Val Xavier is the most visibly alive character in the play, with his "wild" good looks and snakeskin jacket that almost serves as an extra coating of skin, and when it is removed he submits himself to vulnerability as his jacket is a symbol of wild vitality like that of an animal. ... He is concerned with never finding that person who will bring clarity and meaning to his life and says, "if you ask a question you wait for someone to answer, but you ask the wrong question or you ask the wrong person and the answer don't come (63)." ... The only so-called "love" he thought he had experien...

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Question A great poem puts into words what we already know but had not thought of saying. ... In stanza 3 he goes on to equate the call of the trumpet with Art. ... Larkin explores the division between individual and society to be a fact that is known by all yet never truly explored to an extent where we question whether this form of happiness that we consider true happiness is actually real happiness. ... Passersby watch, "a wild white face" as "it is carried" into the ambulance. The word "white" illustrates how pale and frail this person may be and "wild"...

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For example, according to James Rachels, the most common argument in support of euthanasia is one that we may call "the argument from mercy". ... Critics of the Quinlan decision questioned whether any person, much less a court, can claim someone else's privacy rights without specific authorization. ... Our reflexes and responses fit us to fight attackers, flee wild animals, and dodge out of the way of trucks. ...

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