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    Brilliant Lies

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    Brilliant Lies By Braeden Marano In the play‚ ‘Brilliant Lies’‚ David Williamson uses a number of techniques to expand on the concepts introduced in the title. He uses characters and their back stories to build a supporting argument to compliment the text’s overall theme that everyone lies to protect themselves. Susy’s sexual harassment claim contains the most evident form of lies throughout the text‚ however Vince and Gary’s relationship‚ Susy’s family history‚ and even Marion’s favouritism

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    Truth is Truth‚ Lying is Lying Judith Viorst describes in her essay “The Truth about Lying‚” a very interesting and intellectual composition. The author has made a great exertion to try to present four different kinds of lies people tell in their daily life. She has separated them into four sub-groups: Social Lies‚ Peace-Keeping Lies‚ and Protective Lies‚ and Trust-Keeping Lies‚ and uses headings to separate them. She has used a lot of different techniques to convey her message to the reader. Over

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    Trust

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    Trust is the very thing that everybody in this world desires‚ or at least should desire from one another. Who wants to have a friendship or relationship without trust? Nobody does. Without trust‚ there is no friendship‚ and without friendship‚ there is no love. I believe that trust is an even greater compliment than to be loved! I believe George Macdonald said it best when he stated "To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved." When I read this quote for the first time‚ I thought to myself

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    Identity is often misinterpreted in common films and novels. These originated from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night about a girl named Viola‚ who washed ashore and dresses as a man so she can raise money to return to her land. One of the films that is based off the idea of deception through appearance is Some Like it Hot‚ two men searching for employment in a band dress as girls‚ cloaking themselves from a mob. Deception in appearance is common throughout these two stories in several ways. Disguise

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    Secrets

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    Aia Shalan Professor Rzonca 4 December 2012 Writing 1 Final Essay- Draft # 1 The Secret in the Texts We all have our secrets- secrets we wish to keep to ourselves and no one else. Sometimes‚ these secrets are motivated by dark thoughts and hatreds for others. The hatred grows and festers until it swallows us‚ making it almost impossible to return to our natural normal state. The same idea goes for pain. What is pain really? Sometimes pain is extreme that we get used to it. The

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    White Lies

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    John Smith Opinion Paper; Are little white lies acceptable in business? White lies are not acceptable in business or anywhere else for that matter. Telling a lie‚ either a grave lie or white lie‚ contradicts the absolute of truth‚ therefore making it wrong. Many people view white lies as harmless or innocent‚ but what they do not realize are the potential consequences of even a small lie. A white lie can be the beginning for another lie to cover that lie‚ which will cover another lie and so

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    The Curious

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    1“And when I was asleep I had one of my favorite dreams… And in the dream nearly everyone on the earth is dead…” In Chapter 229‚ having made the difficult trip to London and found his mother‚ Christopher has what he calls one of his “favorite” dreams. Since the dream is Christopher’s fantasy‚ the fact that he identifies this dream as a favorite implies that it fulfills some of his deepest wishes. First‚ without anyone else around‚ Christopher would not have to have any social interactions‚ which

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    Twelfth Night- Disguise VS Identity Disguise in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night has many purposes. Even though disguising one’s gender is a common theme in Shakespeare‚ some say it is instates bonding and allows a way for it to happen. It is known that it is used as a necessity for survival. In Twelfth Night‚ Disguise and Identity is shown in feelings‚ appearances and decisions. Disguise is an occasionally seen force which drives one’s mind into believing in something unrealistic. Disguise and Identity

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    Trust essay

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    lying is wrong and that people should always tell the truth‚ because everyone you come into contact will trust you. If you do lie‚ the truth will eventually come out‚ and if you do not lie you will have a clean conscious. Lying does not do you or anyone else any good; it does not resolve anything. Perhaps at first if you are a good liar it will resolve some problems‚ but eventually the truth will come out. When the truth does come out‚ situations worsen and problems arise. People

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    Trust

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    Trust Trusting people is hard to do. Especially trusting strangers and people with danger written across their face. Most characters in the movie have a hard time trusting Jack Sparrow. He wasn’t trusted mainly because he was a pirate. Pirates are never to be trusted. They are involved in illegal activities like‚ robbery and violence. They had to be good liars to not get caught doing this. William Turner had an even harder time trusting him. He was never sure on who’s side Jack was on. Was he

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