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    Moral Ambiguity Foremost moral ambiguity is the concept that creates a sense of obscurity‚ as a result actions are to be judged by the roots that generated that outcome. In the film V for Vendetta two characters are portrayed as being moral ambiguous. The keen doctor that was biologically experimenting on people with a virus. Secondly‚ V himself‚ for the crimes he committed‚ the assassination of several people and most vitally the torturing of Evey to vanish her fear. “It’s you isn’t it? You’ve

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    Moral Ambiguity in As I Lay Dying Although almost every character in the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner could be considered morally ambiguous ‚ or seen as having mixed morals‚ Addie Bundren tops the list. She narrates only one chapter in the book which is juxtaposed by the description of her by other narrators in preceding and following chapters. Faulkner makes a strong point this way concerning moral ambiguity as it seems‚ in the novel‚ that she is the pivot point on which other characters’

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    Developing a Tolerance for Ambiguity By Greg | Published: January 14‚ 2010 Celebrate your appreciation for ambiguity with a T-shirt like this from the Mental Floss store Early in my career at GE‚ one of the leadership values the company mentioned‚ but never really emphasized‚ was a “tolerance for ambiguity”.  There was never any coaching on how to develop such a capability. Even now‚ I can’t really find a reference to it on the web (though current GE CEO Jeff Immelt recently emphasized the need

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    Ambiguity in Young Goodman Brown Summary: The story "Young Goodman Brown" is portrayed as a straight forward tale of a man on a venture. It is not overly difficult to comprehend or interpret‚ however it does have several great ambiguities. ________________________________________ "Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting? (387)" The story "Young Goodman Brown" is portrayed as a straight forward tale of a man on a venture. It is not overly

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    Lauren Garcia 22 April‚ 2013 Anachronistic Selves: Personal Ambiguity in Natsume Soseki’s Kokoro There are many ambiguous issues that are engendered in Kokoro‚ but this essay will specifically focus on Emperor’s Meiji’s death and the personal ambiguity that the novel’s characters experience as a result. This essay argues that the ambiguity surrounding Sensei‚ K‚ and General Nogi’s suicides is not arbitrary. In fact‚ the ambiguity of ritual suicide in this text is historically linked to the instability

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    one by one. § M08.1 Ambiguity There are actually different kinds of ambiguity: Lexical ambiguity This is a single word or term having more than one meaning in the language. For example‚ the word "deep" can mean profoundity ("What you have said is very deep.")‚ or it can be used to describe physical depth ("This hole is very deep"). Similarly for words like "young" (inexperienced or young of age)‚ "bank" (river bank or financial institution)‚ etc. Referential ambiguity It is not clear which

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    frazzled moments‚ and shows obvious dislike of Jimmy Reed during his and Sarah’s marriage‚ Turner illustrates the moral ambiguity of Jack’s character. Books were not usually important to a frontiersman in the late 1800’s‚ especially a cavalry officer. The only difference in this case is that a beautiful woman is on the other side of them. Jack begins to show moral ambiguity‚ when Sarah Prine notices a wagon of books on the side of the path then asking Jack if she can use the spare horses to haul

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    Through the conversation and interaction he has with Lynne‚ we learn that the narrator is someone who has many worries in his mind‚ is unstable and fragile. This is where ambiguity kicks in. He saved a life early in the day‚ but how come he becomes so weak and frail by the end of the day. Thus‚ to further understand this character‚ the author leads us to the narrator’s personal story and his relationship with his girlfriend

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    VUCA is an acronym used to describe or reflect on the volatility‚ uncertainty‚ complexity and ambiguity of general conditions and situations. The common usage of the term VUCA began in the late 1990s and derives from military vocabulary and has been subsequently used in emerging ideas in strategic leadership that apply in a wide range of organizations‚ including everything from for-profit corporations to education. Meaning The deeper meaning of each element of VUCA serves to enhance the strategic

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    INTRODUCTION 2 CHAPTER I. THE NOTION OF EUPHEMISMS IN ENGLISH 5 I.1. Definition of Euphemisms 5 I.2. Classification of Euphemisms 6 I.3. Ambiguity and Logic 9 CHAPTER II. SOURCES OF EUPHEMISMS 15 II.1. The Language of Political Correctness 15 II.2. Obscurity‚ Officialese‚Jornalese‚ Commercialese 20 II.3. Vogue Words 24 II.4. Woolliness 27 II.5. Euphemisms Used in Different Spheres of Our Life 29 CHAPTER III. TRANSLATION OF EUPHEMISMS 34 III.1. Grammatical Difficulties in

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