He presented his plays to the people of the working class, not the traditional theater audiences, and each performance was followed by an open discussion among audience members. ... Antonia plays on Giovanni's gullibility to Antonia's nonsensical stories whilst satirizing the pope, trying to cover the reason of Margarita's "miraculous" pregnancy."   ... Fo uses the techniques of satire and gullibility to both entertain and provoke thought within the audience. ... The improbable and ridiculous plot situation regarding Giovanni's gullibility sparks tension within the play ...

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Many people who suffer from one disorder usually suffer more than one at a time but do not believe that they have a problem. ... They can be self-destructive, but are rarely violent to other people or animals. ... They are excessively emotional, overly trusting and gullible, self-absorbed and are concerned with presentation. People with this disorder can function with relatively few problems in society. ... Not all abused children develop a disorder and not all people with a disorder have been abused. ...

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Overall, he made the people of Camelot aware of the injustice of their time and gave them the hope for an optimistic future. ... Furthermore, Mark Twain implies that the people of his time had better judgment. For example, in order to save himself from death, Morgan remembers that an eclipse occurred on that day and informs the people that he will cover the whole world in darkness. As he said those words, the eclipse occurred thus making all the gullible citizens of Camelot to believe that he was extremely powerful. ... Thus from this example, it is evident that the people of the middle ag...

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Othello as a dominant interpretation looks at the adverse actions of the Moor, Othello, caused by manipulation from Iago, who is able to act upon Othello's jealous and gullible flaws. ... Othello has evidence of subtle racial prejudice, which allows a post-colonial reading to be made from it encompassing racism and an ideology of "black" people. ... It also depicts the tradition of whites blackening up, primarily as "minstrels", again as an indication of the unacceptance of "black people" both in the play and in society, during the 1970's. ...

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Collective consciousness can be seen as any form of knowledge or behavior that is accepted by a large number of people. ... During the abolition movement many people felt that slaves should be freed because of things written in the Bible, while many people (specifically in Southern society) used the Bible to justify slavery. ... A mob is a perfect example of collective consciousness because it represents a large amount of people suddenly overcome with a common destructive goal. ... Collective consciousness is shown to be pitiful, and truly gullible, as the duke and the king manipulate it. ....

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He could "see more things than most people, but he could see none of them too distinctly", since his vision is obscured by ambition and greed. ... People are dying! ... However, Milo's operation, just like modern-day corporations, would continue to thrive so long as people demanded its shares. ... Heller likewise pokes fun at the gullibility and shallowness of American society, revealing that "the sweetest part of the whole deal was that there was no need to reimburse the government at all" (259), showing that society is more inclined to gain profit than uphold its ow...

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As the main character's name suggests, he is gullible and naveté in his observations of other cultures, further strengthening the subtle yet angry denunciation directed against humanity. ... The situation presented is extremely ridiculous, because many people lost their lives because of a trivial disagreement. ... Gulliver's situation switches when he arrives in Brobdingnag, becoming the tiny figure in relation to the people of that country. ... Perhaps, the author points out, society will fail if people neglect the simple, practical matters of everyday life. ... Some people w...

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In addition, communicating with a range of people by handing out surveys, is one of the ways to learn more about this topic. ... As the information or picture posted can be shared widely with a lot of people quickly, which is why it is so dangerous and can affects anyone's future. ... Social media has made it easy for people to keep in touch with each other, but also has made it easier to participate in cyber bullying. ... Children or anyone should not be gullible by internet as most of the information given could be fake [ CITATION Men14 l 3081 ]. ... Conclusion In conclusion, I agree t...

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The easy conquest of a large group of people, endless gold and pearls, and spices that would sell to the highest bidder; Columbus knew that enslaving and conquering these indigenous people would be invaluable and that this would not be his last trip to the island. ... He detailed the methods that the Spaniards would kill these people. ... De Las Casas knew that they were nave, but they were innocent and were the same as him; rather than take advantage of their gullibility, he would have cared for them in a not so brutal manner. ... From the get go, Columbus looked down upon them describing t...

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Although he is dead, he spreads his Rastafarian beliefs worldwide but more importantly encouraging black people to liberate themselves from the Babylon system; a system that they say was built by the rich and powerful to oppress poor black people. ... By teaching this to the people, the church is advising that they should accept whatever oppression society throws at them without seeking any form of liberation. ... Take for example, Kabaka Pyramid, a young vibrant reggae Rastafarian artiste who expresses these beliefs through his music, while attracting young people and encouraging them to figh...

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Just like the prisoners in the cave, in Socrates' allegory of the cave, Clerici was uneducated and gullible enough to be influenced by the shadows, or veil of what was considered normal (definitely not child abuse or homosexuality), presented by the puppeteers. Over the course of the movie, it became apparent that Clerici's next cause of failure entailed the motivation of his actions by other peoples' norms. ... Italo cited Colonnello's reason for liking Clerici as Colonnello liking people similar to himself, who were not different. ...

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Catherine's gullible and ignorant character comes to the conclusion of Isabella and James being in love, which had not occurred to her yet, despite the previous hints. ... Prodding the bubble continues as the repetition of social conventions and events strengthen Catherine's sense of other people's motives. ... " 'How very little trouble it can give you to understand the motive of other people's actions.' ...

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In False beauty in advertising and the pressure to look "good" written by Jo Swinson for CNN she states that "one study found that one in four people is depressed about their body another found that almost a third of women say they would sacrifice a year of life to achieve the ideal body weight and shape." ... Women should not be gullible to advertising companies and brand marketing as spending money to attain a digital body is only boosting profits for the companies who are advertising to them, and will never equal the perfection they are seeking. ...

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Swift mocks the simplistic man, who is incapable of uncovering the double meaning of things, and Gulliver, being gullible and nave himself, is a perfect illustration of this. ... When Gulliver returns to England, he is not only disgusted by the sight, smell, and actions of the people there, but also his own wife and child; he has virtually gone insane. ...

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Instead, people are valued for their merits, such as their book learning or their ability in teaching, activities requiring strength, or singing (Hoffman 7). In the period in which Irving based his story, few rural people were educated enough to teach. ... Perhaps more seriously, Ichabod's gullibility also opens into a political comment. ... In this light "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" can be seen to reflect concerns that also color the work of Charles Brockden Brown and James Fenimore Cooper, about the potential within a transient democratic society for people to be swayed by charismatic ...

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What is more, the book prompts sober reflections on the ethics of "free" market labor practices and on the stupendous idiocy of endorsements--how, for a billion gullible suckers, Jordan somehow endows shoes, Wheaties, Hanes underwear, Coca-Cola, Gatorade, and corn flakes with his excellence. ... Her design made it possible for people in faraway lands whose languages did not easily translate the word Nike to identify Nike products simply by the Swoosh. ... So billions of people around the globe are saturated with degrees of deception around the clock. ...

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In the late 1940s, most of their Arabs (>80%) in Palestine were driven into what is now known as "The Occupied Territories" by fear of terrorism such as the massacre at Deir Yassin (either that, or they voluntarily left their family homes to live in squalid refugee camps in order to happily make way for the peaceful Jewish takeover, if you're gullible enough to believe that story). ... The ethics of a problem and the urgency of a response depend not only on its absolute principle but also on the magnitude of its effects, i.e.- "how many people are currently suffering because of it?" ... B...

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