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    Philip K. Dick once said, "The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words". Manipulation is a very powerful tool that can be used in a variety of ways to carry out something. Normally, it is used for the good of oneself, but someone may use it to portray fear onto other people. This fear goes on to change what people might say about themselves and lead to a room full of lies. The behavior of these fearful people, then ultimately can control the outcome of a situation since the truth is being held back. Fear can be comprehended in many facets to retract the common beliefs that anybody might have and so excise the integrity and honesty of innocent people. Arthur Miller's play The Crucible can be seen in many ways to…

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    human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive." -Ender’s Game. Manipulation is a key theme in the book, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Although in this book, it has many themes, Manipulation has a giant role in the life of Ender. The system pits him against the students who highly dislike him for his brilliant intelligence and the teachers just simply make it worse. But with all these thrown at him, Ender is still afraid of Peter and his actions on Earth. All these…

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    conversation between these two characters revolves around the flexibility of words, as well the practice of role-playing, with an overall emphasis on manipulation. The usage of words in a particular manner is first mentioned by Feste after he makes a comparison between living by the church and being a churchman. After the first couple of lines in the scene, Feste exclaims: “You have said, sir. To see this age! A sentence is but a chev’ril glove to a good wit. How quickly the wrong side may be…

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    Chapter 3 of the book The Art of the Con: Avoiding Offender Manipulation does a great job of describing the ways in which inmates spend their time during their prison sentences. Inmates use this time much differently. They adapt, cope, and meet their needs much differently as well. They are so accustomed to their lifestyles out of prison so they must do these things to stay sane. Inmates must quickly decide how they are going to spend their time in prison. This depends on what their goals are…

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    Hedda Gabler Manipulation

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    The eras of enlightenment, romanticism, and realism each bringing a different flavor to the world of literature and drama. A theme that caught my eye is the idea of manipulating people. The three works that I have chosen each show how manipulation can be done in a different manner, ultimately bring these 3 works from different times in line to formulate a central theme. The first work is Tartuffe written in 1664. This work is in the enlightenment era, a time where God was seen as a creator but…

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    The dictionary defines manipulation as “the influence or use of another, especially in an unfair manner, for one’s own benefit or advantage.” Although the manipulators often end up worse off in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, manipulation is the ever-present underlying evil readily dispersed in an attempt to influence opinions, to secure personal gain, and to cause injury to another. Manipulation manifests itself in multiple forms throughout the novel. One way manipulation is subtly shown is…

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    Manipulation is a social influence that works by deceiving people to see a different point of view. To effectively manipulate one must know the weakness of the targeted person. Therefore, using their emotions to enable the manipulation easily. Othello is a tragedy, written by William Shakespeare in the seventeenth century. The play of William Shakespeare includes the character of Iago. Iago is the antagonist in Othello, who cleverly plans out his tactics. Viewing the character of Iago from an…

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    Manipulation In America

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    When a person in authority uses their influence to get what they want, it’s manipulation. Americans fell under the influence of manipulation by going to war with Japan. Considering that leaders only have to “tell [the public] they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to greater danger” in order to make people go to war, it’s easy for authority to use their influence to manipulate the people (Goering). After the atomic bomb dropped on…

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    Aristotelian Manipulation

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    author which could produce a new work that may not be the author’s intended message. If the translator has the right to add or delete, the translated text may be different from the original because any text reflects the ideology and thought of its own author which is considered a manipulation. Dukate defines manipulation as: The translator understanding of a text which eventuates in adaptation of the message in target reader, in terms of cultural, ideological, linguistic and literary mismatches…

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    One reason for Hale’s easy manipulation is that he knows almost next to nothing about Salem people or the corruption that follows the town. Shortly after he arrives he begins acting arrogant by saying “Have no fear now--we shall find him out if he has come among us, and I mean to crush him utterly if he has shown his face! (page 39 line 19)” While some might say he had no reason to even say such things as a minister he explains that there is no reason to worry because “We cannot look to…

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