In Praise of Shadows

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    The victim may never reach their full potential because of fear and uncertainty. The victim has a difficult time making and keeping friends, and seeks to stay clear of confrontation. The victim loses his/her control or voice and lives in the shadow of the aggressor. Over time, the victim may begin to miss class, fake illnesses, and believe that he or she deserves bad treatment. In the end,

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    rather than being outraged or tempted to tell someone, he hopes that his fortune will come true as well. Banquo knew what Macbeth was up to, but chose to not act because he wanted his descendants to become Kings. He was tired of being in Macbeth's shadow and for once wanted the glory. It is because of this that Banquo should be responsible for the death of King

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    and is about the "silent Majority" now labeled "Deplorables" and we will no longer stay silent. The deplorables that the liberal left tries to ignore and hide away like some red headed step child, has finally had enough and has come out of the shadows, and we will be seen and more importantly heard. Like some far off thunderstorm, from day one Donald Trump heard the rumbling from this silent Majority. Trumps words breathed life into the movement, his "Make America Great Again" gave voice to the

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    the oval of light for a moment there moved a form, a human shape: a tall woman looking back over her shoulder. Her face was beautiful, and sorrowful, and full of fear.” (pg. 84) “That bright misshapen breach clambered something like a clot of black shadow, quick and hideous, and it leaped straight out at Ged’s face.” (pg. 84) “It was like a black beast, the size of a young child, though it seemed to swell and shrink; and it had no head or face, only the four taloned paws with which it gripped and

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    Greek Love Poem

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    In your anger Lord and your fury, you have lifted me up and thrown me down. My days are like a passing shadow and I wither away like the grass. But you, O Lord, will endure for ever.” “Let this be written for ages to come that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord. For the Lord leaned down from his sanctuary on high; he looked down from heaven to earth that he might hear the groans of the prisoners and free those condemned to

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    Ged was not able to consider the consequences of his actions until he learned from his Master Ogion that, “ ‘Sorcery is not a game [played] for pleasure of praise… every word, every act… is done either for good, or for evil. Before you speak or do you must know the price that is to pay’ ” (25). Through this wisdom, Ged learned to humbly use magic only in times where it would serve need, not pleasure. He applied

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    psychological journey where Goodman Brown fails at integrating components of his psyche. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” shows humanity’s tendency to fail at individuation. The author conveys this through Brown’s repression of his shadow, projection of his own shadow upon others, and rejection of his anima. The psychology of one’s failure at individuation is clearly illustrated in this story. According to Carl Jung, individuation is the process of transforming one’s psyche by unifying the personal

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    Gigli's Grand Theft Auto

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    Gigli’s paper predicted the smash hit video game Grand Theft Auto pretty well when describing “low-quality entertainment featuring violence, sexual content, undesirable role models and lack of diversity”. However, I thought much of her paper is outdated and sees the ideal world through the eyes of her generation. The Hunger Games (the books and the films) is a vision of the world through the eyes of our generation. I will use this to address Gigli’s concerns about the lack of quality in and control

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    they can only see the shadows that are cast by the fires burning in the distance. He goes on to describe what would happen if these prisoners were to be released. Plato says that at first they will struggle because they are not accustomed to the bright light of day. However, he says that soon they will soon become familiar with the light of the world around them (Plato 1-2). This vivid description explains that humans are like underground prisoners, they only see the shadows, but they cannot see the

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    Janice Sapigao

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    mother as an example of how her mother sacrificed to support the family by giving up so much time at work. Furthermore, Sapigao notices the inequity of her mother faces. She acknowledges, “ Ma is always on the frontline of the silicon valley’s shadow one of thousands of women whose nimble fingers and silenced grumbling spin microchips for millions powering laptops and cellphones that she herself does not find intuitive enough to use.”(16-24) Not only overwork but also the iniquity

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