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    Theodore Roethke’s poem “Elegy for Jane” shows the speakers affliction towards the death of his former student Jane. Roethke uses personification‚ imagery and metaphors as well as other devices to show the love and sorrow the speaker feels for Jane. The personification used by the speaker‚ when he says “leaves‚ their whispers turned to kissing” and “mold sang in the beached valley under the rose” is a representation of Jane’s presence‚ for bad and good her presence delighted them. The speaker uses

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    can only see their own shadow and the shadow of different sculptures that pass over the wall‚ which are carried by other men they can’t see. One of those prisoners is released and starts walking around the cave. He is very confused by what he sees but finally he realizes that the shadows are just a representation of what is really there. The prisoner is forced to go out of the cave‚ his eyes begin to adjust to the sun light‚ and he can’t look at anything more than shadows. Accustomed to the light

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    Shadow represents the past and it portrays Gatsby’s dream of trying to repeat the past and change what he has done. It was another time of the day for a party at Gatsby’s house. The party is filled with adoring and glamorous people that Daisy finds lovely

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    is the perception of the “essential Form of Goodness” Plato splits the varying degrees between enlightenment and illustrate epistemology. The stage furthest from enlightenment occurs when the prisoners‚ in the analogy of the cave‚ can see only a shadow of an imitation of reality. This occurs when the prisoners in the analogy are bound in a cave preventing any movement and the only light in the cave is provided by a fire burning behind them. Between the prisoners and the fire is a parapet. On the

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    What are the challenges that face a psychotherapist working with self harm or eating disorders. “She cuts herself. Never too deep‚ never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to feel the scream inside. The lines I wear around my wrist are there to prove that I exist. A broken mirror‚ a bleeding fist‚ a silver blade against a wrist‚ tears falling down to lips unkissed‚ she’s not the kind you’ll come to miss.” (http://xxdailydreamxx.tripod.com/id16.html) I took this poem from an

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    2 §1 The notion and essence of underground economy. 3 1.1. Definition of underground economy 4 1.2. Structure of underground economy 5 §2 The history and peculiaruties of underground economy formation in Russia. 6 2.1. Overall view on shadow economy in Russia. 6 2.2. From Soviet underground economy to Russian. 8 2.3. The dynamics of economic criminality. 10 §3 The reasons of underground economy development in Russia. 10 3.1. Reasons for underground economy appearance. 10

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    that it cannot be the ‘truth’. He says that most humans live in world of shadows‚ where we don’t see the ‘reality’ of ideas‚ which is the ultimate form‚ the reason and the truth. In the theory by Plato the cave represents the people that believe knowledge comes from our senses‚ what we hear and see in the world. The cave is to show that believers of empirical knowledge are trapped in a ‘cave’ of misunderstanding. The shadows represent the perceptions of people who believe empirical knowledge ensures

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    Fading Jyri Hämäläinen‚ Communications and Networking Department‚ TKK‚ 17.1.2007 Outline Modeling approaches Path loss models Shadow fading Fast fading 2 Modeling approaches 3 Fading seen by moving terminal Fast fading Power Modeling approach: +20 dB 1. Distance between TX and RX => path loss 2. Shadowing by large obstacles => shadow fading 3. Multi-path effects => fast fading - 20 dB Path loss Lognormal fading Path loss Time 4 Path Loss Path loss

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    A Clean Well-Lighted Place In the short story “A Clean Well-lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway the setting is very important. The story takes place in a Spanish speaking country in a café‚ but more so than the actual place the time is what makes the setting so crucial to the story. The story takes place at night Hemingway uses this in contrast to the well-lighted cafe with its artificial light. The contrast between dark and light is the main idea of the story and it is best expressed through the

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    vision will appear fluttering shadows. The appearance of fluttering shadows may mean vitreous shedding‚ or more severe illnesses‚ such as diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy can cause retinal vascular damage and burst‚ bleeding into the eyes‚ resulting in floating shadow symptoms. Retinal detachment is the retina and the eye of the other membrane separation is a very serious symptom‚ may also cause floating shadow. So when you appear in the shadow of floating shadow‚ you need to find a doctor

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