Amélie

Ernest Hemingway once said that "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." He clearly knew that the only way to know if you could trust someone is to give them a chance to break their trust. The theme of the story, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, is to know people before you trust them, for not everyone can be trusted. The author first develops a theme when Charlotte tries to give the dirk back to Zachariah he tells her that she may never know…

circumstances which justify a lie. Plato believes that political leaders must lie if that is necessary to pursue justice and thereby lead the city well. Machiavelli also believes that lying is a method of establishing political order but, unlike Plato, believes that lying should be used as a method to maintain power for power’s sake – not for some greater purpose. Although in most circumstances Machiavelli and Plato disagree, occasionally, they agree. For example, they may agree to lie to the…

“It 's not the lie that bothers me, it the insult of my intelligence that I find offensive.” Everyone was taught when they were little that lying is bad and the truth will get you further in life. In some aspects lying can get you out of trouble now, but that lie that you will tell will come back to get you in the future. Each play has a character that lies just to prove a point, to prove that they are strong. The Children 's Hour, Trifles and A Doll House all have one common theme; each play…

Lying is a common occurrence for most people, whether the lies are large or small. The immediate thought of someone telling a lie disgusts the majority of people. Nevertheless, lying has numerous synonyms that can change people’s opinions regarding whether or not a lie is acceptable. The Merriam Webster Thesaurus provides the following synonyms for the word “lie:” fable, fairy tale, perjury, fib, story, tale, exaggeration, falsification, bluff, or ambiguity, along with numerous other words.…

A hex is manipulative magick. It can be placed on someone as a kind of protection, but a hex can also be placed on someone in a negative way to really manipulate the person and to change the person's own will. So in general a hex can be used negatively, but it does not have to. It is a manipulation to control other people to make them act in a special way, not in their own nature. It can be used to help others, if we want them to be safe from being harmed. The word dates back to the early…

Once upon a time, in one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet, an endearingly sweet, yet ever so hopelessly naive girl named Juliet, while speaking aloud to herself about her despairing love predicament, made the claim, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” Certainly, Juliet, theoretically, this is true; names themselves do not possess any special powers and are virtually only useless labels utilized to identify the seemingly…

When writing a biography, authors convey their own biased opinion about the topic at hand. A tool that can be utilized in doing so is called propaganda. Propaganda can be defined as biased information used to promote a particular point of view. In order to persuade his or her readers even further, the author may omit or over-emphasize some facts to make their position look more appealing. However, there are some biographers that will tell the truth regardless of how it makes them look.…

quote that i like verry much and it says “the truth will set you free,” i believe this to be true, because even if the truth will be more devastating then the lie, you will know in your heart that you did right. Say for instance that you’re cheating on your spouse, and they question you about it, they already know the truth, and you persistently lie about the instance. Then you’re not only hurting yourself, but you’re hurting all those who know, and who love you. In The Crucible the minister…

individual secures the situation by sugar coating a lie that is being performed. Misleading someone can cause harm such as trust issues and that reflects badly on the person who is lying. Lying must be taken into consideration when it could protect one another. For Example, in the article “It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” by Randy Cohen says, ¨In the AP-Ipsos poll, 65 percent of those questioned said it was sometimes OK to lie to avoid hurting someone's feelings.” Lying to…

Deception is part of human nature at best. Humans, deceive each other all the time for comedy or just to make people believe what they are saying is true. News Castors and politicians thrive on deception and try to get the public to believe what they are stating or implying is true to the core. Sadly, most of the time it is drastically beyond the boundaries of true and is significantly beyond the truth. The story of "Open Window" by Saki is the true meaning of deception and lying in a way. He…