Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Macbeth Act 2 Scene 2
Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. To wear a heart so white. So poorly in your thoughts. ‘Tis the eye of childhood, that fears a painted devil. These five strong quotes from Lady Macbeth talking to Macbeth in Macbeth Act 2 Scene 2 shows the audience that Lady Macbeth is in control of Macbeth…
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Lady Macbeth Wants To Be King?
‘That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,’ At first when reading this soliloquy from Lady Macbeth, many thoughts come to mind. Does she want to change gender or does she want to be become something more than mortal? Well you must read on through the soliloquy to understand Lady Macbeth’s true desires. ‘And fill…
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Letter to Lady Macbeth
Dear wife, These supernatural beings approached me after I returned from my triumphant battle. They told me many good reports about my future, then they turned into air and vanished. I do not have a single ounce in trust in these beings,. My wife, I wanted to question them further on their ‘prophecies’. Just like…
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Life Of Pi Film Review
Logline Through a terrible tragedy, Pi is separated from his family through a journey to Canada,becomes shipwrecked, and his only companion is Richard Parker, the tiger fighting for survival and searching for the right religion. Review The adventure starts in Pondicherry, India where Piscine Patel changes his name to Pi so he can avoid being…
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English Homework- Sherlock And Camera Shots
4 Types Of Shots Extreme Close Up Close Up Long Shot Mid Shot I decided to pick a extreme close up because when the camera zooms into the characters face, you can really see their true emotion. For example, in the TV drama Sherlock, Sherlock’s character has very unclear expressions and the extreme close…
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Writing Assessment- Varying Sentence Structures
Chapter 8 of Animal Farm Throughout the year us animals worked even harder than we had worked in the previous year. To rebuild the windmill, with the walls twice as thick, at the right time, was astonishing labour. We animals worked tremendously long hours and yet fed as badly as when Jones’s day. On Sunday mornings…
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Creative Writing Homework
The Napoleon Farm. Dear Diary, Months have passed since the expelling of Snowball, and the farm has became a prison! Ever since that noble leader left, this evil, fat and devilish pig has turned Animal Farm into his own kingdom. He obliterated democracy, destroyed the beliefs of Old Major and has committed the biggest sin…
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50 Word Challenge Entry
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Animal Farm Homework 3
Task: In Chapter 5, how does Orwell/Squealer use language devices to show the other animals that there is nothing wrong with what Napoleon did, and there is nothing wrong with Animal Farm? I will use PEAL to express my points and views on this task. Orwell uses language devices and sophisticated language to overwhelm the…
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Blog Upgrade
Hi Gabriel, I’ve upgraded the theme on your blog because you were originally using one that is no longer compatible with the updated version of the blogging system. I’m sorry to have done this unilaterally. If you don’t like the format of this one, you are welcome, as always, to change it to something that…
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