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    of his transformation is never revealed in the novel. The whole novel revolves around the struggles of Gregor to adjust to his new shape and identity and depicts his miserable thoughts about himself. This novel reveals many bitter truths of this worldly life. One of them is “Freedom and Escapism”. The story tells us that Gregor

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    Maharashtra One is an unproductive number. When there is only there can no love‚ no yearning and no union. Two are reqiued to to forge a relationship. Without the other self has no meaning. For sat(true essence) to make sensethere requirement of Maya‚ worldly truths. THE PURUSHA AND PRAKIRTI The inner reality of Purusha can be portrayed by male forms and the outher reality of the Prakirti can be pictured as female forms‚ next what follow is mating which is the most appropriate analogy to represent relationship

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    WHY DOES PLATO COMPARE ORDINARY HUMAN EXISTENCE TO THAT OF CHAINED PRISONERS IN A CAVE? Plato in his famous Allegory of Cave compared the ordinary human existence to that of chained prisoners in a cave. According to Plato‚ we are all stuck in a false reality in this world like prisoners in a cave. His cave theory still applies today in the sense that the people are influenced and controlled by the world around them. They do not want to realize or seek the truth; instead they wish to live

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    Zen aims at achieving a particular state of mind called enlightenment. Enlightenment entails the removal of oneself from all worldly distinctions. Once enlightenment is achieved‚ one can experience the true meaning of existence and "oneness" with the universe. The separation of oneself from material barriers allows one to experience reality and knowledge in each and every moment

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    and the strongest ruler‚ the loftiest king who defeats the kingdoms around the world‚ and the shadow of Allah in the Earth‚ am the son of Sultan Selim...and I conquered with my fire-scattering sword…” He also said‚ “What men call sovereignty is a worldly strife and constant war; worship of God is the highest throne‚ the happiest of all estates.” Suleiman believed that to be a ruler he had to constantly be gaining more land‚ through war after war. Suleiman’s actions were true to his words. Before his

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    An In Depth Look At Renaissance Principles The Renaissance was an explosion of art‚ science‚ literature‚ and architecture. Thousands of ideas‚ new and old‚ were introduced to brilliant minds and influenced some of the greatest works of art in history. New advances in technology allowed for magnificent accomplishments such as the Dome in Florence‚ and old schools of thought reintroduced perspective and naturalism into art. Many schools of thought clamored for attention in the Renaissance‚ and three

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    eSharp Issue 8 Un/Worldly Bodies The Third-World Body Commodified: Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest Shital Pravinchandra (Cornell University) This essay offers a reading of Indian writer Manjula Padmanabhan’s dystopian play Harvest (1997) in order to examine the trade in human organs and the commoditization of the third world body that such a trade is predicated upon. Padmanabhan’s play‚ in which an unemployed Indian man sells the rights to his body parts to a buyer in the United States

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    Walker surely shows how mature and wise Maggie is. She understands that the quilts do not mean anything about heritage and that she can hold on to her grandmother without them. This event surely portrays the theme of a person does not have to possess worldly items to remember where they came

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    ALLEGORY IN EVERYMAN Allegory is a form in which objects‚ people and actions are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity‚ knowledge‚ or death. Thus‚ the allegory is a narrative in which the characters and action have two levels of meaning. It must make sense at both levels. All of the literal pieces must be suitable

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    spirituality. But now with the weakening of the Vedic ideals‚ spirituality waned and the fulfilment of life became an excuse for the uncontrolled indulgence of desires and worldly satisfactions. A temporary period of negation was therefore necessary. Buddhism with its exaggerated stress on the unreality of this world and worldly desires seemed to satisfy this need. In sum‚ Buddhism came as a reaction to the lowering of the Vedic ideals. However‚ Buddhism by its exaggerated emphasis on quiescence

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