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    This project is designed to explain what inattentional blindness is, how common it is, and the perception of it. This is important because we will be able to determine everything about inattentional blindness. This project is focusing between genders and ages and which will have it more. The hypothesis of this project is that younger kids will have inattentional blindness more than older kids. This paper is hoped to tell you all about inattentional blindness, and how it works. What is…

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    The Cask Of Amontillado

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    The Cask of Amontillado The story “The Cask of Amontillado” is writing from the narrator Montresor perspective. He claims revenge against Fortunato who had insulted him in a thousand ways. The story begins with Montresor telling the story to an unidentified “You.” He explains that he had tolerated “a thousand injuries of Fortunato,” but Fortunato finally went too far. So he formulated a plan for revenge. Omit, Fortunato see Montresor as a friend, and he does not suspect about Montresor plan; he…

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    Blood In The Mobile Essay

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    It is a known truth that – A man who is devoid of ethics can prove out to be a demon, which is let free into the world. This phrase can be paralleled to a group of individuals who have a paucity of ethics, yet are living free in this competitive world. Blood in the mobile, is a great work of documentary by Frank Poulsen, which revolves around the reckless extraction of minerals. The mineral in the name of ‘Cassiterite’ is mined by unethical means in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. An…

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    Mercutio Monologue

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    Romeo-- I write thee to ask thy forgiveness and pardon. I wish that I could undo what has been done to Mercutio; if I could turn back the clocks, I would. By killing Mercutio I have wronged both the Capulets and the Montagues. The city of Verona has been harmed by my actions. Begging for your forgiveness, I must ask that you do not end my life to avenge good Mercutio. If thou spareith me, I shall return to Verona as a peaceful man, ready to diminish the strife between the Capulets and…

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    The Tron Existentialism

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    Furthermore, we can see the struggle to find the truth of life in the Tron. In this movie, many people believe that Sam’s father was mysteriously died but Sam Flynn shows that he do not care what other people’s opinion about his father in newspaper or television. Sam Flynn tries to discover his journey that led him to his father and he proves to himself that he has a possibility to change his destiny. Together with his father, Sam uses his potentiality to bring his father back to the real world.…

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    The Wrath Of The Old Gods

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    A year has passed since the ancient gods of myth and legend returned and irrevocably changed humankind as we know it. All across the earth, survivors of the initial onslaught have now abandoned their faith in the modern world and have begun to worship the pagan deities once again. The United States hangs perilously close to ruin as the newly resurgent Aztec Empire begins its final assault against the country. In this maelstrom of chaos and destruction, a small of group of individuals holds…

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    Ponyboys Narrative

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    Climax: “The next thing I knew I was lying on the pavement beside the fountain, coughing water and gasping. I lay there weakly, breathing in air and spitting out water. The wind blasted through my soaked sweat shirt and dripping hair. My teeth chattered unceasingly and I could not stop them. I finally pushed myself up and leaned back agiast the fountain, the water running down my face. Then I saw Johnny. He was sitting next to me, one elbow on his knee, and staring straight ahead. He…

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    Blindness In Oedipus Rex

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    Oedipus the King is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles. The book tells the story about Oedipus’s life and he is also known as the king of Thebes. There are many type of blindess, not necessary has to be physical sight instead in the Oedipus the Kind, he was blinded to the truth of his own identity. Oedipus was technically has been blinded to the truth his whole life, and when he find the truth, he loses his physical vision. In the play, King Oedipus started life with his parents sent him…

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    come to Oedipus for they believe, "he had a god 's help to restore life to their city" thus he should be willing and able to reinforce this service once more. Point often overlooked,"[…] involves a view that not all suffering (and not everyone who suffers) is equal. In effect Greek assumptions about social worth, it holds at its core the values of aristocratic privilege, whereas ordinary suffering and ordinary people lie beyond the scope[…]."(Morris 12) So despite their proposal Oedipus iterates…

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    In Sophocles’ Greek play, Oedipus Rex, events like Oedipus’ parents’ attempted infanticide, Oedipus abandoning his adoptive parents out fear of a prophecy, and the murdering of an innocent old man on his way to Thebes negatively causes Thebes to be plague-stricken and ill, as well as Oedipus’ tragic fate. Oedipus’ personal fate of ending up as a blind hermit has been determined by the gods since before he was even born, but it is ultimately his actions and the actions of those around him that…

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