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    Literature/ Composition 11 June 2015 The Lies of The Crucible One of the major themes in The Crucible is lying and Deceit. Some of the characters in The Crucible are lying and other characters lie to themselves. For example‚ Proctor cheats on his wife and doesn’t tell her about it; Abigail lies that she is able to see spirits‚ and the judge and ministers lie to themselves. There are many parts in the story where Abigail lies; for example‚ she says that some people are witches and she also lied about

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    Good and Bad Lies

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    and Bad lies Lies are present in lives of all of us. Everybody are lying. Although each human lies for them own purposes. Our lives would be difficult without them. These are two kind of lies: good and bad. The first type of lies are good lies. People are lying to save face or to maintain them reputation. If you do not want someone to knew about that what you did when you were drunk‚ you would lie. For example‚ if you were dancing on the table‚ you will say: “No! It never happened”. Lies to save

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    Lies In The Great Gatsby

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    Lies and Deceit “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires‚ but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively” (Marley). In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby is said to be a great man‚ but he is not as great as the title says. The novel is about Gatsby‚ a conniving business man‚ who lies in order to fit in with the wealthy. Gatsby starts out as a poor young man from the mid-west. Everyone knew him by James Gatz before he met Dan Cody.

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    forming lies one’s life becomes a lie. The plot that lies can change whom a person is becomes a heavily displayed in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucibles‚ by creating Abigail Williams he demonstrates how her decisions build up and result in her destruction. He does this by creating a domino effect causing her loose her home‚ her morals‚ and her name. With the intention to save her own life‚ Abigail forms a lie that escalates and thrusts the community in paranoia. Abigail’s lie spawns more lies. She

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    Dickinson Poetry Analysis Tell all the Truth but tell it slant is one of Dickinson’s poems. In this poem‚ she is telling us to tell the truth in a way that would not hurt someone. In line one‚ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-”. She tells us that we should tell the truth‚ but we should twisted it a little or tell half of the truth. According to line two‚ “Success in Circuit lies”. In this line‚ she believes that we should not directly tell the truth‚ but to circle around it‚ then the truth

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    Renzini Brothers Lies

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    Koestler once said‚ “Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion” (Koestler). This quote represents The Benzini Brothers in full force. The hard truth is that the bright and unique shows many pay to see is nothing but a devious scandal‚ full of lies. The Benzini Brothers’ circus appears glamorous and exciting‚ even magical at times‚ but in reality the enchantment of the circus is all a fabrication for what the workers actually live through. Lying and deceitfulness is a skill that The Benzini Brothers’

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    crucible shows a lot of lies that overpower the truth told by the innocent which those lies make a big impact on so many different lives whether they’re innocent or guilty . Many of the people throughout the play the teens lied about most of the people that were put on trial for their own benefits. Those lies over power the truth told by the women accused of being a witch. In this play the truth did not set the women free but made them look like fools. Telling a lie can tell you a million thing

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    camera never lies

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    The  camera  never  lies?     In  our  modern  world  today‚  we  cannot  escape  being  drawn  to   advertising.  It  is  everywhere  such  as  billboards‚  television‚  Internet‚   washroom‚  public  transport  and  etc.  Retouching  have  been  applied  in   most  advertising  now  days  which  can  be  the  simple  removal  of  a  few   wrinkles

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    Why Are Lies Wrong

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    deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.” However‚ while the intent of a lie is to deceive‚ that deceit is not always intended to cause detriment to others. Lies can be told for justifiable reasons such as to protect the feelings of others‚ but more often lies are told for the wrong reasons. For example‚ lies are mostly told to avoid the consequences of one’s actions such as with criminal activities and academic misconduct. When comparing acceptable and unacceptable reasons to lie

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    The Truth About Lies

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    In the documentary (Did) Honesty- The Truth about Lies‚ the professor Dan Ariely showed to his audience about the results of the experiments about how we lie to others‚ but particularly to ourselves. The Professor pictures his findings about the human nature and the rationalization about how everyone is dishonest to a lesser or great extent. This documentary makes any one to questioning about the explanations that we give ourselves about how the lie is justifiable and permissible. His assumptions

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