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    King Creon a Narcissis

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    Is King Creon a Narcissist? Did King Creon suffer from narcissism? A narcissist is usually vain and arrogant‚ they believe they are smarter then everyone else and do not like to be challenged. A narcissist has an inflated sense of self-importance. Creon exhibits a lot of these characteristic through most of the play. After Creon nephews have perished and Creon is the next of kin‚ his head seems to swell with the power of the throne. He indicates that and whoever places a friend /above the good

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    Nurse Ratched

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    peck. The patients try to please her during the Group Meetings by airing their dirtiest‚ darkest secrets‚ and then they feel deeply ashamed for how she made them act‚ even though they have done nothing. She maintains her power by the strategic use of shame and guilt‚ as well as by a determination to “divide and conquer” her patients. McMurphy manages to ruffle Ratched because he plays her game: he picks up on her weak spots right away.

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    beat Nostrils’‚ and Charlie runs away to safety. Charlie wants to help his friend out‚ but he felt paralysed‚ like he couldn’t physically move because he was so afraid‚ and ashamed of leaving him there by himself. He said ‘Far worse than fear‚ it was shame that paralysed me.’ Because Charlie cares for Nostrils so much‚ he is upset and regretting his decision of leaving Nostrils to fight for himself. The regret he has shows that he does truly care about Nostrils because it is shown how bad he feels for

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    Amy Tan "Fish Cheeks"

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    What impression does Amy Tan present of herself in “Fish Cheeks”? How? In “Fish Cheeks”‚ Amy Tan gives an impression of being insecure and overly dramatic. She is especially insecure about being Chinese‚ and this is evident in several points during the text. She has a crush on a white boy‚ Robert‚ who she describes first and foremost as “not Chinese‚ but as white as Mary in the manger”. Comparing him to Mary‚ a holy figure‚ almost suggests an idealization of Robert because of his race. Amy

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    Group Responsibility

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    emotions‚ financial loss etc…the members of the group try to place blame on the others in the group‚ mostly on the group leader (Feinberg 1968). This goes against what collective responsibility or group liability without fault means. When there is shame‚ guilt or liability directed at the group‚ which results in punishment‚ every member accepts responsibility of the wrongdoing equally as a group. Sounds great‚ but every time blame is given the circumstances need to be looked at‚ so as to place blame

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    To Kill A Mocking Bird

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    brats destroy them. The children act out of their fear and resentment of Miss Lottie: "For some perverse reason‚ we children hated those marigolds. They interfered with the perfect ugliness of the place . . . ." Only the narrator‚ "Lizabeth‚" fells shame afterwards. Then that night she overhears her parents talking--her father has evidently lost his job--and realizes how bleak and grim their life‚ which until then she had taken for granted because it was no different from the lives of everyone else

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    AThe Ideal of Social Grace The characters’ dense‚ colorful manner of speaking represents the ideal that Renaissance courtiers strove for in their social interactions. The play’s language is heavily laden with metaphor and ornamented by rhetoric. Benedick‚ Claudio‚ and Don Pedro all produce the kind of witty banter that courtiers used to attract attention and approval in noble households. Courtiers were expected to speak in highly contrived language but to make their clever performances seem effortless

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    Turn and Oral Paper Works

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    learners personally and professionally. Personally‚ I was amaze with their spirit and eagerness while doing the FITNESS CRAZE. Their endurance shows off and the biggest smile‚ when they accomplished the undergoing tasks. Those who did not‚ were a little shame and embarrassed but never the less they tried. Especially in the IRI ORAL SILENT test. When they cannot read aloud‚ they cannot look at you straight in the eyes. A moment of reality cannot be denied. Seeing what can they do and what they can’t is a

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    The Ring of Shame

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    Student Name Mrs. DiPaolo English 11 2 15 December 2004 The Ring of Shame “Ye have both been here before‚ but I was not with you. Come hither once again‚ and we will stand all three together!” In his feeble attempts to make public his hidden shame‚ Reverend Dimmesdale attempts to include himself in the infinite ring of ignominy that he‚ Hester‚ and Pearl have inevitably been trapped in. With this theme in mind‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ in his masterpiece‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ uses the characters

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    My Shyness

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    Shyness is the enemy to the person wanting to learn English. I remember as far back as 7 years old‚ some of the stuff I used to do avoid seeing people that came to visit us. ¬¬They were people I knew‚ like cousins‚ aunts‚ uncles‚ and friends of the family. ¬ ¬I was trying to stay into my room until they took off‚ except for some cases‚ for example‚ that I have to take a leak. As I grew up‚ things got better‚ but I have still a long way to go. Do you presently consider yourself to be a shy

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