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    life when a lie is in effect. Often times lies are believed due to a person not actually wanting to know the truth since they might get hurt. For instance, taking from the example above, love can often disrupt one's life due to various forms of deception. For instance, it is not uncommon in a relationship that one of the parties is not truly interested in the other, but merely wants something out of them. This can cause the party with true affections for the other to pause their life. This can…

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    on him in his childhood years, showing him the harsh reality of lies, and not letting him make the-what do you want to do when you grow up- decision on his own. He also scarred Happy by not paying him much attention and showing him a life full of deception, both internally and externally, is okay. Willy Loman is a sixty-three year old salesman that is unstable, delusional, and a horrible father whose whole life was spent in the hopes of becoming a well-known salesman. Popularity was how Willy…

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    for no man's leisure; sleep when I am drowsy, and tend on no man's business; laugh when I am merry, and claw no man in his humor.” (1.3.10-17). Don John says he’s not capable of deception. He says it's impossible to hide what he truly feels, he is very open and honest with everyone. Which is ironic because of all the deception he does throughout the whole play. When talking about Hero’s disloyalty he says, “The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. I could say she were worse. Think you…

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    Snapchat Phenomenon

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    The Phenomenon that is Snapchat Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are known as the “Holy Trinity” of social media. However, there is a relatively new app that is being talked about and ranked highly among the masses. This app is called Snapchat. “In just a few seconds, [Snapchat] allows you to showcase your love for waffles or make your nostrils part of the Google logo. It’s magical.” (Simcik) Here’s how Snapchat works; you take a picture (there’s even a video option!), add a filter, maybe some…

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    studies where the participants are fully aware of the experiments at hand and others where they are not aware. Participants can benefit from the deception of fake drugs even if they are told they contain no active substance, researchers have found. The research results seem to indicate that the placebo effect possibly could work without the need for any deception on the subjects mind as to what doctors use to think. It used to be thought by doctors, regardless the effect only when the patient…

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    Dishonest Indictors

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    whether a person is being dishonest can be a difficult task. There are various deception indictors that people display when they are being untruthful. Some of the signs are easily identifiable while others need to be observe more closely. According to Dr. Brian D. Fitch, “All behavior—facial expressions, voice tone, posture, gaze, and proximity—can communicate important information.” Investigators can utilize deception indictors during investigative interviews to determine whether or not a…

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    The clash between the deception and honesty in the essay accentuates the significance of being earnest using irony. Earnest is the made up brother that Jack uses to lie to his folks to enable him to escape his responsibilities for a while, but the author is using Earnest as a means to bring out the deceptions of Jack. The essentiality of this play is to put out the idea of why people have to lie. By creating a real-life scenario in which a web of deceptions carries the day, one can actually…

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    Honesty Vs Truth

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    Honesty is a valued moral character in many ethnic and cultures, in the same way that deception is frowned upon, or even condemned in several situations. However, everybody must have at least once found themselves in a circumstance where telling the truth is more damaging than lying. Jeff Hancock stated, “But [butler lies] are very special. They use ambiguity that comes from using technology. You don 't know where I am or what I 'm doing or who I 'm with. And they 're aimed at protecting the…

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    Descartes Metaphors

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    one fails to exist. Concluding that the self must be convinced of “something” for this concept to apply to them (Centrelli). Continuing with his claim, he implies that a deceiver, whose goal is to insure he indefinitely remains under the reign of deception, can continue to do so because he will never find himself to believe he is nothing while…

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    The History of persuasion began when the world was new and without sin. In Genesis chapter 2&3 it tells of Lucifer and his ultimate persuasion of Adam and Eve. When Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden they were in a perfect state. They were told not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Lucifer uses his skill of persuasion to sway Eve, telling her that to become like God she must partake of the fruit, thus resulting in The Fall. (Bible, Genesis 2-3. KJV) This being the…

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