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    Othello: Blindness

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    Emilia plays a small role‚ she makes a powerful impact. Her omnipotent bravado brings us to the conclusion that she is the reincarnation of Esther from the Bible and that she is a mirror image of today’s risk taking woman. Emilia’s insight brings perspective to not only what is righteous but also to the darkness of bestiality portrayed throughout the play. Although the maiden is underestimated because she is a woman‚ she proves herself time and time again that her bold demeanor is what interprets

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    Blindness in Macbeth

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    Blindness Has Consequences MACBETH – FINAL ESSAY ENG 3U When a character in a tragedy fails to see what they really are‚ or who other people around them really are‚ tragedy‚ normally consisting of death results. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare many characters fail to see the truth that is themselves‚ or another person. The play reads‚ “I think not of them: Yet when we can entreat an hour to serve‚ We would spend it in some words upon that business If you would grant me the time.” (Act

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    Holographic Sight

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    Overview of Various Types of Sights Why choose a holographic sight‚ otherwise known as the red dot sight‚ when there are other options such as telescopic sights and laser sights? What advantages does the holographic sight have over these other sight systems and why is it the weapon of choice for the military? It is true that the holographic sight is the most used aiming system in modern warfare but how far does its advantages take the shooter to when compared to what consumers already used

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    On His Blindness

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    "On his Blindness" by John Milton John Milton was a great writer and one of the few who was recognized in his own time. His name stands out in the history of English literature mainly for his two works‚ Paradise Lost and Paradise regained. In 1651 Milton became blind‚ yet he continued to write and his daughters would take dictation. The poem On his Blindness‚ by John Milton is an Italian sonnet which addresses the Christian perspective of how to accept ones disabilities. The

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    Ethical Blindness

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    Ethical Blindness Guido Palazzo • Franciska Krings • Ulrich Hoffrage Received: 1 June 2010 / Accepted: 22 November 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Abstract Many models of (un)ethical decision making assume that people decide rationally and are in principle able to evaluate their decisions from a moral point of view. However‚ people might behave unethically without being aware of it. They are ethically blind. Adopting a sensemaking approach‚ we argue that ethical blindness results

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    Color Blindness

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    Color blindness or color vision deficiency is the inability or decreased ability to see color‚ or distinguish color differences‚ under normal lighting conditions. Color blindness affects many people in a population. "Color blind" is a term of art; there is no actual blindness but there is a fault in the development of one or more sets of retinal cones that perceive color in light and transmit that inform ation to the optic nerve. Symptoms like those of color blindness can also be produced by physical

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    The Sight of Beauty

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    The Sight of Beauty I was walking on the beach right before the sunset‚ searching for a good spot to fish. I stop and gaze at the ocean. The waves‚ ever so gracefully crashing on the beach‚ a picture perfect moment. Perhaps moments were you feel worthy of being alive‚ seeing the beauty that Mother Nature has to offer. Seeing what the world has to offer of life. *** I came back from school‚ tired and exaughested

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    Kool-Aid Play Dough 1 cup flour 1 cup water 1/2 cup salt 3 teaspoons Cream of Tartar 1 package Kool-Aid Mix (any flavor of unsweetened) 1 tablespoon cooking oil Mix dry ingredients together in a large saucepan. Slowly add water mixed with oil and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens to dough. Turn out onto a heatproof bread board or counter top and knead until cool enough for children to handle. Dough will be the color of the Kool-Aid mix and will smell like the Kool-Aid mix.

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    The Oedipus complex or Oedipus theory is a psychological concept‚ created by Sigmund Freud in the 1920s‚ that explains the unconscious desires and some sexual attractions of pubescent males and females. This theory stems from a cluster of Freud’s ideas about the human subconscious as well as from direct events from the playOedipus Rex‚ and from relationships between characters within the play. All of these factors combined have produced the modern day idea of the Oedipus Complex. Sigmund

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    Oedipus

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    Songwriters‚ artists and even play writes constantly include stories of free will and destiny. Sophocles‚ a famous Greek playwright‚ beautifully includes fate and free will as themes in his plays Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. This motif is so abundant in Greek literature because oftentimes characters try to avoid an oracle that they don’t want to accept to be true; this opens up an opportunity for human nature to fight fate‚ which is what Sophocles sets the basis for his plays. Although each character’s

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