Deception is used by many characters, as well as agencies, to help with confusing and hiding information from others for a higher purpose. In le Carré’s novel, the art of deception is not forgotten or ignored by the spies and other people involved in the plot. On the contrary, it is highly used to the point where the end justifies the means. It doesn’t matter how the agencies or the characters get to their own personal goals, as long as they achieve them, through a morally acceptable way or not. A great example of this is the deception used on Liz to get her to come to court where Leamas is on trial.
The act of self-deception is prevalent in common human activities and has been throughout many generations of societies. Barbara Tuchman conveys such act in the March of Folly, and recites, “Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government… it is acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by facts.” Although not every decision made by man is due to this stolidity or “wooden-headedness”, it occurs frequently not only in governments, but in daily human
The famous Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once said, “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe, what is true.” There are many problems in life dealing selfish decision and self-deception. According to Webster’s dictionary Self-deception is a process of denying or rationalizing away significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument. Self-deception is so common that it appears in plays and in everyday life.
The power of deception is the ability to hide crucial information from someone. When they don’t know about something they can’t act upon it. One of the biggest examples of deception is Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Madoff wasn’t the one who invented the scheme, but he took it to new levels. He was able to embezzle fifty-billion dollars out of people.
Deception is common place within our society. Nobody is perfect and more often than not, someone will try cheating to gain an advantage. This is evident especially in the political system, but can even trickle all the way down to something as innocent as stealing a cookie from a cookie jar. The question may arise whether deception is just lying or rather it also includes withholding the truth. In reality, when we withhold the truth from a person, we are altering the view of what is true for that person.
This lying and deception is happening in the world people live in today. For example when the American government lied to their citizens about their place in the Vietnam war, they were told that the war was going well in their favor and how they will be victorious even though they were not. Once the real reports were leaked, people were outraged because they were lied to and misled, they supported a cause which was morally wrong. This could happens on a smaller scale too, you may have lied to a friend or family member about something and once they had found out what had happened and how you lied to them, it may be hard to tell them your
Deception is a powerful tool in seeking a certain motive; therefore,
Instead of tricking others, characters often deceive those around them in regards to their identity so they can gain information. Take Odysseus for example. As he goes on his journey home, he meets many people who can aid him in returning to Ithaca. He never quite tells the truth about who he is, whether he makes up an elaborate story or just leaves out pieces of his story. Odysseus knows exactly what to say, or not to say, to get what he needs.
Such an ability floating within your life is what connects everything from narratives, pictures, shows, and cinema. Everybody uses it and or has seen it in action before. Deception is a very powerful tool to use in modern times since everything can be made to be reality. It is used everywhere by the populace to entertain and to connect with others in society. Being able to deceive
Deception comes in many forms and can be seen in all kind of ways but mainly when someone purposely causes someone to believe something that isn 't true to gain a personal advantage. Many authors use this tactic in their plays books and other literary work like in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the author uses the technique of deception to mislead Claudius, Gertrude, himself, Ophelia and his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spare their feelings and to carry out a crime. Hamlet uses deception throughout the novel, but one way is to distract everyone from his true intention which is to gather information against Claudius to prove he killed his father. Shakespeare contributes all this back into his work by making each character in the play enact on some form of deceit to uncover the obscure truth.
Not all forms of deception are negative, although they are not all positive either. People have various reasons for deceiving others in real life, as well as in literature. William Shakespeare wrote many memorable plays during his time living. One of those plays was Much Ado About Nothing, which presented themes which are still relevant to our modern society. In Much Ado About Nothing, some of the protagonists, such as Don Pedro and Benedick, have good intentions when deceiving others, but others, like Don John, deceive others purely out of hatred.
He was not the best father actually kind of cruel. He is all too willing to offer up Ophelia to spy on Hamlet, just to get in good with the King. To which cause her to be exposed to Hamlets abuse. He convinces Reynaldo to start rumors about Laertes just to have him come back to Polonius and report what Laertes confides into him. He used many around him just to get what he wanted.
Many of the characters in Macbeth use deception to persuade others to do things they want done. Most times these deeds are bad and in the end come back to haunt the characters. Throughout the whole play, Shakespeare uses the theme of deception to create tension, and scandals. These acts of deception will be the falling of many characters and also one of the main themes of the play. In acts one and two, the use of deception is demonstrated.
Manipulation is shown in many ways such as politics, the media, misleading information and false advertising. To convey one’s thoughts to your own advantage is seen as crude and unnecessary. However, many people have their reasons in manipulating someone whether they are good or bad. In Shakespeare’s Othello, the concept of taking advantage of someone through manipulation leads to unnecessary, horrible events.
The use of language and identity are conceived as two different concepts that fall under the common roof of socio-culture. Much like the older days, our language is based on and shaped by our historical background and socio-political contexts. Until this day, the way we speak is quite similar to the way our ancestors spoke, for the simple reason that is we initiate from the same natal country or share the same culture. These findings pushed scientists to conduct further research in order to understand the real connection between language, identity and culture, which we will be investigating in the following blog. Language and Social Identity
