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    Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying, can cause the individuals in a family to split and become egotistical. In William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying, he depicts autonomy within the Bundren family through symbolism, his character interactions, and dichotomy. William Faulkner, born September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi, was an American novelist who, in his early years, was known for his poetry, but was later known for his novels.…

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    A Western set in the arcade world, the Disney film Wreck It Ralph has elements of both a disguised and revisionist western in its use of the traditional official hero vs outlaw hero dichotomy, as seen in the characters Fix It Felix Jr. and Wreck It Ralph, but also in its unconventional preference for the homestead and community rather than the horizon. Wreck It Ralph’s use of the official/outlaw hero dynamic is clearly laid out in the beginning of the movie, in which we see Felix being awarded…

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    soil. No human being could think this crime unless they have forgotten that this is how humans have always lived- by fishing, by clearing land and by planting the soil. (The Hungry Tide, 261-261) Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide presents the dichotomy of wild life versus human suffering and the destruction of the ecosystem versus human survival. Set in the Sundarbans, a place where nature is harsh and vengeful making the struggle for human existence an intense task, the novel explores the…

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    the empirical reality. In the academic world, radical interiority often develops when scholars withdraw from the world without intention of returning. A sense of intellectual and spiritual ego arises from this withdrawal, creating an interesting dichotomy between Gottlieb’s terms “spiritual materialism” and “the cult of personality”, both detrimental to the pursuit of academia. On the one hand, spiritual materialism cultivates a sense of attachment to spiritual practices, or to thought process…

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    certain extent, it is troublesome as many structures we have are dichotomies or binary oppositions that do not allow and alienate those that do not fall in either pole. Not only that but having these binary oppositions so ingrained in people makes them want to force those that fall outside the norm to conform or disregard them completely. The male-female dichotomy in conjunction with the gender binary is the most basic dichotomies…

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    Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the moral decay and deceit of the other characters in the book contribute to uncovering the only ethical character in the book, Nick Carraway. “And the moral dichotomy runs through the structure of the entire work” (Rowe 119). Ethically, the East is dying because of the lack of morals contributed by its society. “The novel is full of bad behavior: lying, cheating, physical abuse, crime, and finally murder” (Edwards)…

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    Revue supposedly works to subvert gender roles in its performances, unlike its historical Shakespearian cross-dressing counterparts, the company still adheres to patriarchal norms off-stage, even more so than many current counterparts. This strange dichotomy of subversive onstage and patriarchal off-stage is shown quite clearly in the Takarazuka Revue’s 1999 Production of Epiphany, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth…

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    a holy, loving God orders the genocide of an entire people.” In essence, they ask, “How can professing Christians claim to love a God who once operated in unprecedented anger and spite against his own creation?” What skeptics hope to create is a dichotomy that those who profess Christ must give an answer for. How can God be loving and just, and still be so seemingly spiteful? It is obvious, apologist has their work cut out for them. But, what if, what is seemingly dichotic in nature, is not so…

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    Xia was born into a horrible breeding facility in the Himalayas along side her beloved brother Xiu. The two were nothing special really, they didn't come from notable bloodlines like some of the other hounds being housed there but they were beautiful little fluff balls. They never knew their sire and only knew their mother until they were old enough to be plucked from her to start their training. Right from the start little Xia had a strong dependency on her brother finding it hard to be…

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    In a Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens proposes the idea of dichotomy, which is when two characters are completely different but complement each other as to reveal insight into the narrative. In the Tale of Two Cities Dickens shows dichotomy between Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, which helps to show the dramatic change in Carton’s character. Dichotomy helps to show the significant change in Carton because it shows how he wants to be a better man. Dickens shows this by having Charles Darnay…

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