tanding of what marriage itself is all about. ... To many of heterosexuals, the thought of gay sex is repulsive. Well, it will come as some surprise to a lot of heterosexuals to find out that, to a lot of gays, the thought of heterosexual sex is repulsive. ... I don't think so, even though the thought of a man kissing a woman is rather repulsive to many homosexuals. ... Psychologists tell us that what makes the difference is the love of the parents, not their gender. ...

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Dickens also describes Monks in the least flattering manner, and seems to use what is outside as a mirror to what is in. ... He is not actually described as repulsive, so it may be that the author did not consider Sikes evil, merely stupid. ... It made a difference only by what you do. ... And now in conclusion, what does all this mean? ... This is maybe what he intended to do, but maybe not. ...

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Because one of the main purposes of transcendentalism is to focus on what you need, instead of what you are told you need, simplicity is key. ... This whole concept means cutting back what is just a meaningless action or luxury. ... When a person conforms to their society, they are disregarding what they believe or what they need to do to survive. ... This is what Thoreau found to be so repulsive about America and the society it was harboring. ... "What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think" (Emerson, Self-Reliance, 247). ...

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The lack of patriotism which protesters inadvertently display is almost repulsive. ... Earlier I mentioned how the protest was a hypocrisy of what they were pleading for. ... What gains come from not attending class? ... She was monotonous, nervous, and seemed unsure with what she was saying. ... Cases such as these persuade the public that what is happening is wrong. ...

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They make up their minds and create their own opinion in accordance with what they watch and see and, to a smaller extent, read. ... The media's role in political affairs is even more important: They obviously have the power to make a candidate likeable or repulsive. News media networks affect the public's interest in politics by showing the people what they want them to see. ... Besides, the ASNE polled 1,037 reporters at as many as 61 different newspapers in 1996, asking what their political leanings were. ... They do choose what is important to cover and what is not, what sourc...

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Many believe that a person's character and integrity lie deep within, dating back to what was seen as a child and how they were brought up. ... What worried me the most was the fact that the Indian man's suicide was a memory that would haunt Nick for the rest of his life---a fact held true by Hemingway, as is seen throughout the entire book. ... At first, Nick is speechless and does not know what to say or even how to react; nevertheless, he does his best not to allow his father to know the hurt he is feeling inside. ... The reason for this is quite lucid; it is to prepare the r...

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What exactly does Aristotle mean by using such words as "garnish,"" "style,"" and so on? ... As Aristotle puts it, "tragedy as a whole must have six elements which make it what it is: they are plot-structure, character, style, thought, spectacle, and lyric poetry."" ... The difference is that history surrounds particulars--what someone did, for example, or what did happen. ... Aristotle recommends recognition that occurs in direct conjunction with reversal since it produces sympathy and terror--since they will determine what good or bad is to come. ... Because the ending should be complex,...

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Ginsberg uses repulsive personification to show his personal disgust at America's dirty habits. ... Ginsberg sees this as a fault of America's forefathers, asking Walt Whitman what it was like 100 years ago, if America had already lost its soul. ... America was built on a religious Puritan psyche, a belief that God had already determined the elect, no matter what is achieved in life. ... Ginsberg believes that interior and exterior beauty should be currency, asking when can "I buy what I need with my good looks". ... He initiated a witch-hunt on communists, and anybody slightly outra...

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Through analysis and paradoxes, Douglass repeatedly stresses that obtaining an education, understanding what slavery truly is, being able to identify the religious hypocrisy of white slave-owners, and overcoming suffering are all crucial to developing as an individual. Frederick Douglass claims that the advancement of education is crucial to personal development as well as the ability to truly see what is transpiring around him throughout his journey towards freedom. ... As he becomes more and more educated, he comprehends the reality of slavery and what it represents. ... He signals to the r...

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A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF AN ADVERTISEMENT A logical place to start may be to ask "What is semiotics?" ... If there is some relationship between the meaning and what is being signified, it is known as an index (indexical), for example, smoke is an index of fire. ... When Roland Barthes wrote 'Elements of Semiology' he posed two orders of signification "denotation" and "connotation", which enable people to gain meaning from what, they see. ... It basically means that you are highlighting what you want as the preferred reading of the text. ... (Strinati, 1995:125) The sender of t...

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Nevertheless, some of his more complex and, in my opinion, moving satire is directed at what he refers to as the "Bright Young Things," that is, the new rich generation that followed the end of the First World War. ... Boredom is their main characteristic: the guests are described as "bored young faces," and the novel's protagonist, Adam, falls asleep during the first party (described as "repulsive" according to a gossip-columnist guest). ... While us readers would expect the Marquess to react with shame and embarrassment at his howler, there is irony and incongruity in his response as i...

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The exterior appearance shows that she is a show off sort of speak, but what there is really inside, is a human being with ideas, and views the same things as the common person. ... In Frankenstein's story, society becomes afraid of the "monster" but what I feel is that they are afraid of it because they are afraid of things about which they know nothing. ... Krempe was a little squat man, with a gruff voice and a repulsive countenance- (Chapter 3) Shelly shows the way Victor expressed his thoughts when describing his teacher. ... I do not believe the opposite, it is true, but what if I ...

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Douglass did not go into detail about his experiences, making the reader imagine the details, but the reader knows that what he or she imagined was probably not as bad as the reality because the story was not fiction, it was all real. ... "Beloved" contains instances within the novel that make the reader cringe and put the book down for a few minutes in order to recover from what he or she just read. ... "The Woman Warrior," by Maxine Hong Kingston would be a superior reading selection for young students to read than "Beloved" because although it contains some of the same ideas and instances, ...

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Her husband John is a highly regarded "physician of high standing" who takes the role of authority in treating her and deciding what is best; he prescribes that she have little to no social interaction and that she stop working (writing) until she is absolutely cured. ... The harder her husband opposes her ideas and confines her, the harder the narrator finds it to think straight and comply with what she has been directed to do. ... With this manipulation, Gilman has the narrator focus on the "lovely view" that the windows of the room offer instead of the intensely negative...

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There are strong themes of morality and questioning what exactly is good or evil, there are ties to Christian iconography but what I found to be the most important were the strong themes of female sexuality and oppression. ... There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive" (Stoker 61) The fact that Harker is both aroused and revolted by the three sisters shows the confusion that he's experiencing in this scene. ...

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The contrast was repulsive to him" (Toomer 63). Not only does Toomer show Bob's racial hatred but also reveals that he is repulsed in a way by what he is doing. ... Realizing he is going to lose, Bob draws a knife from his pocket in an attempt to save what dignity he has left. ...

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My mouth watered at the thought of what would be arranged on our dinner table that night. ... This recipe that I used to find utterly repulsive, is now something that I devote an entire day to prepare. ...

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It is the sharp contrast between the perfection and innocence of the child, although also artificial, and repulsiveness of fleshy masses surrounding her that causes a shocked or emotional response from the audience Julie Rrap. ... Here Piccinini has presented her view of what these 'Perfect' babies would look like, the exaggeration of the form expressing her views. ...

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Not only did he change the name but also Chavez immediately converted the Venezuelan Government and society into what he calls the Bolivarian Revolution. ... He uses the word "squalid" as a synonym for "opposition," basically saying that anyone in opposition is morally repulsive and filthy (Cannon 2009). ...

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Everything we do in life is all a personal choice and something we decide on our own, we are each motivated by an urge to do what is either right, or wrong. ... " states, "Many landmark free-speech cases have involved repulsive messages, but it's hard to imagine a less sympathetic messenger than the Rev. ... " Samuel Williamson spoke these wise words in his article, "What Can Westboro Baptist Teach us About Grace?... Attention is what all flesh desires to have, but if you go about getting attention the wrong way you will put a bad taste in people's mouths about yo...

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Instead they ask the wise old neighbor woman what he is and what they should do with him... This is a very repulsive statement. ... This shows how ungrateful these people are for what this Angel and God has done for them. ... In fact the worst fear was not for his life but what to do with his dead body. ... No matter what the people do to the Angel, as well as to God. ...

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What is a nuclear reaction? ... The second reason is that nuclei are positively charged, and thus have difficulty in approaching each other because of the repulsive Coulomb force. ... (Sekimoto, p 17) So what in the world does that mean? Well this gives us insight to both what are fuel must be as well as, what are moderator is and must be. ... Now let's discuss what a moderator is, and how it works. ...

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Parenti makes a valid point when he expresses that the media likes to portray the hardworking poor class as undesirable because that is exactly what Hollywood did to Vivian. ... I find this very repulsive because as a society we should not put wealthy and good looking people up on a pedestal because they have money. ... Most people find the movie Pretty Woman dreamy and passionate but using women as an ornament and looking down on the lower class is not what I call a romantic movie. What would have happened to Vivian if she would not have chosen Edward but instead chose to go to San Francisco ...

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Beauty Lies Within What makes a woman beautiful? ... That would be comparable to judging a book by its cover before you even read what it is about. ... If Aylmer were unable to remove this birthmark, she would rather die than live with the knowledge that he found her repulsive. ... His endless desire was to have the ability to change what God had created in His own image and likeness. ... He is trying to play God by attempting to remove what He had placed on Georgiana's cheek. ...

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Grayling, she became fascinated with the idea of decaying flesh being part of the natural cycle of things, and what if we were to accept this. ... As Dekkers portrays as he describes the cheesy smell of a rotting mouse- it's a huge part of his point is what we see as decay, rottenness, collapse and demise, is a condition for the renewal of life and also its fulfillment," (Grayling, 2003). ... Kristeva states: "Refuse and corpses show me what I permanently thrust aside in order to live... ... Her photographs of dolls and medical mannequins in monstrous scenarios is what most app...

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