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    This paper will explore the deception of two characters created by Shakespeare in his plays The taming of The Shrew and As You Like it. Changing outwardly from one gender to another is less difficult than changing from one class to another. Sly is the first character, a drunken tinker who suddenly wakes up as a lord, in the play The Taming Of The Shrew. The second character is Rosalind, who changed her name and appearance and became Ganymede in the play As You Like It. Shakespeare is using similar

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    easy to fool people and that from this it could ruin one’s life. One example of a negative consequence in Twelfth Night is when the main character Viola, dresses up as a man and names herself Cesario which lead to Countess Olivia’s deception. “Thou shalt present me as a eunuch to him,” is what Viola said, and it means that she will dress as a male and go work as a messenger. Viola’s appearance had gotten the best of Olivia and it caused Olivia to fall in love with her. This put Viola

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    We Wear The Mask Betrayal

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    Deceit, Betrayal, and Resentment When going through life, individuals are put into difficult and stressful situations. To get out of this predicament, the individual would resort to using deceptive and deceitful behavior which would ultimately lead to betrayal. In the words of Paul Laurence Dunbar in the poem “We Wear the Mask,” he believes “We wear the mask that grins and lies, / … This debt we pay to human guile;” (534: lines 1-3). This means that people hide his or her true emotions to disguise

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    him home or obstacles like storms, Skylla and Charybdis, and treacherous islands. Because the sea is ruled by Poseidon, it is also a manifestation of the superiority of the gods and nature over man. Laertes’s Shroud The shroud is a symbol of female deception. Because she is a woman, Penelope doesn’t have much power to resist the suitors (as seen repeatedly by her son’s commands to go back upstairs to the bedroom, since everything

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    An example, a case mentioned in the Employee Relations Law Journal, Carlsen v. Wackenhut Corp. This involved Futi, a security guard, hired to help provide security at a concert, but ended up trying to rape a female attendee (as cited in Bible, 2012). Futi’s application contained inconsistencies and many omissions were made by him (as cited in Bible, 2012). The hiring company felt it was unnecessary to run a background check, which would have returned a record

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    Wife of Bath Analysis Essay The Canterbury Tales depict many characters that, although fictionally created by Geoffrey Chaucer, may give the reader the opportunity to analyze and interpret their tales as a way of determining their personalities. The Wife of Bath and her prologue accurately supports this statement, as her intentions become expounded due to her questionable actions. The Wife of Bath exhibits in her prologue that she lacks respect and gratitude towards the men she beguiles into marriage

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    The portrayal of servants in Shakespeare’s and Jonson’s plays is contrasting. In Jonson’s city comedies servants are depicted as unethical, manipulating their masters’ greed and egocentrism in order to fulfill their own plans and goals. On the other hand, in Shakespeare’s pastoral comedies servants are portrayed as loyal, devoted, reliable and helpful to their masters. To be more specific, in Jonson’s city comedy “Volpone” the city is portrayed as a dog- eat-dog, antagonistic competitive world which

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    Only Fools Fall (An Analysis of Deception in The Open Window) In the immortal words of J. Cole, “Fool me one time, shame on you. Fool me twice, can’t put the blame on you.” In other words, deception is a tool that is used repetitively, and it is a tool we should all be able to learn to fight against in the later stages of our lives. When deception enters our lives, we often fail to realize it. However, it is necessary to form a sense of awareness when it comes to the ways in which others deceive

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    used in Suzanne Berger’s “The Meal” to describe the state of the children. Berger’s “The Meal” along with Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and Wendy Wasserstein’s Workout use carefully selected words, tone and imagery to portray a pertinent theme of deception in appearances. Suzanne Berger, Alice Walker, and Wendy Wasserstein all have some sort of family relationship and the woman of the family seems to bear the troubles and struggle. Throughout their literary works these problems help built the story

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    In Element 1, I will present some cases where deception is thought to be lying, and other cases where deception is not thought to be lying. I will contend that, when deception is lying, it is immoral and I will give reasons for why this is the case. After my presentation, I will take a look at some possible criticisms of my arguments and then answer those criticisms. Then, I will present my conclusions. In Element 2, I will contend that people for whatever reason choose to lie about things in order

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