The definition of ambiguous is open to more than one interpretation;having a double meaning. Sometimes in life a person can have an ambiguous personality. In the crucible the character John Proctor is ambiguous.In the Crucible John Proctor has two different sides to him and it ultimately leads him to his own death. John Proctor made a very big mistake in the beginning of the crucible which lead to many bigger things. John had an affair with abigail who worked for the Proctors. While Abigail
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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the character Jay Gatsby always has an air of mystery surrounding him. Is Jay his real name? How did he get all of his money? What is he doing in New York? No one knows‚ that’s what makes him mysterious. Being ambiguous is a big trait of the color orange. However‚ that is not the only trait of the color orange. Optimistic attitudes‚ Impulsiveness‚ and Risk taking are also common traits of the color orange. After analyzing the story‚ it becomes blatantly
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to play on rebellion against authority; alienation and isolation; sexually dominance‚ and the loss of one’s innocence. Often a young man‚ although educated‚ possibly will perhaps lack some of the experience to have true wisdom. Ambiguity traps us in the opening scenes as uncertainty of why we are looking at the fresh young graduate still unsure of his footing. Our young graduate is alone among all the other passengers‚ but in
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Question One: Why is Brown Forman considering buying Southern comfort? Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation is in a favourable financial position and is performing well relative to their competitor’s. In 1978‚ Brown-Forman holds a higher profit margin‚ higher growth rate and a higher anticipated return on sales for the remainder of 1978. According to the annual report for the 1978 financial year‚ the company highlighted that the business is in a positive position where the balance sheet shows strong
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When looking at “The Ministers black veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorn‚ Elaine Barry makes a strong case for the central symbols such as the veil‚ and people have such a strong ambiguity. She makes the case that it helps describes “Hawthorn’s distrust of moral certainties‚ but also his sense of artistic bankruptcy” (Barry 1). At first Barry looks at the division of characters in “The Ministers Black Veil”‚ primarily Mr.Hooper who she describes as a “Dramatic contrast” describing his part in between
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10/17/13 The treasure of lemon brown essay In Walter Dean Myer’s story The Treasure of Lemon Brown a teenager named Greg meets Lemon Brown and shows him a lesson about what is truly valuable in life. The story is where Greg is failing math and his father says he can’t play sports till he get a better grade in math. After his father gave him a long lecture till he pushed the button over the bell marked Ridley. Thought of the lecture he knew his
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1. Comparative Ambiguity * The first type of ambiguity is essentially that of a metaphor: when two people‚ objects or concepts are alike in some way‚ even though they may have different qualities otherwise. Comparison provides a given object with multiple meanings‚ allowing it to be interpreted in different ways even though it remains essentially unchanged. Resolution * The second type of ambiguity occurs when two or more different alternate meanings are used as one. That essentially
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Addie Zebrowski Moral Ambiguity in Heart of Darkness In _Heart of Darkness_‚ by Joseph Conrad‚ the character Marlow‚ through his actions and experiences‚ shows himself to be morally ambiguous in that he goes on the European’s malevolent expedition to Africa yet he seems to despise the events he sees there and in that he performs both noble and ignoble deeds. These experiences and actions drive Conrad’s theme of European influence and colonialism corrupting‚ in this case‚ Africa. Marlow is a sailor
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Ambiguity‚ a Human Trait Most of the characters in Crime and Punishment were consumed by opposing feelings; they faced inner confusion. Dunya didn’t know whether to choose Luzhin or her brother. Pulcheria Alexanrovna didn’t know what side to assert herself on in the aforementioned situation. Sonya was torn between her best interests or that of her step-siblings and Luzhin couldn’t decide whether to put aside his pride and apologize to Dunya‚ or stand tall like an erect peacock. The character that
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The Brown Wasps In Loren Eiseley’s Essay The Brown Wasps‚ Eiseley shows that humans and animals act in similar ways. He says that humans and animals cling to the things they know very strongly. Sometimes they even act as if nothing even changed. Humans and animals tend to want to return to things that they are familiar to as they grow older. Loren Eiseley shows how humans and animals try to cling or recreate an important or favorite place. This essay is about memory‚ home‚ places in time
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