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    Most men think of themselves as confident and capable of meeting life’s challenges head on. They often pride themselves on being better drivers‚ fixers‚ and problem-solvers. Men tend to get their confidence boosts from comparing themselves and their accomplishments to other men. Building resiliency in men often comes with a surprise to most men‚ because what men tend to think of as strength is often what makes them less resilient. Resilience is the ability to adapt to and overcome adversity. As

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    Do Men Listen with Half a Brain? As the society changes to individualism‚ there are a lot of people having problem with communication. Become a big issue that although communication is a very important skill in our life‚ some people are just living with ignoring this fact. Researchers try to find the what causes are affected to people and some of them found the issue was from between men and women that using differences brain function which is men used left half of their brains while listing to

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    Shakespeare’s Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays Shakespeare uses similar comic elements to effect similar outcomes in his works. Many of his plays utilize trickery and disguise to accomplish similar endings. Trickery plays a major role in The Merchant of Venice and drives most of the action‚ while mistaken identity‚ specifically Portia’s disguise as the "learned attorney’s" representative‚ plays a major role in the resolution of the play. The first instance of trickery in the

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    Examine Shakespeare’s manipulation of disguise‚ deception and illusion in one or two plays from the module. To manipulate is a curious verb that itself presents two very defined meanings: ‘To handle‚ esp. with skill or dexterity; to turn‚ reposition‚ reshape‚ etc.‚ manually or by means of a tool or machine’‚ or ‘To manage‚ control‚ or influence in a subtle‚ devious‚ or underhand manner’.[1] The ambiguity that follows such a verb can usually be cleared with a sufficient context but the

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    How men and women do their shopping One of my friends called me asking to pick her up from the store where she was shopping. When I found her inside the store and asked what happened to her‚ she came up with a story. Her husband and she decided to take one car to do the shopping and arrange some other business in the bank. Her husband came up with a plan that he will drop her in the store and drive to the bank while she will be shopping. They decided that he would pick her up when he will be done

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    gorillas are still at great risk from malicious human acts and other biological reasons. Factors such as habitat destruction‚ poaching‚ and a slow birth rate have made it increasingly difficult for the mountain gorilla to maintain its population. Many do not fully understand the criticality of losing an entire species. Their survival is

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    of Shakespeare. Among the shinning characters of the plays‚ two most attractive women characters are most popular‚ Ophelia and Portia. For a long time‚ people consider the tragedy of Ophelia is because the “crulty” of Hamlet(Schlegel‚ 1973) and the happy ending of Portia is due to her intelligence. While no matter it’s the crulty of Hamlet or it’s the intelligence of Portia‚ the results of the two fair ladies come up with a premise: they live in different environments. Many criticists don’t agree

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    Homer characterizes Penelope as a mysterious woman who is much smarter and more manipulative than other characters think; ultimately‚ Penelope expresses these traits in how she can see through Odysseus’ disguise. One can tell that Penelope sees through Odysseus’ disguise when she is “poised” to “set the bow and gleaming iron axes out” and “bring [the suitors] slaughter on” (21: 2-5). Penelope knows setting up the competition will bring about the death of the suitors. She realizes Odysseus will use

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    Why Do Teenagers Act the Way They Do? Teenagers do not grow up in isolation: They are influenced by all that happens around them. This begins from an early age. Among the most important influences on children are parents‚ caregivers and the family. We look in more detail at these influences‚ especially as they relate to drug prevention. The Most Important Influence Most of us are aware of how important the early years of childhood are. During this time children learn so much that will influence

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    Why Do Marriages Fail?

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    Why Do Marriages Fail? In the world today‚ there are a lot of people wanting to marry the first person they fall in love with. However‚ many married couples realized that this kind of marriage is not what they want‚ so they turn to divorce as an answer. Even though there are many ways to fix the problems that occur in a marriage‚ sometimes‚ nobody wants to use them. It is certain that the causes of divorce vary from couple to couple. The most common reasons marriages fail are communication‚ the

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