ts have excellent night vision and can see at only one sixth the light level required for human vision.[54]:43 This is partly the result of cat eyes having a tapetum lucidum‚ which reflects any light that passes through the retina back into the eye‚ thereby increasing the eye’s sensitivity to dim light.[73] Another adaptation to dim light is the large pupils of cats’ eyes. Unlike some big cats‚ such as tigers‚ domestic cats have slit pupils.[74] These slit pupils can focus bright light without chromatic
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Imagine being in love with someone so deeply that you want to spend the rest of your life with that person‚ and ask for his or her hand in marriage. But you aren’t able to because you and your lover are of same sex‚ and live in a state like Texas where gay marriage is prohibited. There is a loophole though‚ you do have the option of traveling one thousand miles to the closest state that allows you to wed. Initially‚ some people may think that’s okay‚ it’s just another adventure in your life right
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ways to love somebody. There is the love between husband and wife‚ girlfriend and boyfriend and even between sister and brother. Some feel real love for the other and others are just based on deceit and illusion. The relationships that develop the most throughout the play are Claudius and Gertrude’s‚ Hamlet and his father’s and Hamlet and Ophelia’s. Queen Gertrude and King Claudius have a relationship where there is love for the other person but also a greater love for something
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How is love misunderstood in Twelfth Night? Love is misunderstood in the play because of the foolish self-love‚ and infatuation that some of the characters portray in the play. When the foolish love triangle prevails that starts from Olivia‚ the foolishness brings a twisted comedy to the audience. It is easy to laugh at the foolish love and how love loses its meaning. Throughout the play the characters take love to the max‚ or have not truly felt or understand the meaning of love. The first misunderstanding
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In Sonnet 116‚ Shakespeare presents a personal view of love which is uplifting‚ but also dark. He questions whether the ’love’ in question is really true ’love’. The Sonnet is written in the first person. Shakespeare immediately puts himself inside the poem from the very first words: ‘Let me not’. The start of the poem‚ ‘admit impediments’‚ begins the dark tone. ’Impediments’ suggests problems‚ and echoes the words of the marriage service‚ where the priest has to ask if anyone has reasons against
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In the novel‚ Great Expectations‚ Pip and Estella share an unrequited love in which Pip is madly in love with her and attempts to change himself in order to make her joyful. When in reality‚ Estella is using him and takes this opportunity with Pip to practice breaking his heart. Despite constant belittling and insults from Estella‚ Pip is still despite for her acceptance and unconditional love. Estella’s negative comments do not discourage Pip from loving her‚ instead to her dismay‚ he makes numerous
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Does Marriage and Love come Hand in Hand? When the question arises on love‚ mostly any human believes in love and would want to have a special feeling of finding a person of their life. Believes in holding hands‚ commitment to each other and make promises to each other‚ and live happily ever after. The universal feeling of love appears everywhere‚ in novels‚ religious‚ movies‚ songs and on television. Nowadays a great controversial topic of same sex marriage comes in our head as we all think of
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6/26/14 Speaking of Love: How Does It Feel Different? According to Mortimer J. Adler in The Great Ideas‚ Love is a deep expression that consists of affectionate feelings for a person or thing. When we think about love‚ the first thing that comes to our minds are emotions‚ loyalty and faithfulness. Many people might think that they fall in love with that special person they have in their life but we might be concerned whether or not that is truth love? Can we satisfy our life for the one who will
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How does Shakespeare present strong feelings about love in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ In Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice There are many examples of strong love. The two most prominent examples of strong love are romantic love and unrequited love. In Romeo and Juliet‚ there appears to be more examples of unrequited love than that of romantic love‚ despite the main theme of the play being the romantic love between Romeo and Juliet. The unrequited love between Romeo
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To what extent is Desdemona presented as a tragic victim in the play ‘Othello’? Desdemona‚ the daughter of Venetian senator Brabantio‚ is captivated by Othello’s fables of bravery as a warrior and she falls in love with him. In view of the fact that Desdemona is a “fair” woman and Othello is “an old black ram”‚ commonly referred to as ‘the Moor’‚ their marriage indicates that her fate might be tragic. In ‘Othello’‚ Desdemona is portrayed as a courageous young woman whose character is used against
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