Ambiguity

What is storytelling? As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, storytelling is simply “the activity of telling or writing stories” (Storytelling, 2014). However, it is much more than that. Storytelling is ambiguous; it can mean many different things to many different people. Whether one knows it or not, we are all storytellers. Storytelling is especially effective in the field of healing, specifically trauma. Through storytelling, people who have suffered great trauma utilize stories as an…

our growing digital age. The digital age has been growing since the PDA, which was one of the first digital devices created in the 1980’s. Although technology has improved notably, privacy is an aspect that still remains a grey area to its user. Ambiguity of privacy is a concern among the audience of the digital world. There are an immense numbers of people who have no idea where their digital footprint is being stored even after hitting that delete button. There are many different digital…

like in the newspaper, magazine, advertisement, book, and so on. This ambiguity can happen if there is more than one meaning which can be interpreted by the people who read or listen to the ambiguous sentences, utterances or phrases. Ambiguity can be classified into two different categories named lexical ambiguity and structural ambiguity. Lexical ambiguity occurs when a word has more than one possible meanings. Structural ambiguity is a situation where one sentence has more than one meaning due…

The Constitution is a bit of an anomaly in the world. It is a document that was created nearly 228 years ago, but remains the most important piece of paper in the government of one of the largest countries and in society. Fundamentally, it has a very straightforward purpose, to protect the people of the United States and create a system of government that would survive and work well for years to come. Unfortunately, the circumstances surrounding the Constitution are nowhere near so easily…

to) a judgment for money if the contract can still be performed and money cannot sufficiently reward the plaintiff. • Ambiguity: when language has more than one meaning. If the ambiguity is obvious it is called "patent," and if there is a hidden ambiguity, it is called "latent." If there is an ambiguity, and the original writer cannot effectively explain it, then the ambiguity will be decided in the light most favorable to the other party. • Agreement: any meeting of the minds, even without…

In The Road, however, McCarthy illustrates beautifully, through the abstract nature of ambiguity, the sort-of paradox that suffering not only has the ability to provide a reason to disprove the existence of any loving higher power, but also has the capacity to produce or strengthen belief in such a deity. Station Eleven portrays art and faith…

averse or risk neutral than risk loving. While the concept of risk aversion influences nearly every important decision we, as humans, make in our life, it is not the sole factor in the decision making process of rational, self-interested individuals: ambiguity, or the aversion to it, is an equally if not greater influencer in the decision-making…

best (refer to the "Thinking" page on the test if possible). We found that some of the questions were to vague to answer with confidence, and some answers were strangely worded, making us less confident giving any answer to any question. The main ambiguity (the one we discussed the most) can be summarized as follows…

talking about my tolerance of ambiguity, my learning style, my dominant conflict management style, and my dominant reaction to dissonance. Analysis- Tolerance of Ambiguity…

In The Tempest, Shakespeare presents to the reader the very complex and ambiguous character of Caliban. Caliban is the brutish native of the island on which the play takes place, and is intimately intertwined with major themes of the play such as civilization versus barbarism, and the subjugation of man. One major question that arises while reading The Tempest is the nature of Caliban. Is he ultimately bound by the savagery he was born into? Or is there a chance of civility inside of him?…