... is clear that he has a preference for the natural explanation. Because the narrator has this dilemma the reader also experiences it in addition to being torn by the two different explanations and eventually enters into a third which is a suspension between the two. The continuation of the tale purely amplifies the split which at the end is further fueled by the denial ... even more thrilling than before" (45). He makes a valiant effort to pass the house and surrounding atmosphere off as a figment of his imagination. It is this psychological ambiguity and imprecise explanations the furth...

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... accused and tortured women and men for unknown, unexplainable events that occurred. The judges" minds were obscured by their craze for supremacy that they did not look for reasons or explanations for such happenings. As the government's power grew, the voice of society shrunk. If one disagreed over a woman being a witch, he is considered to have no religion because he has ... ...

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... of 'old-fashioned' advice about getting married before it's 'too late,' not being too assertive or passionate in sex, and not being too sexually experienced" (27). This quote brings out two opposing factors through the use of "contradictory directives". The use of such words expresses Bell's idea of binary thinking where the young women are being ... where he lingers over the head-shaving scene quoting "This is what does it, right here. Mothers can't even tell their sons apart after this" (Faludi, 98). The quote here expresses the thoughts on the actions of the cadets. The cad...

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... because, for the first time, Virgil was not able to advance without any difficulty. In the passage it doesn't directly state that Dante is feeling anxiety; however from the following quote one can pick up on Dante's condition: "My face had paled to a mask of cowardice/ when I saw my Guide turn back. The sight of it/ the sooner brought the color ... ...

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... are about "the willingness of accepting the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice," as quoted by King. Is not the above quote what was the whole basis of Socrates argument in Plato's Crito? Of course it was, the whole reason King couldn't decide to escape from jail is because, "I would rather die ... ...

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... hanging on the edge of a bridge when you've already fallen over, you don't seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength". This quote is used to portray Grace's feeling of sad desperation and hopelessness. Atwood also uses similes to make the reader feel the same emotions and sensations that Grace feels. The sentence ... ...

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... as "panting, Wheezing, tearing at her clothes, grabbing for flesh we were bad characters, and were scared and hot and three steps over the line"(132) The narrator in that quote itself just proved to the reader he isn't as bad as he lets on because what kind of bad ass lets anyone at anytime know that he is scared bad ... ...

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