The allegory begins with prisoners in a cave that eventually break free to see the world and acquire great knowledge. ... This is all they know; these shadows are the prisoners" reality. ( Halsted notes October 6, 2003) Plato's calls this common sense. ... (Halsted notes October 6, 2003) The fourth level is Observation, this is when the prisoners are continuing to realize that knowledge outside the cave is "far superior to the perceptions inside the cave" (Halsted notes October 6, 2003) The fifth level, Knowledge, now the prisoners are "acquiring, organizing, and categorizing the phy...

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She reacts with sadness at first, but then realizes in a rush of emotion and relief that she is "Free" Body and soul free!" ... "Delicious breath of rain," "notes of a distant song," "sparrows were twittering in the eaves" and Mrs. Mallard saying "Free, free, free," clearly tells me that there were also happy feelings about Brently's death hiding inside of Mrs. ...

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The delicious breath of rain, the notes of a distant song, the countless sparrows and the patches of blue sky are all the beautiful images of life. ... She whispered over and over again: "free, free, free!" ... She is body and soul free now! ...

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It is also important to note that when Brently returns home, he opens the "front door with a latchkey," which indicates that Louise was literally locked inside her own house. ... She could also hear the "notes of a distant song which someone was singing" as well as smell the "delicious breath of rain" in the air (635). ... It is interesting to note that Louise is not only experiencing a physical freedom, but a mental one as well. ... By having Louise realize her bright future as a single woman who was free from the chains of marriage, the sight of her husband was ...

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Irony, or the use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning, is used in pieces of literature to further the theme and intrigue the reader. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," irony is used to expand the main theme. Irony is used when Louise Malla...

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Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us to be free if we would listen"(From "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, p63). ... The musician can set people free, the musician can hold people up to the sky, allow them to see the truth and glory that this world possess. ... The musician can free people, the musician can heal people, and the musician can make people feel things they never thought possible. ... A great deal can be taught through playing a song, so much can be absorbed through each note, enough to shake the soul and awaken the slumbering sorrow th...

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The tinker is a very important figure in this story and represent the kind of life that elisa would like to live.We could see how their life is different he lives his life on the road,he could do whatever he wont ,he free and happy of his life.When Elisa talk to him she fill her self more feminine.Travel man represent for her a world of adventure and freedom.She rushes to take a shower and scrubed her selfvery hard as tough she is getting rid of her old shy self.later she says:"ai am strong ,i never knew before how strong " she fills like a renewed women. The moment when she sees her flow...

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The role of the music is to make the listener feel alive, happy, and upbeat through the use of symbol crashes and the light notes of the acoustic guitar. ... Mayer uses a combination of symbol crashes and the bass drum, along with strong piano notes to create a feeling of strength to change and become independent to where we aren't relying on others to define us as a person and the actions we make. ... At times it can be scary to be alone because it seems we are still subconsciously looking for approval from someone/anyone and to be free from others judgments. ...

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from poem 1, and the line: "Crying " 'weep, 'weep," in notes of woe" from poem 2. ... This can be seen in the second stanza, and the first two lines of the third stanza: Because I was happy upon the heath, And smil'd among the winters snow: They clothed me in the clothes of death, And taught me to sing the notes of woe. ... The third line in the second stanza in poem 2 is one example of how the colour black functions as a destructive element: "They clothed me in the clothes of death, And taught me to sing the notes of woe.". ... From poem 1, the fourth stanza and the first tw...

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Firstly, the note of middle C that recurs throughout the novel in the house is used as a symbol for how family can change lives for the better. ... In this case, the note of Middle C has a harsh, dissonant sound, as it is associated with death. ... The note of middle C that was once disturbing enough to cause Oriel to move into the tent now harkens the birth of Harry, as Fish is "fisting it out all of a sudden". ... Thus, when Fish is finally allowed by Oriel to be free, with "no hand in his trouser belt", he runs straight to the river, where for those seconds he takes to drown, Fish thinks "I...

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No amount of discipline could ever change his set ways unless Paul did so of his own free will. ... The theater was Paul's secret love; between theater visits was "noting but sleep and forgotten" (Cather 253). When Paul was at the theater he "breathed like a prisoner set free" (Cather 253). ...

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According to Lucretian thought, we live within a world where "nature, free in a world no lords and masters rule, does everything by herself, without the gods.(54)" It is not possible for Gods to exist because "Gods know no suffering, they know no dangers, their self-engendered power needs naught of us; we cannot win their love or rouse their anger.(44) The absence of a god is logical in the sense that "nothing can come from nothing. ... Although the exact definition of this truth is not explicitly stated in either texts, both philosophers note that if in the case men reason incorrectly, "th...

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"Abos," the girls said with cool disgust, as if the rituals being enacted, however violent were ordinary and not to be taken note of." ... He begins as an innocent youth, "not withdrawn exactly but impenetrably private," who is able to finally "free himself from Ashley's support," letting go of the real world and approaching death. ...

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Bazin notes that the ambition of paintings changed through the centuries from creating images that represented an "expression of spiritual reality"5 to pure "duplications of the outside world"6. ... "Photography freed the plastic arts from their obsession with likeness"7, in other words, no longer was only a likeness created of an image but a perfect duplicate or copy, or an indexical image. ... Photography frees objects from "the conditions of time and space"10, by embalming and preserving so that the object, now a representation, does not see decay. ...

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As he says in his note, he had become one of the Seven Days for love of black people, not for any hate of whites. ... (p 335) But in spite of this, Milkman is able to free himself of all this excess 'stuff', to leave only himself in order to take to flight, to truly begin living. ...

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For Fathers' day one year, I came home to find a note on my pillow. ... I don't think my father even knows the definition of free time, for he is the hardest and most dedicated worker I have ever met. ...

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On the other hand Seldon desires, not a luxurious life, but a life free from the social constraint of the wealthy society. ... Yet, on a more positive note, Lily's strength amidst the hindering expectations of her society is also an obvious point in the story. ...

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The term euthanasia is not new to the twentieth century. Even in ancient societies, terminally ill people requested to have their lives ended; though the meaning of euthanasia for them differed from its meaning today. The English word euthanasia is taken from the Greek eu thanatos "good or easy deat...

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