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    buttressing vegetarianism, while some others warned of the ambiguities and limits of the IARC report. The comment sections of various news reports, in particular, contain a varied and oftentimes contradictory set of conclusions somehow derived from the same report, as well as an occasional commenter trying to clarify the original IARC report. A close examination of the commenters on the issue reveals that readers’ acceptance or

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    admit that he sees Quint, she says, “Whom do you mean by he?” In response Miles utters, “Peter Quint- you devil” (85). Again, from the governess’ point of view, this scene could validate the visions of ghosts throughout the novel, yet due to the ambiguity and bias that comes with the first person narrator’s account, one could also think otherwise. From the other point of view, one could interpret this scene as Miles expressing his anger at Peter Quint for driving the governess insane despite the ghost

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    the patients, nurses are being overworked. As a result, role conflict and ambiguity is becoming an issue. The purpose of this paper is to discuss role conflict and ambiguity, its significance, and its application to nursing. Significance of the Topic “Role ambiguity occurs when people are unclear or uncertain about their expectations within a certain role, typically their role in the

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    figures is the renowned playwright and writer Anton Chekhov. Chekhov’s vast bibliography includes the short story “The Bet” which is, as it sounds, a story about a bet, however, through Chekhov’s use of isolation, harsh realism, and an emphasis on ambiguity he presents an allegorical tale which functions as a critique of man’s pride and arrogance. Isolation is at the forefront of the work and a driving force towards the ultimate message. The young lawyer simulates a social death during his confinement

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    his family. Finally, August Wilson portrays Troy as a morally ambiguous character in how Troy always wants to be better than his father, but then he falls right back into the pattern his father set by not taking his family seriously. This moral ambiguity of Troy is significant to the play because it makes the reader connect more with the play and keeps the reader entertained by having such a static character. It also makes the work feel alive and fluid as the reader goes through the play, not knowing

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    My Papa's Waltz Analysis

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    refute these claims, but after extensive research of Roethke and understanding the context of the poem, a conclusion that fuses both of these points of view is created. While the subject of “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke has created purposeful ambiguity and spurred passionate academic debate from professors, scholars, and students alike, the context, imagery, and diction of the poem clearly support the interpretation that Roethke writes “My Papa’s Waltz” to reflect fondly on his childhood experiences

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    languages have basic feature that it have ambiguity. It is something which can be understand in two or more ways, and that depends on what situation it occurs. There are different types of ambiguities present in natural languages like lexical ambiguity, structural or grammatical ambiguity, ambiguity of scope, pragmatic ambiguity etc. Among all these ambiguities, lexical ambiguity is generally present in natural languages. This ambiguity can be defined as the ambiguity which occurs because a word has various

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    Immortality is granted to the individual through social identification. Transcendence, through social identification, alleviates thoughts of one’s death and reduces the ambiguity of the world. Moreover, social identification facilitates counterfactual thinking and denial of responsibility. Defense-motivated group members cannot be persuaded with evidence. Fur-thermore, group members forego personal control to the group. Thus, the group protects members from accepting responsibility. Group members

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    feelings of whether he is purely good or evil. Although it may not seem like it, the creature values all forms of life. This observation is contradictory to the creatures actions of murdering three people which is another example of moral ambiguity. His value of life shows he is capable of forming his own thoroughly structured sense of morality. The creature has a sense of what is right and wrong and demonstrates it again when he refrains from harming Felix even though he is more than

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    However, the author is using a plethora of rhetorical devices that make the argument unclear, and they will be examined below. Firstly, the author has used Ambiguity within the argument. Ambiguous terms have about a set of two or more definite definitions, and if used in the wrong manner can make the argument unclear. Author’s use of ambiguity – “… the left dream up.” In this context, the word ‘left’ is ambiguous since it could mean that the author is literally talking about people on the left in

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