what it meant‚ “It’s about the God of the Old Testament‚ the God of the New‚ and Humanity‚ isn’t it?”. Pinter replied‚ “No Terry‚ it’s about a caretaker and two brothers”. With this quote Terence Rattigan succinctly highlights the absolute ambiguity of Harold Pinter’s ‘The Caretaker’; in this story of two brothers and an elderly derelict in close quarters‚ everything that is said and not said can be understood in all sorts of contradictory ways. Rattigan saw three characters as the holy trinity
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A prologue is an introduction to any piece of work. The prologue is an overture to the Gospel because it summarizes the Gospel and it gets you prepared for what you are about to read. Themes are presented throughout any work and are to be expanded upon as you read on. An encounter is when you meet someone unexpectedly‚ and that occurs many times with Jesus and other persons. The significance of the Programmatic Text (1:51) is that He has an encounter with Nathaneal. Throughout the
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In William Shakespeare ’s play‚ Macbeth‚ the theme of ambiguity and equivocation stands our quite clearly. The Oxford definition of equivocation is: use of ambiguity to conceal the truth ’. Macbeth ’s voluntary misinterpretation of the ambiguity and equivocation of the witches relates to the play ’s theme. After the first of the witches ’ prophecies comes true‚ Macbeth begins to believe in their truth. However‚ he also believes that the prophecies must all lead to his enrichment and empowerment
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children: Miles and Flora (5). As the protagonist – the governess narrates the story in first-person; thus‚ the reliability of the story is arguably biased due to her comments and thoughts in the text. The author deliberately encloses elements of ambiguity within its’ gothic setting‚ which asserts mystery in the mind of the reader‚ hence relating the story to many dark
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Referring to the prologue characterize Leo old and young The prologue to ’The Go-between’ tells us a lot about the protagonist Leo’s character both in his younger days at school when he was around 13 years old and how he is at present when reminiscing at around 64 years of age. Leo is looking in a box that contained many items from his school days; he then comes across the diary that contains a multitude of memories. He looks at it but it ’refused to disclose its identity’. It is as if there are
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The Scarlett Letter as a whole is more focused on the ambiguity of issues such as sin in this case. Upon taking a deep dive into the what is really behind the story‚ one would say that the focus here is on the effects of the sin rather than the sin itself. Despite all the ambiguity Hawthorne portrays throughout the novel‚ he is one to believe that one can only free themselves from the sin they might have committed through forgiveness and benevolence of a good heart. During a lifetime‚ forgiving
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Adira 1 Adira McNally Mr. Caleb Nelson AP English and Composition 23 October 2014 The Moral Ambiguity of Odysseus in The Odyssey The Odyssey is an epic poem full of morally ambiguous characters. Few people in the book live a moral life. Telemachus lies to his mother‚ Calypso seduces Odysseus‚ and Penelope claims to love Odysseus but continues to lead on her suitors and convinces them to give her gifts. Out of all the Homeric characters though‚ Odysseus is repeatedly shown‚ mainly due
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licenses weren’t reciprocated fully‚ I chose to dive head first into web development. I decided to make things happen rather than to wait for them to happen. Timing is important in decision making‚ but acting decisively despite uncertainty and ambiguity is also necessary. We live politically‚ economically‚ and technologically uncertain time. This is what makes the increasing of understanding between groups and individual so crucial‚ and in turn necessitates the existence of products like Babbel
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the new millennium in "Far From Heaven." Sirk propelled Rock Hudson to movie icon status as a regular player in many of the director’s popular flicks using‚ I think‚ the actor’s secret sexual preference to create characters that had a certain ambiguity about them. With "Far From Heaven" writer/helmer Todd Haynes seems to be doing the same for Julianne Moore. This is the second film that Haynes and Moore have worked together‚ the first being "Safe‚" and in this latest collaboration we see a professional
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Based on the prologue‚ I believe the Wife of Bath refers to the Bible frequently to show points it makes in stories that seem to be different from what we could call the ‘societal norms’ of the time. She does this especially often in the beginning‚ specifically when she is defending her having five husbands. Though it was never stated‚ the biblical references she made indicated she was defending her position‚ and that it was not considered normal for a woman to have this many husbands within her
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