The Sound of Silence” is a song that exhibits numerous images of the feeling of isolation‚ embellishing with the motif of silence. The first two stanzas of the song strongly correlate with the story of Ethan Frome which accurately describes the inner thoughts and emotions of Ethan. The song starts with the phrase‚ "Hello darkness‚ my old friend” (Simon l). The phrase seems to have been utilized as if it is meant to describe the character of Ethan since the very beginning of the book where Ethan
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The film Hidden in Silence is based on a true story. During WWII‚ while Jews are sent to ghettos‚ Catholic teenager Stefania Podgorska (called Fusia in the movie) helps 13 Jews to save their life while raising her little sister. Every day‚ she risks execution by given food and water to the silent individuals living above her. The film is not very explicit in the violence against the Jews; instead‚ it conveys a message of hope for mankind‚ despite the horror humanity shows itself in sensitive ways
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Wiesel introduces his tragic memoir Night with the fact that silence was not the answer for victims of atrocities. This memoir depicts Elie Wiesel’s experiences at Auschwitz‚ one of the cruelest concentration camps during the Holocaust. Through the pain and seemingly eternal silence that fell upon the victims‚ a voice needed arise to shed light on the broken actions in the world. Elie Wiesel‚ in his memoir Night‚ reminds the world that “silence” or “indifference” to atrocities committed anywhere is an
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One of the most major voice that where silence in the book was reverend hale’s.first they called him in to see if he could find witchcraft but he help out a little bit.secondly throughout the book the start to shut him up and not believe him when he is actually saying the truth about what is really happening.they pretty much shut him up when he tries to save john proctor life.also he just quit trying to help so he did silence his own voice in the book after he had to sigh 18 death warrant to hang
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Caitlin Park English 10H Summer Reading The Chosen Symbol: Silence Silence serves as a symbol‚ signifying many things in The Chosen‚ by Chaim Potok. Throughout the book‚ Reb Saunders rarely converses with his Danny unless it is about Talmud or their religion. In chapter 18‚ he says that he did this to teach his son to understand and feel pain and suffering. In addition‚ he does this because this was the way he was raised by his own father. Reb Saunders wanted his son to grow up with the
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“Silence” by Marianne Moore‚ written in 2003‚ I feel represents the Literary Modernism movement which was based in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the poem‚ Moore talks about what her father used to say to her as a child. The first line reads‚ “Superior people never make long visits‚ have to be shown Longfellow’s grave nor the glass flowers at Harvard.” I feel like she’s saying that some superior people are not modest but they can be. Moore wrote this poem with the “freedom” characteristic
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Spiral of Silence Theory Explanation of Theory: The Spiral of Silence theory explains why people often feel the need to conceal their opinions/preference/views/etc. when they fall within the minority of a group. Theorist: Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann Date: 1984 Primary Article: Noelle-Neumann‚ E. (1984). The Spiral of Silence. University of Chicago‚ Chicago. Metatheoretical Assumptions: Ontological Assumption: In this sense‚ the theory is extremely scientific. Spiral of Silence believes
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of my only voice/ -I insist./ Insist for us all‚/ which is the job/ of the voice‚and especially/ of the poet.Else what am I for‚what use am I for‚ what use am I if I don’t insist?’’ This was the very crucial question raised in the poem‚ Refusing Silence by Tess Gallagher. In her poem‚ Tess Gallagher creates a momento revolving around not only what poets do‚but what they should do if they don’t create poems. In doing this however‚ she writes her poem in a lyric style‚ while conveying repetition‚hyperboles
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themes of speech and silence prominent‚ they show the strongest divide between civilization and savagery.Verbal communication or speech‚ is most commonly displayed as a prominent property of civilization ‚while bestiality is non-verbal‚ or silent. This is shown when jack is beginning to show his barbarity‚ by hunting anomalistically in the forest‚ where even him‚ the brutal hunter finds the silence of the dark forest intimidating. This is presented when the narrator states “The silence of the forest was
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