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    lives and we thinks that it will last forever. Rudyard Kipling also uses excellent word choice to enhance the meaning of his poem. In the last line of the poem the word shadow is used. “Shadow to Shadow‚ ‘see how our works endure!’”(Part of line 22). He uses the word “shadow” to say the beginning and end. The word “shadow” creates a darker meaning than other words he could have used. He offsets the dark meaning by using the word “endure”. With this word he creates a sense of invincibility‚ in

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    sharpest at identifying shadows & order of shadows honored and held power; rewards are desired / envied * Truth is nothing other than the shadows of those artifacts Stage 2. Freed of bonds‚ look towards light * Cured of “ignorance” * Pained and dazzled‚ unable to see things whose shadows he’s seen before * Be at a loss; believe that the things he saw earlier were truer than ones he was being shown now * Look at light: eyes hurt‚ turn around and flee towards (shadows) * They’re

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    see it‚ they can only see the shadow of objects on the wall in front of them (Plato asks us to imagine the wall as a puppet screen). Occasionally people carry objects past the fire‚ and the shadows are reflected onto the wall for the prisoners to see. The prisoner’s play a game‚ in which they try to predict the movements of the shadows‚ and attribute names to the objects from the sounds made by those who walk past. Having known nothing else‚ they believe the shadows are ‘real’ and that the cave is

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    their persona‚ shadow‚ and self‚ ultimately achieving individuation. In Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men‚ the state of individuation is demonstrated by the antagonist Anton Chigurh at the onset of the novel. In Anton Chigurh’s quest for the stolen satchel of money‚ Chigurh remorselessly murders all those who are obstacles to attain the satchel‚ including competitors. Through Chigurh’s varying experiences during his expedition‚ Chigurh’s constant impersonal persona‚ sadistic shadow and sociopathic

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    duel‚ he summoned a monster‚ a shadow from the threshold of death‚ which scared him and sent him on a deadly quest across the lonely seas which were full of peril. After taming an ancient dragon and being hunted by the shadow‚ he realized that a man could not know the end he went to unless he turned. Then‚ he went hunting the shadow‚ the most terrible fear in his mind. Far out on the open sea‚ he confronted the shadow and defeated it by realizing that it was his own shadow. Ultimately‚ he reconciled

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    animals. Next‚ we are to imagine being one of the prisoners‚ who cannot look at anything besides the wall right in front of them. These prisoners see the shadows of the different objects that are being carried by the people crossing

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    haze one may see around a street lamp. The camera is close-up and blurred. The image is kept on for 3 seconds and then the camera fades out and back into another blurred image of light with dark contrasts. The dark contrasts appear to be blurred shadows. The images transitionally fade in and out in two to three second intervals. The sound begins to pick up beat. The momentum of the music increases as movement begins. The camera zooms out‚ as it fades out from one image and into the next. The

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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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