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    suffering rather than joyful activity. He takes issue with both because they display a passivity that attacks rather than creates. Both allow humans to dwell on things that are not natural human impulses‚ and avoid willful creative activity. The great contradiction of the work is that in its expression Nietzsche shows a propensity for the same behavior he condemns. His entire work is a reactive‚ pessimistic attack on the western tradition‹a tradition he feels prey to. This contradictory expression brings

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    shows that Jane is actually realizing that this abuse is no longer acceptable. After Jane has released all of her anger‚ she is later able to stand up for herself and this is seen when she stands up to Mrs.Reed. Later in the book‚ there is a contradiction between characters. Jane befriends a girl named Helen‚ who has also been abused by the teachers at their school. While they are very good

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    William Shakespeare in his play of Antony and Cleopatra has many suggestions on the topic of the attractions and contradictions of the political and erotic life‚ but also of the suggesting of a third kind of way of life that transcends the political and the erotic ones. Throughout the play Shakespeare presents the emotions between Antony and Cleopatra in many different ways that could be interpreted as love or even perhaps lust at times. Cleopatra was a woman of high maintenance‚ but yet she did

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    are acquainted with Lady Macduff‚ a huge contradiction to the play’s pattern of turbulent women. Her appearance‚ although short‚ serves to paint humanity on one of Macbeth’s victims‚ since she is presented as a motherly figured that we cannot help but sympathize with. Lady Macduff‚ along with Lady Macbeth‚

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    Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Robert Venturi In this article the author Venturi talks about the importance of applying inner complexity and contradiction to create more sophisticated‚ diverse architecture over over-simplified‚ black-or-white architecture. Non Straightforward Architecture: Gentle Manifesto In modern society even a simple building holds many complex aspects‚ its program‚ structure‚ mechanical program‚ and expression. The author opens up a view that is different

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    lives the American dream of being popular and wealthy‚ while Nick is a shadow who watches Gatsby’s and the other characters’ actions. As an outsider‚ Nick is able to observe the main characters of the book and use descriptions of the setting‚ contradictions‚ and ellipses to prove the main idea that Gatsby is great. First all‚ Nick’s use of repetition of the descriptions of the setting shows Gatsby’s thoughts and lifestyle. For

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    Hamlet- The Garden Motif and Fate vs. Man Of Hamlet’s many theories and subjects‚ perhaps one of the most prevailing ideas in William Shakespeare’s most riveting play is in fact the “garden” motif. Shakespeare illustrates throughout his writing the idea of the garden which presumably represents Hamlet’s own paradise‚ and the rotting destruction of the garden is meant to vividly depict the unavoidable hell Hamlet endures throughout the plot. By utilizing this imagery and symbolism‚ William Shakespeare

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    eating the young poor poppers as livestock. Through this message paired with proper and detached diction‚ gruesome imagery and heavy amounts of satire‚ Swift illustrates the dehumanization of the masses by the elite. Additionally‚ he highlights the contradictions between seemingly civilized rules of society compared with the actual corruption at its core. Presenting the solution to the issue‚ Swift calls the masses potential “breeders”‚ which brings them down to the level of livestock (2634). Using this

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    constantly used to call out Hillary Clinton for her corruption and to be fair – he was right about that. She took massive amounts of money from special interests and big corporations like Goldman Sachs. But get ready for yet another gigantic contradiction from Trump: About a week ago it has been announced who Donald Trump considers to pick for director of the Office of Management and Budget in his administration. He wants Gary Cohn – the President and COO of Goldman Sachs – to lead exactly this

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    and Islamic religions. His spiritual vade mecum was David’s Book of Psalms‚ in which he sought comfort and inspiration. Knowing two Christian interpretations of the Bible‚ as well as the two other Abrahamic religions‚ and being able to see the contradictions between them‚ Zera Yacob is led to refuse the authority of the Ethiopian tradition and of any tradition in general. He comes to think that tradition is infested by lies‚ because men‚ in their own ignorance‚

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