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    Depression! The speaker in Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” faces a major inner struggle throughout the entirety of the poem, going through a few of the stages of grief, due to the fact that his captain had died. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance, yet the speaker only goes through four of these. It takes three stanzas for the speaker to succumb to the harsh reality that his captain is deceased. Though not much is known about the speaker

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    bestfriend.” (pg. 25) Along with jealousy, denial is another theme in this book. Finny was in denial that his bestfriend was the cause of his accident because he didn’t think Gene was feasible of doing something so cruel. This way of thinking all changed the night of Brinker’s trial. Finny believed it was his mistake, and that he just slipped off the tree stump. In the book it says “Because I took a wrong step. I lost my balance.” (pg.169) This shows Finny’s denial of the whole situation. Another piece

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    Narcissistic defence Narcissistic defences are often seen in psychotic individuals, people who are out of touch with reality, they are the most prominent defences. Here I have selected projection and denial as the two narcissistic defence mechanisms in relation to Moses Sithole. Projection When referring to projection we define it as, “perceiving and reacting to unacceptable inner impulses and their derivate as though they were outside the self” (Kaplan & Sadock’s, 2015, p.161). We can speculate

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    Denial Of Responsibility

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    or Criminal offenders such as drug dealers, burglar saying they’re product of their environment and upbringing. Nevertheless Theories  such as Neutralization exposes each techniques that criminals use to soften the seriousness of their offenses and denial of responsibility. Many ways that offenders sooth their criminal act is embracing the default that they’re the product of their environment,

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    This state of denial can be prominently depicted within Szymborska’s poem, “Identification.” The poem presents a chronological experience of a woman's developing emotions as she rejects the fact that her husband had past away. The false sense of security resides within

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    All that glitters is not gold. As a child, one often believes that one's life is perfect, but as one is exposed to the ugliness of the world, pain shatters the illusion, engendering the arrival of maturity and adulthood. Donna Milner's After River examines issues revolving around the childish notion of perfection. In the novel, Natalie's enthrallment in perfection causes her to rebuff the actuality that her perfect family is naught but a false pretense. Her inability to shed this childish belief

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    fact, the ending feels a bit abrupt. One doesn’t have a strong emotional response with the current conclusion of Will’s death and Pamela’s phone call. An alternative is to have Will decide to try and kill himself (like his father). He has been in denial of his father’s suicide and it seems that it would be poetic justice if he decided to take his own life. In addition, perhaps Ed encourages this (which would create tension), but Pamela tries to talk him out of killing himself. It’s still going to

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    The stages are denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance. Holden goes through these five stages throughout the novel. Salinger uses the baseball mitt, the red hunting hat, and the carousel to explore the protagonist struggle to resolve his grief. Allie’s baseball mitt is a very important symbol in the novel. It is connected to the story, because the heart of the story is Holden's grief over his brother's death. When Holden finds out his brother Allie died he is in denial because he is

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    However the American Dream is perceived there is no question that the dream is on the verge of becoming extinct. Bob Herbert addresses this in his article "Hiding from Reality". He argues that the American Dream is dead. Similarly, Cal Thomas also argues that the American Dream is dead in his article "Is the American Dream Over?.” Although both authors agree that the American Dream is extinct, they have differing opinions as to why. While they both believe that the government plays a large part

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    Elia Kazan’s film, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) was adapted from the play originally written by Tennessee Williams. This film won multiple Oscars and countless other awards that prove it to be an extremely impressive work for its time. The setting of this film sets the stage, the themes and symbolism add interest, and the characterization only enhances an already impressive work. These elements and many more are what make up this incredible film. This film is set in the 1940’s in the bustling

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