In essence, Shakespeare used the pronunciation of "nothing" as a play on the concept of "noting". Shakespeare's was acutely aware of the similarity between the words note, nothing, and nothing. ... Balthasar: Note this before my notes: There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting. Don Pedro: Why, these are very crotchets [whimsies] that he speaks - Note notes, forsooth, and nothing!" ... Since majority of the play was based upon lies and assumptions, which all amounted to nothing in terms of the truth, it could be concluded that the entire play itself was about nothing. ...

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One indication that strongly supports the assertion that Much Ado About Nothing is a Comedy is the title. ... In Shakespeare's time the term "nothing" in the title would be read as noting. This makes great sense simply because throughout the play the characters would be taking notes, observing, and listening to each other in order to playfully make jokes and be deceitful. A great example of this is when Beatrice falls into a trap and begins to eavesdrop and note the conversation the women carefully concocted to convince Beatrice she has great love for Benedick. ... O, what authority a...

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His use of puns in Much Ado About Nothing is worth "noting". Basically everything that happened in the play was set up by the characters and nothing withheld any credibility. ... O, what authority and show of truth can cunning sin cover itself withal! ... The truth comes out because of the fact that the Don John's men could not hold their tongue and the watchmen over heard the whole plot of the lie. ... Bishop 5 Indeed this play is a lot to do with nothing and "noting". ...

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The pronunciation of the word "nothing" would, in the late 16th Century, have been "noting," and so the title also apparently suggests a pun on the word, "noting", and on the use of the word "note" as an expression of music. ... Considering that the saga is thus based around lies and assumptions, which both amount to nothing in terms of the truth, we can conclude that the drama is indeed about nothing. ... They play games with each other's wit, which in the end amounts to nothing because they fall in love. At one point, Benedick surreptitiously notes, "I do spy some marks of love in her (...

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Truth ran away taking nothing but her youngest daughter and started a new and unknowing future. Truth overcame things that were unheard of in her time. ... After looking through and carefully organizing my notes, I was able to decide on my claims. ... After taking the notes from my index cards and imputing them into my writing, all I had to do was reread it to myself, fix any noticeable mistakes and turn it in. ... At age eleven Truth was sold to a farmer who lived in a nearby city. ...

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In order to make these mental notes one must first fully understand when they are apt to make these errors. ... These misconceptions include making "something out of nothing", believing "too much from too little", and "seeing what we expect to see." ... The tendency to make "something out of nothing" is more common than expected. ... Like the statement made before, this is also not necessarily the truth. ... Truth is essential to leading the examined life because without truth one does not have a stable foundation on which he or she is attempting to build a ladder of knowledge to leave this...

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It is at this point that I decide truth is unattainable or does not exist; there is no truth other than identity. ... I made pages of notes. ... My notes are full of phrases and guiding bits of wisdom. ... I first thought these were more notes on postmodernism. I then realized they were ideas for an essay which has nothing to do with postmodernism. ...

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Oedipus is not only superior because of his social status, but also because he is smart ("Classic Note"). ... Oedipus knew nothing about his true identity as he was raised as the prince of Corinth. ... He refuses to believe the truth; he lives in disbelief. ... Oedipus is blinded by the truth until he can not escape it any longer. ... ," exclaimed Oedipus when he finally accepts the truth (991). ...

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What is the truth? Is it our ability to reason that lead us toward the truth? ... It is also important to note that Mill believes a person should formulate his opinion through reason. ... It is important to note, however, that Mill did make a distinction between opinions and actions. ... Dostoyevsky argues that, "reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side of man's nature, while will is a manifestation of the whole life, that is, the whole life including reason and all the impulses" (Notes, 19). ...

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It is interesting to note lear's initial reaction to the Fool's wise observations. ?... Truth's a dog must to kennel.? At first, Lear reacts with some resentment to this truth. ... Nothing will come of nothing? ... Nothing can be made out of nothing. ...

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He starts with an appeal to logic to figure out what the truth is, instead of the "pleasing and encouraging visions" which may cause ""a fallacious tendency of thought.... Depicting belief to be "of the nature of a habit ", Pierce rejects what he calls the method of tenacity, noting that numerous people lean toward satisfaction to truth and will maintain a strategic distance from uncertainty once they have settled upon a consoling belief; accordingly, periodic conviction is liable to coherent error. ... He notes, nonetheless, that government (and other social foundations) at last commands...

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Cat's Cradle & truthful lies Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle attempts to prove that universal truth can never be reached, because it is believed that all truth emanates from lies hidden by human faith. ... The theme of Cat's Cradle is that science and religion are the basis of truth and lies. ... Felix lacked fantasy and cared nothing for lies and is remembered to be so through his children. ... The short chopped sentences remind the reader of how a scientist's notes would be. ... Truth and lies make up the everyday existence of mankind. ...

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Although Polk could have easily called back the messengers to avoid conflicts, he did nothing and Mexico declared it an act of war. ... In truth, the Mexicans had believed that the boundary was the Nueces River and that the Texans were on Mexican soil. ... In truth, the Mexican-American War occurred because of the collective conflicts and series of events that occurred. ... It is important to note, therefore, that the actions of just one group could have dramatically altered the results. I believe that this can be held as truth for future and even present conflicts. ...

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Ansley that she was the one who sent her the note from Mr. ... Slade hadn't sent the original note to the young Mrs. ... Alida and Grace have been friends for many years yet they know nothing about each other. ... Both women learn something new when the whole truth reveals itself. ... This feeling becomes even more evident when we later learn the truth about the letter. ...

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While, "Modern man finds himself on the brink of a catastrophic precipice, below which is a gap to the absolute void, an uncompromised black, nothingness- (Spark Notes) . ... Since, there is no God in the atheistic existentialist economy, then there is nothing after death, and man suffers from an immense void. ... And then because he has experienced the death of God, he goes on to recite the Lord's Prayer in blasphemous despair: "Our Nothing who are in Nothing - alone, the old waiter continues his train of thought, deciding that life is meaningless. He recites to himself the Lord's...

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David Levine notes that, "The Crucible dramatizes brilliantly the dilemma of an innocent man who must confess falsely if he wants to live and who finally gains the courage to insist on his innocence- and hang" (538). In other words, Proctor again gains the courage to tell the truth, but the truth still fails to save him. ... Despite Corey's dedication to his family and to the truth, he meets a violent and tragic end. ... Abigail Williams brilliantly obliterates any obstacles in her way as she portrays the egotistical villain who seeks nothing but to keep out the truth in Salem. ... Her ul...

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"There is no "the truth,"- truth is not one thing, or even a system. ... Unfortunately she did not have any one when her mother found out she was forced to lie and say nothing ever happened. ... For quite a while, I found nothing wrong with lying. ... The truth became more important to me. ... I enjoyed reading Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying by Adrienne Rich. ...

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His love is constant and nothing can ever be done to alter it. ... Touch is an ancient tradition; a truth of physical contact embodied in Bishop. ... However, the love that Bishop holds challenges Rayber's truths. ... There is nothing that he the hates or loves more then his son. ... One article notes that empowering Christ is " the empowering of love" ("American"). ...

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Those who have power have control over those who have nothing and thus take advantage of them. ... To Socrates pursuing a just life gave him happiness, the freedom to express the truth with out feeling afraid of what was to happen, because he was on the side of justice. ... (Lecture notes) In the Republic knowledge, justice and beauty are meaningless, there is something higher and that is "The Shape of the Good", without the shape of the good there wouldn't be knowledge and we need knowledge in order to pursue justice. With out knowledge we wouldn't be able to see what the...

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Truths held in youth are rarely those that endure until death. ... However, it is worthy to note towards the end of the play a lapse in O"Neill's complete loss of faith in Catholicism, an altered view through life experience. ... It is essential to note that after being expelled from Princeton, O"Neill led the life of a wanderer without a purpose, merely existing. ... Even though he himself may not have concurred with the teachings of the Church, and truly believed it to be nothing more than a pipe dream, O"Neill finally understood the fulfillment it brought to the masses. ...

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Both Cornell West and Emerson want the people to hold onto their individual truth. ... On the issue of public speakers West notes how their speeches vary according to their audience. ... West notes the connection between the media and sales targets certain audiences. ... West notes the hypocrisy of this unholy alliance. ... West argues that the lack of proper nutrition and rising health costs has garnered media attention but nothing has been done to change it. ...

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I think that Mayer has a niche for talking about the truths of life. ... The role of the music is to make the listener feel alive, happy, and upbeat through the use of symbol crashes and the light notes of the acoustic guitar. ... Mayer uses a combination of symbol crashes and the bass drum, along with strong piano notes to create a feeling of strength to change and become independent to where we aren't relying on others to define us as a person and the actions we make. ... Over the past year or so I've realized that all the worrying is useless; that it's doing nothing but str...

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Characters Representing Fact or Fancy: The Key-Note Which Unveils Humanity Throughout history there have been many classic works of literature which demand the respect and attention of the public. ... Teach these boys and girls nothing else, and root out everything else...nothing else will ever be of service to them Moore 3 (Dickens 1). ... The truth is that Bounderby was raised in a middle-class family and was given every opportunity in education. ... A blur of soot and smoke now confusedly tending this way, now that way, now aspiring to the vault of Heaven, now murkily creeping alo...

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Existentialism is an extreme, really almost absurdist view that there is no inherent truth or meaning in the universe. ... This declaration comes after Grendel had been stuck in a tree and beat by men, "I understood that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. ... It is important to note his mother can not understand language, it intensifies Grendel as an individual, the only being that matters, "The world resists me and I resist the world,"" I said. ... "I exist, nothing else-'(28). ... I clamped my palms to my e...

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