Hierarchy of Monstrous Behaviour Adrienne represents "a monster in the shape of a girl‚" (MacLeod‚ P.40) by physically demonstrating a selfish‚ emotionless and unexplainable hate towards Sophie. Adrienne leads her friend Braidie‚ who contributes on a more subtle level to this motif of monstrous behaviour. Adrienne shows her sinister leadership by constantly instigating a form of abuse towards Sophie. "Adrienne leans into Sofie so that Sofie is squished‚" (P.42) causing apparent physical harm. Mentally
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The English language is full of nondescript‚ emotionless words that fail to convey any meaningful feelings. To get around this shortcoming many old English writers like the one that wrote Beowulf use kennings to create an emotionally evocative word with the meaning of the emotionless word. In Beowulf the author uses the kenning‚ “It would keep the bone-cage of his body safe” to provide a more descript and emotionally charged description than the word skeleton would create if used in the sentence
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that her Medea’s ways of revenge and her ways of thinking are very brutal since she kills her children just to watch Jason suffer. Finally she is compensated when she kills all those close to Jason and watches him suffer. This shows that she is emotionless because she killed all those innocent people just to watch her husband suffer. Medea ways of revenge are extreme and tactless. Jason is portrayed as a weak and insensitive character since he leaves his wife to marry a more beautiful woman only
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the possibility that emotions exist to be our governing channel of communication. The level of understandability and intensity of communication is exceedingly dependent on the amount of emotion used. Emotionless verbal communication is complex to understand‚ uninteresting and monotonous. Emotionless nonverbal communication is generally next to impossible to comprehend‚ and is the borderline of understanding and bewilderment. Communication could be straightforwardly thought of as expressed emotion
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The Casey Anthony Trial During Casey’s trial she sat there emotionless. The only time that she had appeared to be upset was when the jury had criticized her as a person‚ but not as a parent. Casey used the defense that she was allegedly sexually abused as a child as a reason to be unfit for trial‚ even though she had already proclaimed her innocence. When Casey had been told that her daughter’s body had been found she acted like it was not a surprise to her. Nothing about her daughter
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are thrown away‚ and if they do then everything is all right. Women should only follow their routine everyday and follow rules in order for everything to be perfect. Just as machines‚ they follow a cycle in order to work properly. 4) Being emotionless is one of the main traits found in our main character; to what extent is she hiding her
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In the story of Things Fall Apart‚ the emotional understanding of one man in the Igbo culture is put to the test. Okonkwo is a man of many words: strength‚ courage‚ power etc. He is known in his clan for being one of the strongest men‚ both physically and mentally. Sympathy is not something many describe Okonkwo as‚ but they are wrong. Okonkwo is a sympathetic character as it can be seen through other characters such as his second wife Ekwefi and her daughter Ezinma‚ but also a boy named Ikemefuna
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German neurosis. Maria is can be compared to Germany which is trying to rebuild itself after the destructions of war. Like Germany‚ Maria has no other choice but to move forward ahead. In the beginning of the film it is shown that the Germans became emotionless‚ either because of their refusal to mourn‚ or because they are in denial of their past. Maria sets aside her private life and her feelings and works towards reaching her main goal‚ which is to achieve wealth‚ typically characteristic of the Economic
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fiend of Scotland and myself; within my swords length set him‚” showing that Mcduff‚ a calm and morally just person has turned into a grief-stricken soul‚ with nothing more than revenge fueling him. Question 7: Macbeth is depicted in Act 5 as emotionless‚ mentally unstable‚ arrogant but above all a tyrant who will perform any act‚ no matter its indecency‚ to stay the king of Scotland. Macbeth is an agitated character in scene 3‚ when he is constantly told of nobles defecting to the English army
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eyes told nothing‚ regardless of what they were doing. The Discobolus sculpture from the Classical era depicts a man who about to throw a disc‚ which was a common Greek sport. However‚ instead of competitive or determined look on his face‚ he is emotionless. The man’s face is blank‚ as if bored or tired. Another characteristic that remained constant throughout the Archaic era and Classical era was unrealistic features. Kouros‚ from the Archaic era‚ is an excellent example of the unnatural features
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