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    Othello: Blindness

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    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 her to be the heroine and inspiration for William Shakespeare’s Othello. Shakespeare has brought the Bible to life through the

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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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    Fate In Oedipus

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    Oedipus Rex‚ also known as Oedipus Tyrannus and Oedipus the King is the first installment in a trilogy commonly referred to as the three Theban plays (Goldhill 231). The second installment is Oedipus Coloneus also known as Oedipus at Colonus with the last being Antigone. Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus are both about the tragedy of Oedipus‚ a man born a prince in Thebes‚ raised a Prince in Corinth‚ reigns as King in Thebes and dies full of shame and regret in Athens (Goldhill 232). The totality

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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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    Oedipus

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    well. What else could a partner ask for?.." An hamartia is a crucial physical or mental trait that‚ in a certain situation‚ can lead to the downfall of a tragic hero within a piece of literature. In the play Oedipus RexOedipus is a tragic hero with a hamartia that leads to his inevitable downfall. He possesses three traits that have been debated on to be his hamartia: his hubris (excessive pride)‚ his heinous temperament‚ and his consummate determination. Of these three traits Oedipus possesses

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    Oedipus Symbolism

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    Oedipus Symbolism Many stories from ancient times as well as present times use symbolism to prove a point or to help with the understanding of the story. Symbolisms are used in stories and plays of all kinds to help get a point across or to help clarify the meaning of the story‚ and the play‚ Oedipus the King‚ is no different. There are many things throughout the play that are symbolic and very important to the understanding of the play. Two of the major symbolic things in the play are blindness

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    Deaf Blindness

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    Deaf Blindness Most people assume that a deaf blind child is someone who is not able to hear or see. “Our country’s special educational law defines deaf-blindness as the combination of the visual and hearing impairment” (“Deaf Blindness”). These two impairments make the person lose his or her communication skills‚ developmental and educational needs. The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness observes that the key feature of deaf-blindness is that the "combination of losses limits access to

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    Colour Blindness

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    Colour blindness is a very well known deficiency that affects approximately 8% of the population worldwide (Fluck 2006). People who are colour blind are not technically blind‚ they have a decreased ability to identify colours and in the most extreme cases‚ not able to see colours at all. The technical term for being colour blind is achromatopsia which means the inability to see any colours at all. However‚ most people are only colour deficient and not fully color blind therefore they can be classified

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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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    Oedipus

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    para In the play Oedipus RexOedipus has many negative qualities. The first flaw is stubbornness. Oedipus shows stubbornness‚ when he doesn’t listen to the truth. Oedipus shows it by not listening to Tiresias: "Enough I won’t listen to this sort of talk from you‚ Damn you! Get out of here‚ quickly(29)." Oedipus requested Tiresias for the truth‚ instead of taking advice from him he took everything in wrong way. He didn’t listen to his advice‚ at all and decided to go with his own decision. Another

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