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    Non verbal Communication Good communication is the foundation of successful relationships‚ both personal and professional. But we communicate with much more than words. Most of the messages we send other people are nonverbal. Nonverbal communication includes our facial expressions‚ gestures‚ eye contact‚ posture‚ and tone of voice. The ability to understand and use nonverbal communication‚ or body language‚ is a powerful tool that can help you connect with others‚ express what you really mean‚ navigate

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    wants to be understood: he doesn’t use Latin‚ in contrast to the Pardoner. Positive behaviour‚ honest‚ humble (n. humbleness)‚ unworldly‚ not intellectual‚ but clever and charitable Holy and benign: recall the parson’s goodness and make him the ideal cleric. Personification of the good shepherd who looks after his flock Mystic overtones: Good Priest = Jesus Christ – he appears like a saint Opposition between the Parson – Pardoner; Parson – Prioress (vanity) is capsized: the parson is exalted

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    Hawthorne‚ was a story full of tragic irony. Hester Prynne‚ throughout the story‚ makes a great effort to conceal secrets among others such as Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. This effort is filled with hypocrisy because of the way they live their lives day by day. Some being idled for great doing‚ others shunning people of sin‚ when yet each of them have all committed sin of their own. Therefore‚ irony amongst this novel‚ is great in quality‚ as in quantity. Irony greatly describes the author’s

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    EVS PROJECT ON THE TOPIC IRONY OF AN INTRODUCTION Climate change is today the cause of movements of people and in future is expected up to 200 million people getting affected unless drastic changes will happen‚ for instance by introducing significantly more renewable energy. Climate change does not only force people to flee‚ it can also cause wars. The war in Sudan between north and south has several causes‚ but one of them is climate change

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    Compare/Contrast "The Friar’s Tale" and "The Summoner’s Tale" Isaac Atayero Sir. John Campion Advanced Placement United States History 12/14/11 In Chaucer’s genius work‚ The Canterbury Tales‚ the Friar and the Summoner tell tales of mockery about one another. Like the Miller and the Reeve before them the Friar and the Summoner are in rivalry with each other. However the difference between the rivalry between the Reeve and the Miller and the rivalry between the Friar and the Summoner

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    Physical Appearance in Non-Verbal Communication Christian Ford ENG 223 March 9‚ 2013 Christon Walker Physical Appearance in Non-Verbal Communication Non-verbal communication has many facets‚ but typically Physical Appearance can usually make or break certain situations. In the following we will discuss in some detail what non-verbal communication is and how physical appearance plays a part. Why does appearance matter? Does it affect our views of other cultures? Will it make it easier to accept

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    Irony In A Separate Peace

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    Phineas is an outgoing‚ charming‚ and adventurous character in the story. On the other hand Gene is the quiet‚ deeply insecure‚ and impulsive narrator of the story. The irony in this whole story is how these two totally different people are best friends in the story. These two characters are opposites‚ but they are drawn together in a tight bond. Gene may have had an obsession with Phineas throughout the story‚ but Phineas

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    William Shakespeare is known for being “The Man” of playwriting. Born to a glove maker in Stratford-on-Avon‚ he most likely attended King Edward VI Grammar School. Shakespeare was mostly known for his dramatic works and his sonnet sequence of 154 poems. He didn’t just write with skill‚ but also with speed‚ spending only twenty-three years to produce forty plays. He was also a diverse playwright‚ creating tragedies‚ histories‚ and comedies. Two of the most famous tragedies are Macbeth and Hamlet.

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    Irony In Oedipus The King

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    Oedipus is the main mythological character in the play by Sophocles known as Oedipus the King. As much irony is created‚ Oedipus gets labeled as the tragic hero who killed his own father and later marries his own mother. By the end‚ he is disgusted of who he has become and begins to seek self punishment which leads to him tearing out his own eyes. The most important thing to look at are the motives for these events and how he got the where he was by the end of the play.     Oedipus has a desire

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    provided in the beginning‚ which implies a dramatic irony. Another type of irony that Morison includes is situational irony. Usually a father or father figure would respect the child they are raising but in this case Pecola’s father raped her leading to her pregnancy. We would assume that this type of situation would not occur since we know that it is a disturbing and morbid act‚ but alas Cholly‚ Pecola’s dad‚ gets her pregnant. Moreover‚ another irony presented towards other minor characters is that

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