...Angel and Tess: A Romance Fit For the Books? Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Napolean and Josephine. Throughout society's entire existence, we have known almost innately that these couples belong together, and yet fate intervened to deal their relationship a tragic blow. Yet readers persist on viewing these couples as the most passionate of all times. What makes them so unique? What makes them so compatible? What makes everyone see them as half of a whole instead of two? These couples proved to society that they belonged together, no matter what circumstances they faced . They possessed True Love, the rare gift that makes a relationship last, amidst outer turmoil. In the novel, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, by Thomas Hardy, another literary couple is portrayed. Tess Durbeyfield and Angel Clare appear to be in such an invincible love. The audience believes that they could have a happy life together as a unified couple, but, here too, fate intervenes and Tess is killed. However, the question remains in readers' minds: Would Tess and Angel’s relationship reached the level of perfection in these examples had Tess remained alive? Would their relationship have been successful? There are several factors that can define a successful relationship. In order for a relationship to be worthwhile, the relationship must possess mutual love, respect, and trust, characterized by similar backgrounds, harmonious personalities , and compatibility. Tess and Angel’s love could not have...
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...Learning From Mistakes People learn from the past. Either their own or from the people that lived before them. Readers can learn from the literature they read. In “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”, by Thomas Hardy, readers can learn from the actions of the characters. Written in 1891 the roles of women and men are different from what they are now. Readers can see the difference though many of the characters such as Tess Durbeyfield, Angel Clare, Alec D’Urberville, and Joan Durbeyfield. These can be shown through the characters in their relationships, thoughts, and actions. Your relationship with someone can say something about you. Once learning about their ancestry and the tragedy of the horse, Tess’s family decides to have her go visit part of their family in Trantridge. Upon her arrival she is greeted by Alec, the son of the mansion. Alec always got what he wanted and he wanted Tess. Since Tess refused his companionship Alec rapes her one night and Tess becomes pregnant. After the death of her infant, Sorrow, Tess finds new work at a dairy where she meets her new husband, Angel. On their wedding night Angel and Tess tell secrets that they have been holding in. Tess tells about Alec, and Angel decides to leave her. Tess’s past relationship changes her relationship now. This shows that who you are associated with can change how people think about you. Once Angel found out about Tess’s past he decides to go on with his apprenticeship without her. On the rode he runs into Izz...
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...The Power Within From the present day to thousands of years in the past, there has been controversy with women in society. They are stereotyped, judged and looked down upon in many places and times in the world. Whether it be their clothing, manner, beliefs or actions they have been scrutinized and analyzed far more than their male companions. Yet women have still stood tall and strong in the face of opposition. Nothing is more evident than in the novels Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Though each book is written in a different era and continent from each other, both authors have taken a profound look into the lives of women who, in submission of the society they live in, persevere and carry on their lives no matter what. Though Hardy’s Victorian countryside and Hosseini’s war ridden Afghanistan have very different plot lines, both novels develop the theme of inner strength of women through the protagonist’s characteristics, the conflicts in the plot and setting. In 1891 Hardy wrote Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The novel received a public outcry and was criticized for its taboo topics and insight into a ruined woman’s private life. The passionate and intense Tess Durbeyfield, whom the novel is centralized around, faces more tragedy and injustice in her adolescent years than any women could bear and perseveres through out. Tess’s character, as well as the women around her, shows the true inner strength women possess...
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...BBA 2004 BUSINESS ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SEPT 2013 CONTENT | CONTENT | | 1.0 | TASK1 | | 2.0 | TASK 2 | | | COURSEWORK | | 1.O TASK 1 Coursework 1. Relevance. This is regarded as one of the two main qualities. This information supplied should be that which will satisfy the needs of its users. 2. Reliability. This is regarded as the other main, quality. Obviously, if such information is also subject to an independent check, such as that of the auditor, this will considerably enhance the reliance people can place on the information. 3. Objectivity. Information which is free from bias will increase the reliance people place on it. It is, therefore, essential that the information is prepared as objectively as possible. Management may often tend to give a better picture of its own performance than is warranted, and is therefore subjective. It is the auditor’s task to counter this view, and to ensure objectivity in the financial statements. 4. Ability to be understood. Information is not much use to a recipient if it is presented in such a manner that no one can understand it. This is not necessarily the same as simplicity. 5. Comparability. Recipients of financial statements will want to compare them both with previous financial statements of that company and with the results of other companies. Without comparability the financial statements would be little use. 6. Realism. This can be largely covered by the fact that financial...
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...To what extend is Tess responsible for her own downfall? In Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Tess, the protagonist can be seen as an intelligent, innocent and somewhat beautiful female that has hardships and injustices endlessly heaped upon her. From the early days in her life, her father John had begun to destroy her, which then led to Alex D'Urbervilles and eventually finished with Angel Clare. Each dominant male figure in her life seems to have contributed to her tragic downfall, which the reader encounters at the end of the novel. But others may argue that it is Tess’s own misdoings that lead on the tragedies. So is Tess to blame for becoming a ‘fallen woman’ or are those around her to be held responsible for her tragic life story? The three dominating male in this novel are arguably the most influential figures in Tess’s life. Her father, John Durbeyfield, is a shiftless man who takes drinking more seriously than work. He’s discovery of an apparent noble lineage, the D’Urbervilles, has forced Tess to go to this relation and claim kin out of her own will. Tess’s hesitation in written as a simile ‘Tess stood hesitating like a bather about to make his plunge’. The ‘plunge’ suggests heavy movements. Readers may relate this to Tess’s unwillingness to come here in the first place, thus she is forced to take the ‘plunge’, to take a risk. The 3rd person ‘his’ is used rather than the feminine ‘her’ even though Tess is a woman, portraying the Victorian society...
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...From the present day to thousands of years in the past, there has been controversy with women in society. They are stereotyped, judged and looked down upon in many places and times in the world. Whether it be their clothing, manner, beliefs or actions they have been scrutinized and analyzed far more than their male companions. Yet women have still stood tall and strong in the face of opposition. Nothing is more evident than in the novels Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Though each book is written in a different era and continent from each other, both authors have taken a profound look into the lives of women who, in submission of the society they live in, persevere and carry on their lives no matter what. Though Hardy’s Victorian countryside and Hosseini’s war ridden Afghanistan have very different plot lines, both novels develop the theme of inner strength of women through the protagonist’s characteristics, the conflicts in the plot and setting. In 1891 Hardy wrote Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The novel received a public outcry and was criticized for its taboo topics and insight into a ruined woman’s private life. The passionate and intense Tess Durbeyfield, whom the novel is centralized around, faces more tragedy and injustice in her adolescent years than any women could bear and perseveres through out. Tess’s character, as well as the women around her, shows the true inner strength women possess. From the early days...
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...Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 from a quite poor family: his humble origins will always be a source of shame for him, and that’s why he will always try to hide them. Moreover, his origins determinate his absolute pessimism about the chances of being fulfilled in this context and, in general, about humans’ destiny. He believes that every man has a sort of predestination to failure, without any help from society or love. As a matter of fact, the middle class is self-righteous, full of prejudices and pretender, money is owned only by a small part of the society, whereas all the other people starve to death. He tries to denounce this awful situation (despite the censure to which he is forced), and that’s why his novels are so provocative: as a matter of fact, in “Tess d’Ubervilles”, the main character is always described as pure, lovely and innocent, even if she’s an unmarried mother and kills Alec, her first husband. This murder, as a matter of fact, is caused only by circumstances and not by the will of doing violence on him. His pessimistic ideas are caused not only by the reality in which he lives, but also by scientific movements and the new geological discoveries: because of them, he rejects Christian doctrine and the Bible and starts to think man is insignificant. One other really important element is Hardy novels (which also determinates his tragic view of life) is Nature: it isn’t just the background of his novels, but a real character; it is a lively force always...
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...Body and Soul of Sue’. This highlights Hardy’s opinions of Tess and where she should stand in society. A line taken from one of Hardy’s other books entitled ‘Jude the Obscure’ states, “a deadly war waged between flesh and spirit”. From this, one could take that Hardy believed that what happened to her body is juxtaposed by the true nature of her soul. She did not want to be so-called raped, “and upon her eyelashes there lingered tears” and now her soul is fighting the negativity of the consequences. This quote also dictates the pathos that Tess felt when experiencing her fate. Her hamartia could be argued to be her naivety and innocence hence, she has to fight what has happened to her body to keep her soul pure. Another title Hardy was thinking about adopting for the novel was ‘Too Late Beloved”. Here, Hardy was utilising a phrase from Shelley’s love poem “Epipsychidion” which was said to be one of his favourite poems that influenced much of his work. This title could apply to the protagonist’s relationship with Angel, or to his strange return to her after his surprise travels to Brazil. When Angel returned from Brazil to ‘forgive’ and find Tess, she told him “too late" for them. “Epipsychidion”, where this title is said to derive from, is cited by Sue Bridehead in the one of Hardy’s later novels, Jude the Obscure. The poem shared the controversial doctrine, at the...
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...characters. The basic conflict that sets forth thematic conflict of the distinction of facts and truth within the nature of the mind is of a Southern decaying family’s attempt to bring their mother home for burial. Faulkner narrates each character’s singular point of view to show the result of the multitude of subjective interpretations as each character deals with their emotions engendered by the events. The reader is unsure as to which imitated perspective is objective towards the truth. Faulkner’s narration of imitating events from a different stand point develops an arguing conflict of what is thought to be an established nature of mind. As I Lay Dying is a conflict of the conceptual idea of truth. It can be interpreted that the conflict of the narrative is a conflict of our beings – whether or not there is such a thing as unprejudiced truth. Within the beginning narratives, the characters reveal their corruptions that will obscure their interpretations: including adultery, pregnancy, abortion, hatred, and insanity. Using multiple views promotes the isolation each family member’s internal conflicts in relation to their response to their mother’s death, relationships, and own seemingly selfish concerns. The reader begins to see the instability of their isolation when the Faulkner establishes no character to provide objectivity. The extremities in the elusiveness of the truth can be followed through the issues associated with each character and how the novel’s multiple perspectives...
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...Kaitlyn Berger King AP Language and Composition 11/5/15 Honesty Is Not Always the Best Policy Honesty is not always the Best Policy. Lying in denotative terms means deception, however there are times when avoiding the full truth, or even tell a lie, in order to protect someone’s feelings, or prevent a conflict. I believe we all have to lie or even obscure the truth once in our life. White Lies are the definition of these situations. White lies are lies that are not harmful to the people involved in the situation. They serve a multitude of purposes from keeping a child’s imagination alive to building people’s motivation and self-image up. Santa Clause most people from the age 15 and up recognizes these names as just a figment of an imagination. Today I was in the car with my sister. I asked her, “Sophia, who is Santa Clause?” She told me without missing a step that Santa Clause brought her presents. He lives in the North Pole and has pet reindeers. But wait, I thought we just established that Santa was a figment of our imaginations? My sister’s answer was based off of white lies; lies that were fed to her and kids below the age of 15. This type of lying never hurt anybody. In this situation I see no reason why lying was harmful. Although my sister will be sad to hear that her childhood fantasies are not real she will be able to reminisce on the stories she was told about these creatures. My mom told me Santa Clause wasn’t real by writing me a letter. In a nutshell...
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...Perception is the New Truth Growing up, we were all taught that we live in a world which is in black and white, where there is a clear evil and a clear good. Unfortunately, this is not true; and the distinction between what is the truth and what is false is sometimes very vague. Thus, more often than not, I find myself struggling to distinguish what is the truth and what is not, and I’m often stuck in an unclear grey area where it could be either one; or it could depend upon the person’s perspective. While there are some universal truths that we cannot deny, such as stealing being bad, and helping animals being good, some truths can be up to the person’s perception depending on the circumstances. For instance, we would all agree that it was...
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...Ans 6. “Prejudice always complicated the truth.” The movie 12 Angry Men, by means of several situational examples, reaffirms the fact. The first case in point is of the boy on trial who is born and brought up in slums. Many of the jury members, especially jurors 10, 7, 4 and 3 are heavily influenced by the prejudices they hold against children from the slums. In one of the scenes, juror 10, goes into a rage and explains why people from the slums cannot be trusted and calls them little better than animals who gleefully kill each other off for fun. Juror 4 had earlier pointed out that slums are breeding grounds for criminals and that these slum children are a threat to our society to which 10 adds that they are “real trash”. This is where juror 5 who himself has been born and brought up in slums interrupts and reveals about himself to which others try and convince him that it isn’t about him and that he should not be taking it personally. Juror 11 makes a point at this juncture and empathizes with juror 5 saying that he can understand his sensitivity about the slum issue. It is to be noticed hear that this juror 11 is Hispanic origin and himself had been a victim of such treatment out of held prejudices. One such instance comes in one of the movie scenes as well when juror 7 makes a remark on juror 11 and says “they” are all alike who come running for a life and before you can take a deep breath they get on your head and calls him arrogant. Towards the end juror 10 again makes...
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...” And “I am better than thou art now. I am a fool, thou art nothing.” Nothing becomes a double symbol for King Lear’s ignorance to the truth and inability to perceive nothing. It also symbolizes King Lear’s paranoia which is brought on by his ignorance and short shortsightedness. This is due to the fact that power under King Lear has consistently been contended, highlighting its fragility and vulnerability. Nothing also symbolizes the fear of becoming insignificant and destitute. Nothing is symbolic of a way to perceive reality where the fragility, dynamism and human nature’s obsession with power obscures. The idea of nothing symbolizes King Lear’s paranoia. Shakespeare explores the idea of nothing by implying the common characteristic of chasing away things that people don’t understand or things that are different by having King Lear banish his favorite daughter due to his inability to comprehend the fact that she wants ‘nothing’ from him. King Lear is so unable to accept this unusual and probably new idea of not wanting the power and fortune that he has, that he becomes suspicious. Not wanting anything is seen as a strange thing in the play just as it is seen in today’s society. There is usually and exterior motive when doing something to benefit other people. Man’s desire for power, ‘for something’ makes an inherent and unchangeable truth in King Lear’s perception. Not being able to perceive nothing is one of King Lear’s fatal flaws. He says to Cordelia ‘what can you say...
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...revolutionized the idea in his 1641 doctrine Meditations on First Philosophy by forcing himself to believe that everything he knew to be true, such as his morals and beliefs. While an obscure thought, he attempted to create a unique set of beliefs that were entirely true, and explained such in Meditation 1 when he said, “Several years have now elapsed since I first became aware that I had accepted, even from my youth, many false opinions for true, and that consequently what I afterward based on such principles was highly doubtful; and from that time I was convinced of the necessity of undertaking once in my life to rid myself of all the opinions I had adopted, and of commencing anew the work of building from the foundation.” In this quote, Descartes explains how he was led to believe things are true, for example the popular moral that a child can be anything he or she wanted, and sought to fix his belief system to the core. By taking on such a task, he created numerous ideals for skepticism. One of the first ideals of Descartes writings is that we can question reality because one can no decipher dreams from reality. That is to say, there is no specific way to tell when someone is dreaming, or when he or she are awake. Cleverly, this allows for his methods to truly shake his belief foundation. How can one see truth when the reality may, in fact, not actually be reality? While there are numerous ways to quantify it, such as pain receptors or things now known by science that...
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...Science is everywhere and in everyday life, but just because it out there does that mean we have to believe it? Do you ever questions television ,or even articles that you read wondering where they got their information from or if they know if it is true or not? During these past few days ive learned a lot of information on many different topics. I have read the articles in section 5 some articles have similar topics and others don't. What i mean is that most talk about detox and diets and the rest are about false information given to the public and myths. In the article " Pattern Behind Self-deception TED Talk" his predominant on this is belief and why people believe things even when it doesn't sound nowhere near the truth. He voices " Belief is the natural state of things it is a default option. We just believe, we believe all sorts of things. Belief is natural." He also adduced a definition which caught my eye which was Patternicity, The tendency to find meaningful patterns both meaningful and meaningless noise. I say this because our brain and senses are prepared for anything when we hear a noise we think its something in reality its nothing. Then you have "Signs Of Bogus Science" in this author Robert L. Park, Ph.D harangues on the 7 warnings which are 1:The discoverer pitches the claim directly to the media....
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