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Georgina Kleege's Essay on Blindness, 2000.
A look at Georgina Kleege?s essay, "Call It Blindness", in which she describes how people view and stereotype the blind as well as her view of her condition, blindness.
1,640 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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"In Georgina Kleege?s essay, Call It Blindness, she describes how people view and stereotype the blind as well as her view of her condition, blindness. Kleege explains how eyes are supposively the windows to ones soul, and how important the eyes are pertaining to love and beauty. The eyes have certain qualities that ?glow with affection, smolder with passion, dilate with emotion?(Kleege 397), and without the trait of vision people view the blind as less attractive or even having uncontrollable sexuality."
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"Blindness" and "The Plague", 2002.
A study of the theme of plagues in "Blindness" by Jose Saramago and "The Plague" by Albert Camus.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses how there is great similarity in the stories, "Blindness" by Jose Saramago and "The Plague" by Albert Camus, both which deal with different types of plagues. The plague by Camus is similar to the black plague, spread by rats. In "Blindness" the white blindness starts with an unnamed man simply called the motorist who becomes blind driving into town. The paper shows how both books offer character studies of people caught or trapped in a situation from which there seems no escape.
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"The children in both Blindness (the little girl) and in the Plague represent innocence caught up in madness. In both stories the madness is caused by a disease but it is the break down of society that is the real story. Without the constraints of society and laws people revert back to their lowest forms, like animals on the hunt for survival. Only the children are innocent and without guile. They are caught in a situation they don't understand. They are the true victims in both stories because there is nothing they can do to help themselves. They can't become a hero like the doctor's wife and the doctor in the Plague. They can't save themselves like Cottard with his evil machinations. They are both left to the vagaries of fate with their only hope in others."
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Deafness vs. Blindness, 2007.
This paper discusses the two physical impairments of deafness and blindness.
1,992 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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In this article the writer reviews and contrasts two physical impairments, blindness and deafness, using scholarly research on the subject of blindness and visual impairment as well as Nora Ellen Groce's "Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha's Vineyard". The writer maintains that most people believe that to see is to perceive acutely and hence to understand, while to hear without seeing leaves one left to conjure up pictures in the mind's eye as to what likely is there making the sound. Further, the writer points out, not only are people uninformed about eyesight during aging, but they tend to be ignorant of local resources available to them. The writer maintains that according to a study, the most effective tools for informing people about eyesight issues are newspapers for adults and the Internet for younger people.
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Introduction
Blindness, Low Vision, and the Search for a Model
Deafness on Martha's Vineyard
Deafness in Two Swedish Counties
Blindness - "Promoting a Message on Vision Loss..."
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"To be deaf, or blind; if a hundred people were given that choice, hypothetically, how many would choose deafness over being sightless? Ninety? Ninety-five? All one hundred? It would likely be most, if not all, one hundred, because vision offers so much to the brain, the senses, and the heart."
"That is not to discount the impact of serious hearing loss, but clearly, most people believe that to see is to perceive acutely and hence to understand, while to hear without seeing leaves one left to conjure up pictures in the mind's eye as to what likely is there making the sound. Approaching a train crossing in reckless fashion without the aid of auditory support is potentially suicidal, of course; but approaching a train crossing with no auditory abilities and yet using keen eyesight for oncoming train traffic is making the best of an impaired situation - and also it is just the use of good sound human judgment."
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Blindness and Vision in "Oedipus Rex", 2005.
Examines themes of blindness and vision in this play by Sophocles.
1,216 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, $ 41.95
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In his play, "Oedipus Rex," ancient Greek writer, Sophocles, invites us to ponder the nature of destiny and how, wise as we think ourselves, the very acts by which we work to avoid our fate only bring it rushing to meet us. Most of us have a good idea of what the concepts of blindness and vision mean and how they differ from one another. This paper shows, however, that Sophocles thinks otherwise and gives us good reason to wonder just how different they are from each other. In fact, by the time Oedipus stumbles beyond the gates of Thebes, we begin to realize just how entangled vision is with blindness, for nothing blinded Oedipus to the inevitability of his fate so well as having had it shown to him. Seeing his fate did not enlighten him; it put him in greater darkness.
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"This is the biggest kind of blindness in Oedipus; the absolute inability of human beings to see all the myriad ways in which things work to bring us to our fates. Had Oedipus done what we flatter ourselves to think we would have done, namely consult the assumed parents with the new information before doing anything, and then sitting on our hands to make sure the prophecy didn't come to pass, it wouldn't have made any difference in the end. Had he become king of Corinth, at some point he would have had to go to war with Thebes, ended up killing Laius in open battle, and been forced by some obscure custom to marry the vanquished king's widow to retain the crown. In another sense, we are all Oedipus, trying to understand and outwit fate."
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Blindness, 2004.
A look at different types of blindness and steps in curing them.
1,540 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper examines the causes of various types of blindness such as macular degeneration, river blindness and stargardt disease. It also discusses various ways of overcoming some forms of blindness with treatments such as medication, silicon retinas and bionic eyes.
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"The most common of all forms of retinitis pigmentosa is a gradual degeneration of the rods and cones, which are known as rod-cone dystrophy, usually beginning with night blindness. Night blindness is like the experience normally sighted individuals encounter when entering a dark movie theatre on a bright and sunny day. Unfortunately, people with the disease cannot adjust well to dark and dimly lit environments. Patients tend to experience a ring of central vision loss in their mid- margin with small islands of vision in their very far margin."
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Blindness in "Oedipus Rex", 2006.
An analysis of the irony of blindness in Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex".
855 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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Oedipus, the main character in Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex", could not see the truth, but the blind man, Teiresias, "saw" it plainly. This paper discusses how Sophocles uses blindness as a motif in the play since Oedipus, known for his intelligence, is ignorant and therefore blind to the truth about himself and his past. It also shows that when Teiresias exposes the truth he is shunned and how Oedipus has to overcome his "blindness," realize the truth and accept fate.
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"Unwillingly, Teiresias the blind seer provides Oedipus with the hurtful truth. Although before the truth is announced, Oedipus describes Teiresias as a "seer: student of mysteries." Oedipus looks to Teiresias for help in finding the murderer of the former king. He is trusted and respected by everyone in the city as evidenced by his introduction as "the holy prophet In whom, alone of all men, truth was born." Yet, when Teiresias speaks, reluctantly but honestly to Oedipus, he is shunned and his credibility and motives are attacked. Oedipus accuses Teiresias of plotting against him and helping Kreon become king. He claims that Kreon " has brought this decrepit fortune-teller, this collector of dirty pennies, this prophet fraud" to him."
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Change Blindness, 2002.
A paper which analyzes experiments done to further understand change blindness.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 39.95
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The paper describes change blindness as the inability of an individual to recall the changes between two different scenes. The paper discusses an experiment done whereby a basic question was asked in the study whether change blindness could occur because of an individual?s inability to compare the changes between two existing scenarios. It shows how the experimenters devised three different experiments for this purpose and the results showed that many participants who failed to recall any details about the pre-change were able to think of some of the pre-change scene when questions were asked in this regard. The paper also discusses follow-up experiments.
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"Keeping this in mind an attempt should be made to investigate comparison failures that occur with the inability to recognize the change in a given situation. It has been noted that even though overwriting does play an important role with regard to change blindness, other variables may also contribute to the latter phenomenon besides overwriting of course. Another thing that the study has proven is the fact that change blindness may occur in spite of the fact that sufficient representational evidence occurs to suggest the presence of a change. An attempt must now be made to find out why this happens in spite of the most apparent changes."
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Blindness in "Cathedral", 2003.
A description of the emotional blindness of the narrator in short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper examines Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" and focuses on the function of the narrator and of the blind man. It analyzes the narrator's realization of his own emotional and intellectual blindness.
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"Raymond Carver's short story Cathedral is narrated by a man who finds it all but impossible to be in the presence of Robert, a blind friend of his wife's. This unnamed narrator, a man in middle life married to a woman who has ..."
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Blindness and Low Vision, 2005.
An assessment of a number of Internet sites addressing blindness and low vision.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 115.95
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This papers begins with Heward's chapter on blindness and low vision and their nature as sources of individuality and challenges in educational settings. It looks at how Heward favours understanding of the visually impaired as having a different perception of life and the world. He is also a proponent of rectifying Braille as compared to Internet sources selling appliances to aid blind, low vision students as though these were essential.
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"Individuals faced with blindness or low vision as a lifelong or acquired disability are apt to confront a great variety of materials, especially, on subjects of adaptations that are possible to permit normal living, including the needs of Education. This paper explores a number of substantial Internet sites addressing blindness and low vision, directly, and with reference to other published material in William L. Heward's chapter on blindness and low vision in the 2002 edition of Exceptional Children - Introduction to Special Education (402-437)."
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Color Blindness, 2002.
An overview of the concept of color blindness and the biology behind it.
1,378 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper briefly explains the biology of the eye and the problems that cause color blindness. It looks at what happens in the visionary process between perception and understanding of colors.
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"Many people do not know what color blindness is, why it happens, and the different types of color blindness. Color blindness is not total blindness. People with color-blindness can see things, but see everything in one color, or in misrepresented colors. Some of them may be able to see some colors, but not see other colors, while some may see no colors at all. John Dalton, a British Chemist, discovered color-blindness. He himself was colorblind. Color blindness occurs in our retina. The human retina converts the light energy that falls on the retina in the eye and converts it into electrical energy. These electrical impulses are then sent on to the brain. The photoreceptor cells do the conversion of the electrical energy. These cells are of two types- rods and cones. People who have normal eyesight are able to combine the inputs from these cells into different combinations and see color. A set of special receptor cells in the eyes called cones located in our eyes gives us our color vision. The cones are the cells to distinguish between colors."
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Deaf Blindness, 1999.
Describes the lifestyle of individuals who have the disability known as deaf-blindness.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 10 sources, $ 38.95
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This paper discusses the life of an individual who has the sensory impairment of deaf-blindness. The paper goes into detail of how a person with this impairment must live and learn to communicate, using methods other than vision and hearing. Different methods are introduced as well as opinions and research by experts in the field. Finally, there are individual testimonies as well as techniques, which allow communication to occur.
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"After communication is successfully achieved there are still many difficulties that a person must face. We all have to remember that a deaf-blind individual may actually have no sight or hearing. Venturing outside of the home and classroom is often very difficult. One thing to make hearing, seeing, or both people aware of is that when outside, deaf-blind individuals use a red and white cane."
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John Milton's "On His Blindness", 1990.
This paper is an explication of John Milton's poem "On His Blindness" about mortality, personal responsibility to God and to poetic talent and inspiration.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 39.95
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"This study will provide an explication of John Milton's poem "On His Blindness." The poem is concerned with the speaker's mortality and his sense that he is not fulfilling his responsibility to God and to his talent. The speaker fears that he is weighted down with these burdens to such a degree that he is almost paralyzed with indecision and the lack of inspiration, the sense that his very responsibility is preventing him from expressing his talent.
He expresses irony when he refers to "that one talent which is death to hide," when that very thought of the burden of his talent--the necessity of its expression--is precisely what is giving him the feeling that he cannot write. He knows, in other words, that he must write in order to nurture his soul, that he has been put on the earth in order to write, to express that part ... "
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Blindness in "King Lear", 2005.
An exploration of the ways in which William Shakespeare presents the theme of sight and blindness in "King Lear".
2,107 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 66.95
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This paper examines how the theme of sight, insight and their relevance to clear vision is a recurring issue throughout Shakespeare's tragic play, "King Lear". It looks at how this theme is mainly portrayed through the characters of Lear, Gloucester and Albany and how subtle references are also apparent through the dialogue of Cordelia and the Fool.
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"King Lear's lack of sight yet desire to see is apparent during Act 1, Scene 4 in that he is highly inquisitive upon meeting disguised Kent and asks twice "what art thou?" suggesting he is dependent on the sight of others to form his own judgements. This dependence on the sight of others is also evident in the question Lear directs to Oswald of "who am I, sir?". However, although keen to learn the opinion of others, his quest to discover clear sight is overridden by his temper and his contradictory desire to see things as he wants to see them and not as they truly are. When Oswald tells Lear that he is "[his] Lady's father" and does not refer to him as King (as Lear wishes him to although he has handed over his title and power in an effort to live an "unburdened" lifestyle) he goes to strike Oswald as his true vision interferes with the image that Lear wishes to have."
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Sight and Blindness, 2002.
A look at the concepts of sight and blindbess in "Oedipus the King" and "The Secret Sharer".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper examines sight and blindness in "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles and "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad. These two texts both rely on sight and blindness as a central metaphor. The emphasis is not on eyesight but rather on insight or seeing one's true nature.
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Authority and Blindness in Ralph Ellison's Novel "Invisible Man", 2001.
A look at how Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" tells a story of race and modern society from the South to New York City.
790 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, $ 28.95
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This paper uses specific examples to show how Ellison consistently uses the imagery of blindness in his novel "The Invisible Man", to emphasize the problems the narrator faces in his journey through society.
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