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    shown a historical distrust of metaphor. English utilitarianist Jeremy Bentham portrayed legal fictions as ‘syphilis’ which runs along the veins of legal arguments‚ arguing that metaphors are not valid as a basis for reasoning in legal arguments. Justice Cardozo warned that while metaphor begins by liberating thoughts‚ they often end up by enslaving thoughts. Often a phobia of indeterminacy led to a confusion of the real with the literal‚ and mistakenly linked metaphor to falsity. Despite the prevalent

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    Part I-Metaphors Several years ago‚ I took a cruise trip with a close friend to the Bahamas. It was very fascinating and a wonderful experience. During the day‚ the ocean/sea was as blue as the sky on a nice day. As I looked down into the ocean I saw my reflection as if I were looking upon a mirror. I find that when looking upon the ocean and watching the waves interact with one another‚ it’s a reminder of how the human body functions on a daily basis. The ocean is constantly moving and changing

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    and political forces that make up history and society‚ but they also contribute remarkably to the social processes that refigure individual identity and the socio-political‚ historical situation (174). Veenstra maintains that Greenblatt’s “economic metaphor” enables texts and their symbolic significance to prevail in society insofar as the texts’ literary devices reflect the social energy circulating in other texts that speak of the same subject matter. He further elaborates that Greenblatt’s ideas

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    life happenings. It was just a part of Tony’s life journey. In the City of God‚ original sin appears as the sin of pride. The city is Augustine’s metaphor of choice simply because‚ in his day‚ the city was the cultural and political model. Father Tom uses “defining satire” as a metaphor to help Tony see a different perspective of his life this metaphor is based on what Tony is familiar with. As Augustine speaks of two cities‚ two social order: the city of God and the earthly city‚ which co-exist

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    thirty million singles and more than fifteen million albums‚ in addition to her extensive collection of awards received. Her most recent chart topping single Two Black Cadillacs is a narrative‚ more on the dark side‚ with a dramatic yet thrilling metaphor. Underwood’s song‚ Two Black Cadillacs‚ exhibits the actions of two women scorned‚ the lengths they will go to acquire personal vengeance‚ and their ability for keeping a secret‚ secret. We are introduced to the song right as important events

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    Danny Errichiello WRT-201-014 Process Essay 1 Most poems anyone reads will have imagery‚ symbolism‚ or metaphors. After reading the poems “God Bless America” by Sarah Jones (2000)‚ “Facing West From California’s Shores” by Walt Whitman (1860)‚ Allen Ginsberg’s “America” (1956)‚ “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes (1938)‚ and Wislawa Szymborska’s “The Century’s Decline” (1986) I realized that even though they all talk about America ‚ except Szymborska‚ the way they say it and

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    make their omnipresent looming known. These themes are constantly prevalent in our media‚ including books such as Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Throughout Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”‚ there is an abundance of symbolic patterns and hidden metaphors. Whether discussing the dark intentions of the drug “soma”‚ or what it truly means to be happy‚ it is impossible to become bored with the web of meaning Huxley has created. In Brave New World‚ we are introduced to the concept of originality‚

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    travel by First Class/ AC 3-tier/ AC Chair Car may travel on tour/ transfer by AC 2-tier‚ if any of the trains connecting the originating and destination stations by the direct shortest route do not provide for any of the three classes. When journey is performed by longer

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    find themselves feeling more like a customer rather than a student? If so‚ don’t think you are alone. Today more people are thinking about the so called “Student Customer” metaphor‚ and how it can have a huge impact on their future life and decisions. Mark Edmundson’s 2013 book “Why Teach?” explores the real meaning of the metaphor‚ and argues how Colleges and Universities in the United States are only focusing on the financial aspect of life. In Edmundson’s introduction‚ He states “through the last

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    Metaphors We Live By” As Lakoff and Johnson suggest in their article Metaphors We Live By‚ “Metaphors not only make our thoughts more vivid and interesting‚ but they actually structure our perceptions and understanding”. What I find most interesting throughout the duration of this article is that Metaphors We Live By gives us a source of examples that demonstrate our use of various metaphors used in everyday language and thoughts. One of the topics that I thought was interesting was when the

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