- Oct 2024
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www.joyland.ai www.joyland.ai
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2. Roleplay
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- Jun 2024
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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friendly digital helper is a good idea in digital products for children. Designing a virtual helper, cool and cute character that will help children to navigate through the product, can make the user experience smoother and more interactive.
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- Feb 2024
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twitter.com twitter.com
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<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it
— maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) January 3, 2019
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- Nov 2023
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forum.babyhome.com.tw forum.babyhome.com.tw
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「念」、「唸」都可解釋為「誦讀」、「反覆述說」,所以我們常說的「念書」、「念經」、「碎碎念」皆可通用「唸」字。其實,古代文獻裡多用「念」字,後人由於用字習慣使然,加上部首偏旁,幫助強化字詞的意義,便自然沿用下來了。
近年來,我傾向回歸較早較原初的用法和中文字,通常指使用沒有口字旁的原字,如「碎碎念」,「念書」。
這讓我想到英文發音的一個類比實例:很多 wh- 開頭的字,原初的發音,也是我國一開始學英語時老師教的唯一發音,是 /hw-/,帶有/h/音。但我們很快發現,美式英語中,這個/h/經常省略,剩下一個/w/音,what、 when、where 都是如此。
我何時念 /hw-/ 何時念 /w-/ 是說不定的,唯一可以確定的,是我想強調一個字時,必然會念成/hw/,因爲那樣的發音編碼(encode)了更多訊息。
有一次在我固定參加的週末逐步筆譯筆記練習會上,一位較年輕的口譯員同事竟然糾正我的when /hwEn/發音,說這個字的「正確」發音是/wEn/。
(以上使用SAMPA音標,見此表。)
我客氣但語氣堅定地說,謝謝指教,但這字的兩個發音都對,你顯然年輕許多。
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- Oct 2023
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www.gutenberg.org www.gutenberg.org
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“Beannacht libh,
"God bless you," in Irish
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“And why do you go to France and Belgium,” said Miss Ivors, “instead of visiting your own land?” “Well,” said Gabriel, “it’s partly to keep in touch with the languages and partly for a change.” “And haven’t you your own language to keep in touch with—Irish?” asked Miss Ivors.
miss ivors - sense of nationalism, being in touch with one's roots
gabriel - flustered at the idea, prefers elsewhere
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while he waited for the end the resentment died down in his heart
why was gabriel resentful? was it because of mary jane's performance?
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He would only make himself ridiculous by quoting poetry to them which they could not understand. They would think that he was airing his superior education. He would fail with them just as he had failed with the girl in the pantry. He had taken up a wrong tone. His whole speech was a mistake from first to last, an utter failure.
gabriel conroy wary of social dynamics; has had an education
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. They were fussy, that was all. But the only thing they would not stand was back answers.
character is shown, as well as dynamics:
- likes good food - allows for luxury
- does not like back answers - domineering
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- Aug 2023
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www.advancedfictionwriting.com www.advancedfictionwriting.com
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Take as much time as you need to do this, because you’re just saving time downstream.
this=character development
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- Jul 2023
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www.newyorker.com www.newyorker.com
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He takes banal people and puts them into banal situations, but he has hope for them.
Pevear talking about Chekhov.
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- May 2023
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www.computerhope.com www.computerhope.com
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Underscore Updated: 05/01/2023 by Computer Hope Alternatively known as a low line, low dash, and understrike, the underscore ( _ ) is a symbol found on the same keyboard key as the hyphen. The picture shows an example of an underscore at the beginning and end of the word "Underscore."
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- Apr 2023
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This morning she was thinking about how toconstruct a device that could retrieve a rock after you had skipped itinto the ocean.
First sign of Violet's intelligence, as well as the beginning of the introduction to the three Baudelaire orphans' minds.
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On gray and cloudy days, the Baudelaires had thebeach to themselves to do what they liked.
And so it is that this book series promotes introversion and encourages a love of learning. Also, all of the Baudelaires are introverts which is great.
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- Mar 2023
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github.com github.com
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user = User.new(password: "あ" * 25) # 25 characters, 75 bytes
characters vs. bytes
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KRISSYI'm not upset, I don't know if thatmeans I'm fine. But I'm ok.
what does this mean? what does she want from this conversation? how does she actually feel? what doesn't she want from sharing it with the channel? how does she feel about nev asking?
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Apprehension.NEV... Not now
Perhaps elaborate; is this sincere consideration? Or does he not intend to talk about it at all ? Laughing it off?
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We're enjoying our lazy Sunday,aren't we? You're not stressinglike everyone else at work.
what is.... the point of this vlog? you've seen vlogs in 2023, right? they're highly edited, or highly comic - what do you imagine the clickbait title of this being? how do people vlog post-pandemic? did he start vlogging during the pandemic?
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- Jan 2023
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Local file Local file
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spend the whole day doing rounds of the different camps and offices, butreceived no word about Sakina’s whereabouts. At night he would pray forthe success of the young men
Chronological organization of events. The sheer need to get answers is killing him
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Sirajuddin wanted to cry, but his eyes would not cooperate. Who knewwhere all the tears had gone?
Just like Sakina, his tears were gone. Rhetorically asking where both had gone. Once again, sensory imagery/personification of the eyes as they were not cooperating. Additionally, this shows depth to Sirajuddin in how we wants to express emotion.
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‘Sakina, Sakina.’
Name of main character's daughter
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Old Sirajuddin
Main character is old.
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And misunderstandings so easily occur here, when we're talking about encodings, but not those encodings, the other encoding, which is really charset. And it's especially hard because you can't visually tell the difference and in so many cases everything still works even though it is wrong.
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- Nov 2022
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developer.mozilla.org developer.mozilla.org
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The btoa() function takes a JavaScript string as a parameter. In JavaScript strings are represented using the UTF-16 character encoding: in this encoding, strings are represented as a sequence of 16-bit (2 byte) units. Every ASCII character fits into the first byte of one of these units, but many other characters don't. Base64, by design, expects binary data as its input. In terms of JavaScript strings, this means strings in which each character occupies only one byte. So if you pass a string into btoa() containing characters that occupy more than one byte, you will get an error, because this is not considered binary data:
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If you need to encode Unicode text as ASCII using btoa(), one option is to convert the string such that each 16-bit unit occupies only one byte.
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graphicdesign.stackexchange.com graphicdesign.stackexchange.com
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but even ᴡindows® Notepad tries to substitute unknown characters from glyphs in other fonts instead of using the replacement character directly. Sometimes it even substitute characters whereas they exist in the font
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How I can know which glyph the font does not support in that list?
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bugs.freedesktop.org bugs.freedesktop.org
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Mono doesn't have that glyph, so what you're seeing is that that symbol is being used from another font to be able to show something
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stackoverflow.com stackoverflow.com
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To check whether the music symbol ♫ is being displayed in a string (if it is not being displayed on some devices), you can try measuring the string width; if width == 0 then the symbol is absent.
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I want to check if the String I am about to display can be displayed by my custom font.
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I can't find a method to check if my Typeface can display a particular String though.
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Thus the replacement character is now only seen for encoding errors, such as invalid UTF-8.
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At one time the replacement character was often used when there was no glyph available in a font for that character. However, most modern text rendering systems instead use a font's .notdef character, which in most cases is an empty box (or "?" or "X" in a box[5]), sometimes called a "tofu" (this browser displays ). There is no Unicode code point for this symbol.
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Consider a text file containing the German word für (meaning 'for') in the ISO-8859-1 encoding (0x66 0xFC 0x72). This file is now opened with a text editor that assumes the input is UTF-8. The first and last byte are valid UTF-8 encodings of ASCII, but the middle byte (0xFC) is not a valid byte in UTF-8. Therefore, a text editor could replace this byte with the replacement character symbol to produce a valid string of Unicode code points. The whole string now displays like this: "f�r".
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The replacement character � (often displayed as a black rhombus with a white question mark) is a symbol found in the Unicode standard at code point U+FFFD in the Specials table. It is used to indicate problems when a system is unable to render a stream of data to a correct symbol.[4] It is usually seen when the data is invalid and does not match any character:
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stackoverflow.com stackoverflow.com
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No, there is no “glyph not found” character. Different programs use different graphic presentations. An empty narrow rectangle is a common rendering, but not the only one. It could also be a rectangle with a question mark in it or with the code number of the character, in hexadecimal, in it.
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The glyph-not-found character is specified by the font engine and by the font; there is no fixed character for it.
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By the way, I am not talking about � (replacement character). This one is displayed when a Unicode character could not be correctly decoded from a data stream. It does not necessarily produce the same glyph:
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U+25A1 □ WHITE SQUARE may be used to represent a missing ideograph
apparently distinct from: Unicode replacement character (U+FFFD)
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A character exists, but the glyph to display it isn't available.
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The character does not exist. Proposed solutions include encoding the character, markup for individual characters, and Private Use Codepoints.
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The character exists in Unicode/ISO 10646, but not in the character encoding used for the document. In this case, use Numeric Character References (NCRs, example: 噸).
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stackoverflow.com stackoverflow.com
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I want to be able to detect if the font used can display a certain character or not
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However after doing a bit of testing I see that this character is not used to represent missing glyphs on either my Windows 7 computer or the Android phone I've tested with (Motorola Atrix).
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The Unicode replacement character sounds promising when reading about it on Wikipedia: It is used to indicate problems when a system is not able to render a stream of data to a correct symbol. It is most commonly seen when a font does not contain a character, but is also seen when the data is invalid and does not match any character
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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glyphsapp.com glyphsapp.com
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Type designers usually do not create new characters, i.e. the meanings of those pictures, or, more technically put, ‘the smallest component of written language that has semantic value.’ We don’t invent alphabets, we merely re-interpret existing ones.
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Type designers create new glyphs, i.e. pictures representing characters.
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A glyph can also represent more than one character at once. Take an f_f_f ligature as an example. It represents three f characters in a row. Ligatures do not have Unicodes, because the separate characters already have codes and the the fact that it’s a ligature does not change the meaning of its parts.
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What if you want to share the same glyph shape between two Unicode values? There are a few situation where you would need that. E.g., the symbol increment U+2206 and the Greek letter Delta U+0394 should look the same. There is a similar issue with Ohm U+2126 and Omega U+03A9. Or, you are creating an all-caps font. Or you simply want to reuse the same space glyph for both the space U+0020 and non-breaking space U+00A0.
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stackoverflow.com stackoverflow.com
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$ python checkfont.py /usr/share/fonts/**/DejaVuSans.ttf 65 12622 # a ㅎ
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The script takes as arguments the font path and optionally code points / characters to search for:
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copyprogramming.com copyprogramming.com
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Determine if a glyph exists in a given font
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I'm looking to see if there is a way, in PHP, to determine if a glyph exists for a given character in a font.
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unix.stackexchange.com unix.stackexchange.com
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And get a list of characters in a font like this:
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help.fontlab.com help.fontlab.com
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Characters are logical text units identified by Unicode codepoints, whereas glyphs are graphical font units. The distinction between character and glyph is critical to understanding FontLab, and fonts in general.
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A Glyphset is the glyph repertoire of a font, i.e. all glyphs present in the font. The old term for this repertoire was “character set”, but it is misleading because in modern font technology, a font is a collection of glyphs, not a collection of characters.
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cwi.pressbooks.pub cwi.pressbooks.pub
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These words were a sufficient explication of the scene. The nature of his phrenzy, as described by my uncle, was remembered. I who had sought death, was now thrilled with horror because it was near. Death in this form, death from the hand of a brother, was thought upon with undescribable repugnance. In a state thus verging upon madness, my eye glanced upon Carwin. His astonishment appeared to have struck him motionless and dumb. My life was in danger, and my brother’s hand was about to be embrued in my blood. I firmly believed that Carwin’s was the instigation. I could rescue me from this abhorred fate; I could dissipate this tremendous illusion; I could save my brother from the perpetration of new horrors, by pointing out the devil who seduced him; to hesitate a moment was to perish. These thoughts gave strength to my limbs, and energy to my accents: I started on my feet. “O brother! spare me, spare thyself: There is thy betrayer. He counterfeited the voice and face of an angel, for the purpose of destroying thee and me. He has this moment confessed it. He is able to speak where he is not. He is leagued with hell, but will not avow it; yet he confesses that the agency was his.”
There's so much in this chapter. Firstly prudent reasoning from Carwin vs religious enthusiasm indirectly clashes in this emotion heated scene. Carwin has confessed his sins. Wieland escaped prison again to sacrifice Clara in his belief that the voice he hears is a divine messenger. Clara had thought of commiting suicide before Carwin's confessions, but once Wieland appears, she dreads the thought of dieing. The atmosphere has such eerie gothic elements. On the other hand there's a lot of character development, all 3 have changed a lot which makes them dynamic characters. Carwin seeks to clear up everything he had done out of guilt. Wieland had gone insane. But the most dramatic change is within Clara, who everyone adored, percieved as pure, brave and just and now - even though she just heard from Carwin that he had not made Wieland murder his family, Clara turns on him with a lie, a religious reasoning to save herself from her brother and to make his brother realize that "the divine messenger" is unreal. Clara is trying to use a possibly deadly trick on the two men. All three characters has reached a big turning point.
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- Sep 2022
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pressbooks.pub pressbooks.pubBeowulf7
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Where Hygd to him tendered treasure and kingdom, Rings and dominion: her son she not trusted, Heardred’s lack of capacity to rule. To be able to keep the kingdom devised him 60 ’Gainst alien races, on the death of King Higelac. Yet the sad ones succeeded not in persuading the atheling Beowulf’s tact and delicacy recalled. In any way ever, to act as a suzerain To Heardred, or promise to govern the kingdom; Yet with friendly counsel in the folk he sustained him, 65 Gracious, with honor, till he grew to be older, Wielded the Weders
Despite Hygd's distrust of Heardred to effectively rule the kingdom, Beowulf refuses to usurp his power.
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a 65 Dragon, to govern, who guarded a treasure, The fire-drake. A high-rising stone-cliff, on heath that was grayish
Enter the dragon
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“So the belovèd land-prince lived in decorum; I had missed no rewards, no meeds of my prowess, But he gave me jewels, regarding my wishes, Healfdene his bairn; I’ll bring them to thee, then, 5 Atheling of earlmen, offer them gladly. All my gifts I lay at thy feet. And still unto thee is all my affection: But few of my folk-kin find I surviving But thee, dear Higelac!”
Beowulf freely gives all his treasure to Hygelac
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Thrytho nursed anger
Norton: "Queen Modthryth: "The story of Queen Modthryth's vices is abruptly introduced as a foil to Queen Hygd's virtues."
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weaver-of-peace
oh, whoa, peace-weaver, I believe we can make it thru the ni-ight!
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Hrethel’s son Higelac at home there remaineth
Enter Hygelac
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Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better, His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him
Interesting sentiment in the context of Grendel's mother's motivation
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- Aug 2022
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www.janeausten.pludhlab.org www.janeausten.pludhlab.org
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she had a value for rank and consequence
This is really hard for a modern reader to understand. Austen has just said how sensible Lady Russell is but she too panders to Sir Walter. This may be part of the reason she rejects Wentworth for Anne; true, he didn't have money but he also wasn't important enough - were he a penniless titled person I bet she would have supported the match. Austen excels at writing well rounded complex characters, she often pokes fun at their inconsistencies.
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she was only Anne.
We are hearing the echo of Sir Walter and Elizabeth's opinions/words. This is a strange introduction for the main character, she is ignored and secondary. Chapter 1 focuses on Sir Walter and then the family context, Chapters 2 and 3 are a group setting (and people finally speak). A first time reader may not identify Anne as the main character till chapter 4 when the text pivots to focus on her. In chapter 1 we hear of Elizabeth's disappointment with Mr Elliot but the history with Wentworth is hidden till Anne is alone. Modern texts tend to have more active, vibrant main characters (like Lizzy Bennet) who have agency and push the story forward through their choices and actions. Fanny Price in Mansfield Park is another good example of the sort of main character modern readers struggle with.
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- Jul 2022
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icla2022.jonreeve.com icla2022.jonreeve.com
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My head was as red as a lobster; but, in other respects, I was as nicely dressed for the ceremonies of the evening as a man need be.
What's the role of self-deprecating humor in this novel, especially on the part of Betteredge the 'house-steward' narrator/character? So far, no other narrators/characters self consciously make fun of themselves, although Betteredge will describe the silliness or odd behavior of other characters. Which ones are not "clownish" and why? And how do these descriptions affect readers' judgements about various characters' reliability about the information and observations they offer?
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- Jun 2022
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thelearnersway.net thelearnersway.net
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We are used to instant gratification. Multiple opportunities for engagement and distraction surround us. If the result we are after does not come immediately, it is easy to seek an alternate path. An economy built on fast food, same-day home delivery, open all hours service model feeds our desire for instant results. Buy now, pay later, why wait when you can have it now.?
We need to slow down - in every aspect of our lives - so we can attend to the present more thoughtfully, seriously, and appreciatively. Now will never happen again.
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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” - Calvin Coolidge
This is clearly a political statement intended to get more people to contribute to the country's economy. It is, however, woefully wrong in the broader sense.
Persistence does matter, but it isn't "omnipotent". Persistence, like education, can and should be acquired. But without talent and intelligence (and curiosity, and honour, and truthfulness, and...), persistence alone will not suffice.
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pdf.abbyy.com pdf.abbyy.com
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I've used ABBY FineReader (best on Windows) and it was much better at correcting OCR than Adobe Acrobat. —Dana Conard
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- Mar 2022
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micro.blog micro.blog
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pratik This may be too late to be a Micro Camp topic but does anyone knows if any UX research exists on the ideal post length for a timeline view? Twitter has 280 chars (a remnant from SMS). I think FB truncates after 400 chars. But academic abstracts are 150-300 words (not chars).
@pratik Mastodon caps at 500 as a default. The information density of the particular language/character set is certainly part of the calculus.
Here's a few to start (and see their related references): - https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/How-Constraints-Affect-Content%3A-The-Case-of-Switch-Gligoric-Anderson/de77e2b6abae20a728d472744557d722499efef5 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0280-3
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- Jan 2022
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getpocket.com getpocket.com
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Those who live for long periods under subjection of others tend to develop slavishness, a mental torpor difficult to dispel.
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www.thehindu.com www.thehindu.com
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Matalan, a Brahmin and a friend of Kovalan, functions like the chorus in Greek tragedy. He appears in two cantos, the Madurai Kantam and Vanchi Kantam, and provides the link to all the events that happen offstage. In Adaikalakathai (chapter on refuge), we come to know of all the noble qualities possessed by Kovalan, courtesy Matalan.
Role of Matalan in Silappadikaram
=> who functions like Matalan in greek tragedy? => matalan appears in which 2 kantams (cantos) ?
- like in telugu superhero films 'ayina evru thelsa'
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- Dec 2021
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In 2022, successful business leaders will need to address the continued disruption from the last couple of years and will do so through four human-centric strategies. All of them elevate the importance of individuals. All of them improve the employee-employer relationship. All of them test the degree to which leaders embrace innovative management styles. All of them will impact the company's ability to retain and recruit top talent. And all of them have an impact on a business's bottom line
It seems like them uncertainty in the world today makes need of higher quality relationships between the employers and their boss as they cannot find it in the systems to the same degree. It will be a time when the character of the leader is tested and the leader will then be in need of a greater input from God or an external source which is stable.
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blogs.dickinson.edu blogs.dickinson.edu
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The Lady of Shalott.
Tennyson's poem talks a lot about how this mysterious lady is cursed. The article below talks about the origins of this "cursed" character. Article
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www.thehindu.com www.thehindu.com
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In a crime, the victim accuses the villain. But when the villain counter-accuses the victim, and insists the victim is villain too, we call it ‘whataboutery.’
whataboutery dharma-sankat தர்மசங்கடம்
- moral ambiguity to who is right and who is wrong
shows that victims in one context can be villains in another.
- neologism word used in #20thcentury/later 1900s/1970s
- context of violence in Northern Ireland.
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- system சரி இல்லை
- moral ambiguity to who is right and who is wrong
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www.w3.org www.w3.org
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�Yes, but how will we ever keep track of such a large project?�
Unsure of the text encoding here. I'm forcing them to be interpreted as Unicode here, hence the appearance of the replacement character. My browser's default is to treat this document as "Central European (Windows)", but in that case, they appear as majuscule and miniscule S-cedilla characters (e.g.
Şhypertextş
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- Jul 2021
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icla2021.jonreeve.com icla2021.jonreeve.com
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sinful
This is another word that Miss Clack used a lots in her narrative.
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devout
The word "devout" came out a few thing from Miss Clack's narrative. I assume she is a devout Christian?
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alas!
This is one of words that Miss Clack will use, but Betteredge won't use. However, this word also reveals some personality of Miss Clack, by definition, alas means: "an expression of grief, pity, or concern." By this we can assume Miss Clack might be a sentimental person
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Bating her lame foot and her leanness (this last a horrid draw-back to a woman, in my opinion), the girl had some pleasing qualities in the eye of a man. A dark, keen, clever face, and a nice clear voice, and a beautiful brown head of hair counted among her merits. A crutch appeared in the list of her misfortunes. And a temper reckoned high in the sum total of her defects.
more descriptions of women 'from the eye of a man'
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In a minute more, Miss Rachel came downstairs–very nicely dressed in some soft yellow stuff, that set off her dark complexion, and clipped her tight (in the form of a jacket) round the waist. She had a smart little straw hat on her head, with a white veil twisted round it. She had primrose-coloured gloves that fitted her hands like a second skin. Her beautiful black hair looked as smooth as satin under her hat. Her little ears were like rosy shells–they had a pearl dangling from each of them. She came swiftly out to us, as straight as a lily on its stem, and as lithe and supple in every movement she made as a young cat. Nothing that I could discover was altered in her pretty face, but her eyes and her lips. Her eyes were brighter and fiercer than I liked to see; and her lips had so completely lost their colour and their smile that I hardly knew them again. She kissed her mother in a hasty and sudden manner on the cheek.
So many similes
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o miserably lean that he looked as if he had not got an ounce of flesh on his bones in any part of him.
We already know that Betteredge pays close attention to the health (ie weight) of women, but I think this might be the first time (?) we get such a physical description of a male character.
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Then she remembered that the Diamond might take to shining of itself, with its awful moony light in the dark
Description of the Diamond. I'm going to tag this as character description assuming we're calling The Moonstone a character.
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If you know anything of the fashionable world, you have heard tell of the three beautiful Miss Herncastles. Miss Adelaide; Miss Caroline; and Miss Julia–this last being the youngest and the best of the three sisters, in my opinion; and I had opportunities of judging, as you shall presently see.
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They were nearly as big as their brother; spanking, yellow-haired, rosy lasses, overflowing with super-abundant flesh and blood; bursting from head to foot with health and spirits.
This description is really something. Character description might be interesting to keep in mind later for computational analysis.
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rampages.us rampages.us
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Nevertheless, Milton does not force the issue concerningbelief in God's mere existence, for that is something he simply assumes; forhim God's existence is a premise much more than a conclusion (see YP 6:130-2). In spite of the radical polarities of belief about God in ParadiseLost, its humans and devils and angels are united in this: they all believethat he is
I'm glad this is brought up. I think its really interesting that Milton, a devout Christian, was able to write something that retold a story from the bible- the characters being Christian icons- without needing to convince the readers that God is real/Christianity is the path to salvation. His intention was not to convert readers, but to write! By carefully crafting PL's character relationships, the importance of faith is naturally conveyed through the dialogue between all characters.
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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The use of U+212B 'Angstrom sign', which was encoded due to round-trip mapping compatibility with an East-Asian character encoding, is discouraged, and the preferred representation is U+00C5 'capital letter A with ring above', which has the same glyph.
Is there a difference in semantic meaning between the two? And if so, what is it? 
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- Feb 2021
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Jans-Beken, L. (2020, November 25). A Perspective on Mature Gratitude as a Way of Coping with COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.632911
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drive.google.com drive.google.com
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Algernon sees as the second most important character and as of now he looks like those thypes of character that are charming, however can be very selfish
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- Jan 2021
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latimerslj.weebly.com latimerslj.weebly.com
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Back to reality.] Oh, [gosh], yes! I'd forgotten all about it. [Crap]! Remember my words, Sam? Just when you're enjoying yourself, someone or something will come along and wreck everything.
Hally is a negative person and she brings around negative energy she gets angry when stuff dont go right for her and say stuff out of anger. She is always angry about something
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- Dec 2020
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www.aier.org www.aier.org
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So I respond by saying that I will credit their claims if they can show evidence of the following: that in leading their lives today they have stood up for the rights of unpopular victims of injustice whose very humanity is denied, and where they have done so knowing: (1) that it would make them unpopular with their peers, (2) that they would be loathed and ridiculed by powerful, influential individuals and institutions in our society; (3) that they would be abandoned by many of their friends, (4) that they would be called nasty names, and (5) that they would risk being denied valuable professional opportunities as a result of their moral witness. In short, my challenge is to show where they have at risk to themselves and their futures stood up for a cause that is unpopular in elite sectors of our culture today.”
Know thy self.
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- Nov 2020
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icla2020b.jonreeve.com icla2020b.jonreeve.com
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My uncle said he was very sorry he had forgotten
While a drunk, the uncle seems to can't help himself and all he can do is apologize. I find it interesting, the fact that the characters of this book have multiple dimensions, not necessarily only a bad nor just a good side. This makes them seem very realistic.
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- Oct 2020
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icla2020b.jonreeve.com icla2020b.jonreeve.com
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please
I think this is the first and only time the word 'please' is uttered in the story. And I would not have expected it to come from the young girl. There's something very seemingly obnoxious yet profoundly mysterious about this girl. She pleads to wait in the car, finally not exposed or seen by others. It sounds like her appearance has shaped her life and defined much of her identity thus far, but she's fighting not to let it be everything (e.g., she's seeing through people who are staring at her). Symbolically, when her dark coat, perhaps symbolizing her beauty as a curse rather than a blessing or her rude demeanor, falls, revealing her opposite-colored skin, and, "like a flower... emerging from its dark bud, " she's becoming herself again.
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I saw her bag was open again.
I think it's pretty amazing how Mansfield uses this motif to illustrate the carelessness/lack of responsibility of Mrs. Raddick - it'd be interesting to see if she does this for other ways. Character-development seems like a really hard thing to track/write a program for because every character has different traits and isn't just described by adjectives.
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www.newyorker.com www.newyorker.com
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He was a man of about Grant’s age, or a little older. Thick coarse white hair fell over his forehead and his skin was leathery but pale, yellowish-white like an old wrinkled-up kid glove. His long face was dignified and melancholy and he had something of the beauty of a powerful, discouraged, elderly horse. But where Fiona was concerned he was not discouraged.
Characters:
Aubrey is a secondary character which is consciously described. The character’s features (eyes, hair) and age signs (wrinkles and skin in general) are described with detail, as well as the colours that are perceived. Most characters are compared with different natural features: here, a horse. Nature is an important element in the story for constant references to the landscape, plants and flowers, weather and seasons can be found.<br> All the characters in the story are consistent, motivated and life-like characters; Audrey is not an exception, his character is a static character.
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icla2020b.jonreeve.com icla2020b.jonreeve.com
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page one hundred and seventy-eight
I don't know why it's caught my attention, but I find it funny that it's always page one hundred and something, as if nothing's going on in the first hundred pages (or anywhere else)... Assuming the guy has perused the book through and through as he purports to, it's just odd to me that we keep getting information from the same, narrow range of pages.
It's a wild guess here, but maybe this is Collins trying to portray Betteredge's character as one who claims to be a know-it-all (Robinson Crusoe, women, the house affairs, etc.) but, really, has such a narrow and restricted view on life that he will always be surprised or caught wrong; that there isn't that much wisdom in him after all.
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- Sep 2020
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icla2020b.jonreeve.com icla2020b.jonreeve.com
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I sowed the good seed, in spite of him, by throwing a second tract in at the window of the cab.
It's just mind-blowing how satisfied she gets from distributing her tracts among random people who could not be clearer about their reluctance to receive them. Clack, much like Betteredge, assumes she knows the depths of people and is so judgmental of the unconventional (e.g., Rachel) but completely fails to recognize that her own behavior is far from being desired, and is, to all eyes, the unconventional and deplorable one.
I wonder if this is Collins' way to humorously ridicule this phenomenon. More broadly, I wonder if Collins' use of extreme and blatantly hypocritical narrators who inspire hatred (e.g., Clack and Betteredge), is his calling for moderation in society.
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- Aug 2020
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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Johnson, Samuel Gregory Blane. ‘Dimensions of Altruism: Do Evaluations of Prosocial Behavior Track Social Good or Personal Sacrifice?’ Preprint. PsyArXiv, 22 August 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/r85jv.
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gohugo.io gohugo.io
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- Jun 2020
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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Ferguson, A. M., Cameron, D., & Inzlicht, M. (2020, May 15). Motivational effects on empathic choices. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/s7qph
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- May 2020
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projects.invisionapp.com projects.invisionapp.comInVision1
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The fact that you can use single character keys without modifiers to invoke functions such as Comment Mode (C) is an example of a violation of a violation of the WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion, 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts.
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- Feb 2020
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longsworde.wordpress.com longsworde.wordpress.com
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Mephistophelean character was probably first represented in the figure of the wicked sorcerer Klingsor from the Grail Legend. He attempted to prevent Parsifal from achieving his destiny (to find the Grail) by tricks, wiles, and illusions. But the name “Parsifal” (or “Percival”) means “Pierces the Veil”. Klingsor is the proto-type of today’s “perception manager”. And it’s this that Gebser critiques as “sorceric”. He undoubtedly has Klingsor in mind. There is a similar figure in indigenous folklore called “Spider”, a wicked shaman who, jealous of the Sunboy, traps him, kills him, and dismembers him, and then throws him in a pot. But by the grace of the sun, he is restored and ascends to the Sun and to the light. Spider, of course, corresponds in meaning to what we would call “spin doctor” or “spinner” today.
Woah. Perception management sorcerer.
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- Sep 2019
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writing.stackexchange.com writing.stackexchange.com
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www.barnesandnoble.com www.barnesandnoble.com
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On naming fantasy characters
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- Jul 2019
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books.google.com books.google.com
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发现了!small tilde ~(在网页里它反而是在中间位置)用于注音 波浪号才是我们汉语用的~
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- Apr 2019
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gutenberg.net.au gutenberg.net.auSanditon20
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for the sake of a glimpse of the Miss Beauforts
Marriage plot again, will Arthur end up with one of the Beauforts?
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he made the acquaintance for Sir Edward's sake
Marriage plot emerges here, Lady Denham wants Sir Edward to marry Miss Lamb for her money
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meaning to be the most stylish girls in the place
Music and drawing, two skills that made women "poplar" or considered properly educated at this time. A theme throughout Austen novels, having these skills made women accomplished and more suited for marriage.
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captivate some man of much better fortune than their own.
Beginning of a marriage plot here? The Miss Beauforts want to marry for money over love. By marrying someone with money it might also help their social standing. This is a similar sentiment that we saw with Mary Crawford in "Mansfield Park" who was all about marrying to elevate her own status.
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less clear-sighted and infallible
Diana's being unable to make mistakes is a trait that reminds me of other Austen characters such as Emma from "Emma." While they both mean well they carry themselves with an sense of being "all knowing" and never wrong.
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who had never employed her.
This just seems like such an odd job to take on when you have not met the person or been asked to do this. In other Austen novels we have seen some characters take on responsibilities without being asked but they normally have to do with relationships such as Emma and her match making n Emma or Lady Catherine de Bourgh getting involved with Darcy and Lizzy's relationship.
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the sea air would probably, in her present state, be the death of her
Seems to be the opposite of what every other character says about sea air
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A young West Indian of large fortune
First character we see who is not from England
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the indulgence of an indolent temper,
Once again we see Charlotte "reading" the true nature of Arthur and seeing beyond the facade. She is very sensible like Elinor in "Sense and Sensibility." And even though she does not always voice how she actually sees people, she and Lizzy Bennet are similar in their directness.
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he only wanted it now for Miss Heywood.
Is this how Arthur flirts with Charlotte? Through toast?
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grees with me better than anything."
This is a very odd dialogue scene. Something that we do not often get in Austen novels. The dialogue has nothing to do with the plot or getting to know the characters better (except about Arthur's weird habits)
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I should recommend rather more of it to you than I suspect you are in the habit of taking."
Here I believe Charlotte sounds a bit like Lizzy Bennet. The two are both direct and tend to not hold back when it comes to being sassy or saying something that could be seen as controversial.
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I am very nervous.
His "nervousness" is similar to Mrs. Bennet from P&P and maybe even Mr. Woodhouse from Emma?
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from one of my sisters. They never fail me. Women are the only correspondents to be depended on
Mr. Parker whines and complains about his brother not responding to him promptly -- which shows that he gets anxious and nervous easily, and his declarations about women just based on how fast Diana responds to letter is again, over-generalizing.
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Our ancestors, you know, always built in a hole
Again, Mr. Parker talks a lot, but always makes unnecessary or irrelevant generalizations. Most of his utterances are completely unrelated to each other and the current topic at hand, yet he says them in an absolutely confident and unapologetic manner -- meanwhile it is Charlotte and Mrs. Parker who has to endure his nonsense.
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Not a shilling do I receive from the Denham estate. Sir Edward has no payments to make me. He don't stand uppermost, believe me. It is I that help him."
It is funny (and slightly concerning) that Lady Denham is boasting about the fact that her relatives are poor. She is sharing information that she thinks is impressive but probably won’t be to others.
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I could no more mention these things to Lady Denham
Propriety overrides charity for Mrs. Parker. Likewise, in Austen's novels, many technically beneficial things are not said for fear of violating social decorum. This frustration is expressed by Elinor in Sense and Sensibility, when she could only guess at what others meant through allusions and off-hand comments, and is unable to prod the situation herself. Austen uses this dilemma to show the consequences of always adhering to social rules.
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gentlemanlike
Another case of a landowner and "gentleman farmer" is Mr. Knightley in Emma.
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Diana was evidently the chief of the family, principal mover and actor.
Another single, female character who is the "chief" of the family. We see this type of female character in previous Austen novels such as Mrs. Norris in "Mansfield Park"
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impossible for Charlotte not to suspect a good deal of fancy
As a character, Charlotte has a good read on others people she encounters. This is the case with other Austen characters such as Elizabeth Bennett in "Pride and Prejudice"
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- Feb 2019
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paleorxiv.org paleorxiv.org
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number of character states bracketed by a node could 28be counted, and those which do not optimize as symplesiomorphies of the clade could 29considered as a value of node suppo
Why differentiating between symplesiomorphies and homoiologies? Both are traits equally exclusive to a subtree (a clade) and closely linked to each other.
Pink is a symplesiomorphy of the ingroup, blue the homoiology Vice versa, blue is the symplesiomorphy, pink the homoiology found only in the most derived (in absolute evolutionary terms) taxa
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- Dec 2018
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gutenberg.net.au gutenberg.net.auSanditon7
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Hillier
Hillier is the tenant of Mr Parker's old house
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poor Mr. Hollis
Lady Denham obviously favored her second husband over her first, even though Mr. Hollis left her with an inheritance, which is much more useful than a title.
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snug-looking
The Romantic literary movement was obsessed with cottages: see William Wordsworth's poem "The Ruined Cottage" as an example.
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Charlotte
It is strange that Charlotte is accompanying the Parkers when her own parents only just met them. This plot point is similar to the moment that Catherine Morland stays with the Tilneys, even though her family doesn't know them at all.
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impropriety
Miss Diana Parker's request to ask Lady Denham for money for various people that she does not know from a woman she likely does not know very well seems very impolite. Also, considering how little Lady Denham likes to part with her money, Diana's comments would be particularly provoking.
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Austen characterizes Mr. Parker as a man with immense pride towards his village. He boasts of the many benefits of Sanditon all while suffering from a sprained ankle.
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readily
This is a mischaracterization of Lady Denham because she is anxious about her finances. She is worried about her existing investment in Sanditon, and she believes that her heir needs find a wealthy spouse.
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- Sep 2018
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www.poetryfoundation.org www.poetryfoundation.org
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feasceaft
Scyld's origins as "feasceaft," destitute, contrast with his rich conquests later in life: the "meodosetla" he takes (5) and the "gomban" ("tribute," 11) he receives. The opening lines thus establish reversal of fortune as a theme while showing Scyld as a powerful warrior and successful war leader. Edward B. Irving describes how appropriate "the Scyld proem" (as he calls it, 44) is for the rest of the poem in foreshadowing what Beowulf will do and experience, A Reading of Beowulf, 2nd ed. (Provo, UT: The Chaucer Studio, 1999), 44–5. Francis Leneghan argues for the originality of the Scyld episode in “Reshaping Tradition" and argues that Scyld's status as a foundling in a ship and his climb to rule parallels Moses.
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Scyld Scefing
We move from hearing of "Gardena" in general to their exemplar and greatest hero, Scyld Scefing. Roy Liuzza notes that the name means "Shield, Son of Sheaf," in his translation, 2nd ed. (Peterborough, ONT: Broadview Press, 2013), note 2 on page 49. The name connects the Danes' hero with both war ("Shield") and agricultural production ("Sheaf"): he makes his people victorious and well-fed. For more on the name, see Francis Leneghan, “Reshaping Tradition: The Originality of the Scyld Scefing Episode in Beowulf,” in Transmission and Generation in Medieval and Renaissance Literature: Essays in Honour of John Scattergood, edited by Karen Hodder and Brendan O'Connell (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012), 21–36.
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Beowulf wæs breme blæd
A lovely example of the power of alliteration: Beowulf's name is associated even before the hero appears with fame ("Beowulf was breme") and power or renown ("blæd") using sound.
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- Jul 2018
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course-computational-literary-analysis.netlify.com course-computational-literary-analysis.netlify.com
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I propose to tell you–in the first place–what is known of the manner in which your cousin met his death; appending to the statement such inferences and conclusions as we are justified (according to my opinion) in drawing from the facts
Sergeant Cuff's narrative is very straight forward and to the point compared to the others, especially Miss Clack. Because Cuff's intention in this narrative is to relay facts to Franklin, and also because he is a detective, Cuff uses few unnecessary adjectives or "flowery" language. I would be interested in running a POS (Parts of Speech) analysis on Cuff's narrative and compare it to Clack and Betteredge, as well as the rest of the text.
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Having heard the story of the past, my next inquiries (still inquiries after Rachel!) advanced naturally to the present time. Under whose care had she been placed after leaving Mr. Bruff’s house? and where was she living now?
Blake's account of Rachel is clearly distinct form the other narrators because of their romantic past. He mentions her frequently throughout his narrative. I would like to run a frequency count the number of times he mentions Rachel compared tot he rest of the narratives in the book. I wonder if it is possible to isolate the discussions of Rachel in each character's narrative and then do some topic modeling with the extracted texts to examine how Rachel is discussed by each character.
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It distressed me, it did indeed distress me, to hear her say that. She was so young and so lonely–and she bore it so well!
Bruff's impression of Rachel is very different from Miss Clack, but similar to the affectionate tone of Betteredge. I would be interested in running a word frequency count on all of the ways Rachel is described by the different narrators and do a comparison between the words used by the different narrators and also which words they share in her description.
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Penelope fired up instantly. “I’ve never been taught to tell lies Mr. Policeman!–and if father can stand there and hear me accused of falsehood and thieving, and my own bed-room shut against me, and my character taken away, which is all a poor girl has left, he’s not the good father I take him for!”
Penelope has been a compelling and independent character throughout the narrative, from the ways in which she gives insight to the narrative itself , to this moment here. It would be interesting to extract her character descriptions and speech and compare it to the other female characters in the story to see how they are different / similar. I would also be interested in comparing her to the male characters. Would this be something the sentiment analysis could be used for?
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- Apr 2018
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vimeo.com vimeo.com
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- Mar 2018
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Am I immortal?
Winzy repeatedly returns to this question. He is wishing that it is not true, but he knows that Cornelius' elixir did affect him in the way he expected.
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to my--no, not my fellow-mortals
Every time Winzy remembers that he is no longer mortal there is an air of sorrow.
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the wife I had sought and won with such perfect love.
It seems like he has no concept of how unnecessarily dramatic their courtship was.
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I became the husband of Bertha.
This romance is such a fast paced roller coaster of emotions. It's very hard to keep up with the characters and their motives.
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Winzy!
Is this his name, or is that a phrase?
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and lifted above all human fears;
This is fascinating, as it implies that all human fears are derived from love.
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he who could not be in two places at once for her sake.
This girl needs to chill. I have no concept of what her motives are. She's clearly manipulating him, but why? He is having to work hard for his income. There are doubtless other suitors who could give her the lifestyle and attention she desires without having to choose one or the other. Her attitude makes it clear that she isn't interested in him for love either, no matter how much she says she is. She's playing multiple suitors, as evidenced with this Hoffer dude. Clearly she can get almost any man she wants, so why is she bothering the main character?
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Though true of heart,
That statement is so vague, as if he is trying to convince himself that it is true.
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- Dec 2017
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www.psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com
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Ironically, research has shown that personality traits are determined largely by heredity and are mostly immutable. The arguably more important traits of character, on the other hand, are more malleable—though, we should note, not without great effort. Character traits, as opposed to personality traits, are based on beliefs (e.g., that honesty and treating others well is important—or not), and though beliefs can be changed, it's far harder than most realize.
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- Oct 2017
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idhmcmain.tamu.edu idhmcmain.tamu.edu
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without being conscious of it, have stored up in idea the greater part of those strong marked varieties of human character,
Unconscious knowledge of human character described by Joanna Baillie, Introductory Discourse
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www.turbosquid.com www.turbosquid.comman max1
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‘No, you wouldn’t have.’
Similar to her previous line, this dialogue from the girl introduces us readers to an underling element of negativity. The line is a charged, declarative statement, suggesting that she may not hold her male companion in high esteem. Or at least, is non-receptive to his response. It's a line containing hostility and perhaps even resentment.
This introduces us to our first experience of conflict between the girl and the American.
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- Jun 2017
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dmiller54.github.io dmiller54.github.io
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A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler
A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler- Jefferson became poetic after reading~https://books.google.com/books?id=yQpDAQAAMAAJ&q=A+prince+whose+character+is+thus+marked+by+every+act+which+may+define+a+tyrant+is+unfit+to+be+the+ruler&dq=A+prince+whose+character+is+thus+marked+by+every+act+which+may+define+a+tyrant+is+unfit+to+be+the+ruler&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj52MO9z8PUAhXFwj4KHeXiAxEQ6AEIKDAA
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- Mar 2017