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    Plato Allegory of the Cave

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    fire but between the prisoners and the fire there would a be puppet show where people would walk‚ talk and carry objects to keep the prisoners amused. The prisoners perceive only shadows of the people and things passing on the walkway; the prisoners hear echoes of the talk coming from the shadows. They perceive the shadows and echoes as reality. Whilst in the cave one prisoner is set free. He stands up and turns around and is forced to look at the fire‚ after the pain in his eyes from the fire he

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    to the exposure of the roof‚ there is a contrast in the shadows. The shadows represent the difference between good and evil. The majority of the screen is filled with dark spots and a contrasting bright spots against the wall. The camera is placed high up looking down on the lone Terry as he marches to his destination. Loud music of drums plays in the background like a heart racing. Through this Kazan creates suspense in the scene. The shadows set a grim feel to the scene‚ giving the impression that

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    saw it. A tall‚ dark shadow that was moving towards her. She began to become paralyzed‚ and very still. She felt her body get cold‚ fingers go numb‚ and her legs give out. Her eyes went dark- and couldn’t see a thing- she has passed out. When she awoke she was still in the forest. Though daytime now‚ it was very dark‚ she began walking to her house but she was lost. Then she heard a noise. A rustle in the woods- and she began to panic. Around a large tree‚ she sees the shadow again‚ this time it

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    begins with the supposition that if a group of prisoners were chained to the wall of a cave‚ and are able to see what was in front of them; with a fire behind them‚ they would only be capable of seeing the shadows of the images as they passed by the fire. The prisoners would begin to identify the shadows as their reality. However‚ if one of the prisoners were to escape from the cave‚ he would be incapable of seeing anything at first‚ because the light would be too bright. As time passed‚ his eyes would

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    entirety of the composition. The impressionistic style successfully captures a moment in time‚ saturated with chaotic elements caught un-posed and half seen‚ as they are in real life. Ballet Rehearsal’s composition successfully blends line‚ color‚ light‚ shadow‚ and space in order to build an impressive example of visual art.  Arranged in the background of the composition are a group of dancers performing arabesques. The dancers‚ "go through back breaking work-outs at the bar or squat‚ breathless with

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    Newtons Law of Motion

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    Newton ’s laws of motion  Newton ’s laws of motion are three physical laws that form the basis for classical mechanics. They describe the relationship between the forces acting on a body and its motion due to those forces. They have been expressed in several different ways over nearly three centuries and can be summarized as follows: 1. First law: The velocity of a body (a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line) remains constant unless the body is compelled to change that state

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    about one of Socrates’ teachings of education or the enlightenment of the mind and soul; “The Allegory of the Cave”. In this‚ Socrates describes how education is important so that the mind and soul are enlightened and not forever dwelling within the shadows. As Socrates begins the allegory‚ there is a cave with an opening but no natural lighting reaching far enough into the cave. And within that cave‚ there are people or slaves--that some would call--that are chained by their necks and legs that

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    interpreting a shadow as reality‚ and that when we see reality for the first time we don’t believe it to be true. And the fact that after we have seen reality‚ the shadows‚ that we used to believe in‚ don’t satisfy us anymore. In Plato’s story there are men who are chained to a cave wall with not the slightest ability to look but straight forward at a wall of stone. There is no light‚ except for the grimy shadows on the wall from the manipulative "puppeteers" that control the shadows and cause them

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    taken from his work‚ The Republic. He uses the metaphorical situation where people are chained so their movements are restricted in a cave. They have never seen anything but the shadows of people projected on the wall. For these prisoners shadow is a reality; for us‚ their perspective on nature is very narrow. The shadow represented only one side of the picture‚ a false idea about reality. Plato communicates the allegory with the objective of education‚ questioning our nature of existence as what

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    Abstract M.A.C cosmetics started as a small business and has grown into a multimillion dollar organization. They are innovative and organized and promote customer service. There products are of the best in the industry and are reasonably priced. You can find M.A.C all over the world and being marketed by tons of well known celebrities. They focus on working together as teams and promote employees to think outside the box. Not only is the organization extremely successful but it is incredibly generous

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