Ambiguity

In the outset of “The Secret River”, Kate Grenville conveys William as a person who steals from others in order for his family to survive, which displays the fact that William is a well respected person among the Thornhills but in the eyes of society he is a thief. However, as the story unfolds, Thornhill shifts to be conveyed as more of a greedy thief and dispossessor of other people who thinks more about himself rather than his family despite having his own opinion on what he thinks is right…

example: 8-2+1. Is it 5 because 8-3=5? Or is it 7 because 6+1=7? Is 6/3/3 equal to 2/3 or 6/1? The issue here is that focusing on the order of operations can lead to ambiguity and obscures the real beauty of mathematics.…

Some films give away their ending based on the very genre they fall into; the couple puts aside their differences for love in the romantic comedy and the hero wins at the end of an action movie. There are those that play upon these tropes to purposefully subvert the reader’s expectations of course, but the more interesting cases lie in those films that aren’t attempting to subvert the genre, yet somehow manage to subtly undermine themselves through conflicting messages over the course of the…

this model, Eisenberg et al. (2014) further argue that communication is used as a tool to accomplish various goals, regardless of the different meanings created from communication. Strategic ambiguity furthers this concept because not everything needs to be outlined and planned in order to reach success. Ambiguity in organizational communication leaves more room for interpretation and “is designed to yield authentic results and the process of being unclear is intentional” (Price, 2015).…

The word paradigm has its etymological roots in Late Latin and Greek; the word paradigma means a pattern or example and paradeigma means pattern, precedent, or exemplar (Harper). Philosophers often credit Thomas Kuhn with popularizing the word as it is used in modern times—after the publication of Kuhn 's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962, the usage of paradigm in published works skyrocketed (Ngram Viewer-Paradigm). In Structure, Kuhn first introduces paradigms as achievements…

being used. Robert Cormier’s After the First Death, is a prime example of how knowing the context behind the characters in the novel, gives a different side to innocence that isn’t as straightforward as simply being not guilty. This theme of the ambiguity of innocence is traced throughout the novel. The most obviously notable example of innocence in the novel is Kate and the children on the bus who aren’t responsible for the terrorism taking place, but suffering the…

order for a character to be considered purely moral, the character must constantly perform actions that not only aid him/her self, but also aid his/her external surroundings. Hence, it would be just to state that Raskolnikov has pervasive moral ambiguity because his actions depict him both as compassionate and misanthropic. Therefore, Raskolnikov’s moral dichotomy reflects his schism in his behavioral personality, and these two sides of the character are crucial to the…

the authority figure” (Witchel 8). There may often be a divide between the authoritarian parent and the children because of how “the authoritarian parent's tendency to assert power. . . [is] reinforced by his intolerance of ambiguity” and thus “this intolerance of ambiguity should lead the authoritarian parent to view the child's misbehavior as totally negative-to be less concerned with nuances, mitigating circumstances, and underlying causes” (Hoffman). The authoritarian parent will also…

considers the meaning behind a work of music. Copland believes that all music has meaning that conveys “what the piece is saying, what the piece is about”. Copland notes that while all music has meaning, there is an inherent ambiguity that surrounds most pieces. This ambiguity serves as a struggle in our quest for understanding. While lyrical music may more directly display a message, instrumental pieces can leave many in bewilderment. Copland acknowledges that most amature listeners seek…

conclusion, Sylvia Plath’s “Two Sisters of Persephone” demonstrates themes of time, nature, and duality. These help to reveal the changes, atmosphere, and differences of the two sisters. Plath uses literary devices such as imagery, euphemism, symbolism, ambiguity, and contrast to furthermore set these themes in stone. The themes and literary devices are all evidences of connotations used by Plath to write about herself in a figurative…