The passage begins with his reaction to Hedvig's disappointment; his speech and actions throughout the passage are very indicative of his nature and his position in the family. ... If Gina's reaction to this question is to "obviously lie" - to look uncomfortable, speak with an insecure tone, etc - then we as an audience will understand quite clearly that she is lying. ... Hedvig has two lines in particular, in the passage, that may carry different meanings depending on how they are interpreted and delivered. ... Gina and Hjalmar may be standing throughout the passage, so as a directo...

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Before this passage, Ann has been getting reacquainted with the Keller's house, and the passage hints at the tension between Ann and Kate that will develop in later acts and clues the audience into Kate's mental instability. Firstly, Miller uses Ann's defiance of Kate to create tension in the passage. ... Ann's short evasive sentences and repeating rhetorical questions indicate a lack of desire to show any furtive emotions to Kate, as well as a desire to stand her ground, and she is thus showing how she tries to break the roles imposed by the familiar setting of the Kelle...

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The overall tone of this passage is quite dark, with the opening paragraph graphically describing the mutilation of the Pleasure Mouse's foot, ending with her bellowing 'in agony.' ... This particular passage is in past tense, and told in story time, meaning readers are able to closely follow the process of the foot binding and the how Pleasure Mouse reacts to it in more detail. ... In addition, a 'moon sickle' is an agricultural tool used for harvesting, that when used on people, may cause agonising pain, correlating with what Pleasure Mouse will experience later...

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Charles Dickens worked with many complicated ideas and it is shown in Bleak House in more than one instance. ... Dickens' concern was primarily the social hierarchy and how fair, or unfair, it was. ... In this passage Dickens uses repetition as a way to emphasise his point but it is also a part of the narrator's voice, there's 'Fog up the riverfog down the riverfog on the essex marshesfog creepingfog lying out', the fog is everywhere, it's suffocating and the reader, as well as the people in the passage, cannot get away from it. ... Setting, in these types of nov...

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The pig's intelligence is their power; they know just how to control the intellectually and emotionally inferior with miscited facts and logic, and through terms that keep the animals in fear to make their own decisions without fail. ... His cunning use of rhetorical questions at the end of almost every speech, scares the animals into doing what he says. ... By starting the question off with "Surely" "(36), this devalues the animals, making it seem obvious they should not have a differing opinion. ... This influential passage effectively demonstrates manipulation through persuasive spe...

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I will demonstrate the treatment that the religious slaveholders put towards the slaves, the passages they used from the Bible while beating the slaves, and how they refused to educate slaves, fearing the power they would gain if they were on the same level mentally. ... In particular, he notes that his Master, Captain Auld, was one Christian who would vocally justify his abuse of slaves with a passage from the Bible that he misconstrued. ... I have seen him tie up a lame young woman, and whip her with a heavy cow-skin upon her naked shoulders, causing the warm red blood to drip; and, in justi...

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The use of this metaphor has significant implications for the pursuit of truth, if everything is an illusion as on stage, how can truth be identifies in the midst of the performance. ... He had a young British female murdered and then killed a man himself, by hacking at him with a cutlass. ... Robertson never at any stage questions the guilt of his clients, what he does questions is the morality and social efficacy of the death penalty. ... Robertson uses some grotesque passages and emotive language in order to support his argument against capital punishment. ... Robertson's desc...

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It disturbs the comfortingly quiet way of life by asking questions no one among the "locals" remembers being asked, let alone answered."(Bauman, 1997:14-15) In other words, questions disturb a comfortable life and defamiliarise the familiar, daily life comes under scrutiny and devaluation. ... It should also be recognised that many of these societies" rituals also intertwined with ideas on the environment. ... The second example comes from Siena, Italy with a population of around 59,000 people. ... It can be seen from those two examples that ritual still plays a strong part in everyday life...

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Therefore, the question remains, why did the church condemn Galileo with such severity? ... In other words, if a Catholic had a question about anything, the Church had the correct answer. ... In fact, Galileo was even able to counter the accusation that he had disproved the passage in Joshua by explaining how the passage actually supported his theory. ... Particularly frustrating for Galileo was the lack of logic in the Church's arguments, and how they dismissed his ideas so quickly. ... "* Galileo's generally sarcastic manner in dealing with people did not help him sway the Chur...

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One such instance occurs in that passage where Jane, having departed from Lowood, awaits her carriage to Thornfield: the next stage of her life. ... These questions in particular, in their invitation of a response, draw the reader further into a sense of dialogue with a real person independent of the novel. ... She asks "how could she really like an interloper not of her race?"... In the passage recounting Jane's first real conversation with Rochester, we see another of these moments. ... Indeed, never again in the novel is Rochester quite so unreserved and "gregarious and communicative a...

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In the passage, one of the Primary character , an eccentric women named, Ms. ... For instance, in the passage, Ms. ... What kinda work they do and how they live and how come we ain't in on it? ... Furthermore, their connection with there parents is more stable. ... This made me questioned myself " how come my school and other schools in poor communities don't have access to these program? ...

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Ethos, pathos, and logos provide insight into the author's character and how he or she is dealing with the intended audience. ... The similarities within the pathos of these two passages continue with a common emotional ploy to grab the reader's minds if not for at least a sentence. ... Although many may assume his point is merely a racial prejudice of how he feels alone, he goes on to state, "That is not a stereotype. ... With Safety, there is very little if any sarcasm and her serious tone is established mainly through a rapid presentation of facts, and effective uses of the rhet...

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Today, however, becoming a lawyer takes much more training, rigorous work and effort, and many years of studying in order to take a bar exam of which passage represents qualification. There is much more consideration concerning who is admitted, what kind of curriculums are taught, how exams are offered, what kinds affiliation exist, how much law schools differ from one another, and what it ultimately takes to be fully competent as a practicing attorney. ... The LSAT consists of five multiple-choice sections with a total of about 101 questions. ... This method of learning helps students to lear...

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In my opinion the merely problem with this passage from the Declaration of Independence is that is does not say, "We hold these truths to be self-evidence, that all men including their race, creed, religion or color are created equal that they .." ... Young boys would help in the farm by bailing hay and loading wagons with crops. ... The declare of the descendants of Sally Hemings does not rest on how many historians find Jefferson's paternity believable, but whether possible claimants are able to set up that they are lineal descendants of Thomas Jefferson. That is a lawful question and m...

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In my opinion the merely problem with this passage from the Declaration of Independence is that is does not say, "We hold these truths to be self-evidence, that all men including their race, creed, religion or color are created equal that they .." ... Young boys would help in the farm by bailing hay and loading wagons with crops. ... The declare of the descendants of Sally Hemings does not rest on how many historians find Jefferson's paternity believable, but whether possible claimants are able to set up that they are lineal descendants of Thomas Jefferson. That is a lawful question and m...

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How do you respond to this invitation? ... Carrington obviously want us to ask our selves these questions, as she later on, on page 80 she includes another expert opinion, but this time is from a Dr Ruth Armstrong, who does not live in Stockton who states "Leigh Leigh's genitals are consistent with non-consensual intercourse of an extremely violent nature", again I"m confused, how can this be marital intercourse? ... One of the many reason Carrington wrote this text is to question why wasn't anyone charged with rape? ... This are the questions Carrington positions us to ask ou...

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I will argue why, and discuss how, Little Women and Peter Pan fall into this category of educating their respective readers. ... Because Alcott is teaching her young readers what it means to grow up, she must face the question of Jo's fate in the novel: will she remain independent and romantic, or will she conform to custom and marry? Of course we know the answer to this question is the latter, but some critics are displeased with Alcott's decision. ... In this passage, it seems that Barrie is attempting to strike a bit of fear into the reader, with the sudden declaration that Nev...

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The chosen passage focuses on the ensuing conversation between the sisters. ... Further concerns with modernity are apparent within the text. ... Margaret questions her: 'what do you know?' ... We can assess the noun 'telegram' as a synecdoche for the capitalist world as whole, therefore the juxtaposition of it within the syntax with the emotive noun 'anger' may illuminate how Forster, through narrative focalization, highlights how he himself connects emotionally with the world he lives-within. ... But what is the lasting image of England we can take from the pas...

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A question that every philosopher of time faces is whether or not time flows or is stationary. ... Stationary time would mean that the passage of time is an illusion. ... The other idea regarding the passage (or human advance through it) of time is that time is linear. ... Hence it is so with time." ... Some humans bear time with indifference, and others with difficulty. ...

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In relation to Greek tragedy the question of just how central is violence in tragedy is interesting considering that no blood was spilled on stage in Greek tragedy. ... However not having the blood, gore and violence on stage forces Sophocles to drive a more tragic plot with a lot of thought going into characters emotions and how they will affect the audience. ... And as for this marriage with your mother "have no fear. ... Jocasta is a bad influence on Oedipus in this passage as she states that "chance rules our lives", therefore Oedipus should "Live, as if there's no tomorrow." ... I...

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This essay in the first part aims to define, distinguish and analyse the concepts of parliamentary sovereignty (PS) and rule of law (RoL) which will help in the discussion and analysis of questions raised by the case of Jackson1 and how the issues raised in that case is seen by various scholars in relation to the rule of law and parliamentary sovereignty in the second part. ... First let us begin with PS. ... Political philosopher AV Dicey has similar views, which are apparent with the definition in his book4. ... Professor Raz further clarifies that this must not be confused with other idea...

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At age thirteen Douglass bought his first book, The Columbian Orator, consisting of various essays and speeches having to do with democracy and liberty. Douglass saw reading and knowledge as a path to freedom; it opened his mind and made him question the slave system. ... His intelligence and incredible speaking abilities led people to question his former reputation as a slave, "the Liberator wrote that many people in the audience refused to believe his stories: How a man, only six years out of bondage, and who had never gone to school could speak with suck eloquence- with such precision of la...

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There are passages which explain how the he would give incentives to those who assisted him in accomplishing his goals, and how he used fear tactics to keep the newly established unification of China in check. ... Sima Qian writes about how the Emperor's decisions were made on strict principle of the law, with little to no wavering in judgment. ... Overall Emperor Qin's strength seems to come from his consistency in war time decisions and in politics; his decisions were made with established principles and values of his character in mind (that he would not be questioned) granting hi...

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It does not, however, concern itself with the opposing theologies between Christianity and Judaism. ... He first provides the question of the debate in the title of each part of the book, then Basser gives the reader the passage from the New Testament Gospel record, and finally he attempts to tackle the "popular" notion of the significance and meaning of the passage. ... While Judaism is certainly different from Christianity in today's world, Basser does a commendable job explaining how they are not polar opposites because one (Christianity) is merely a branch from the tree (Judaism). ...

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How did they live and what did it mean to be snatched from their homeland? ... By setting aside their forced leaving of their native Africa the slaves emerged with new identities with local roots but all based on their strong cultural belief and need for kinship. In Jamaica the word shipmate was used by a slave and meant "brother" or "sister" a word of affection used to demonstrate the strength of the bond forged on the passage between slaves. ... This can be evidenced by the change in how slaves lived within a "nuclear family", the changes in child-rearing practices, and with the intro...

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