Perfect Pilgrimage: (A Discussion of Three Modern-Day Characters That Would Join The Canterbury Tales) Geoffrey Chaucer has been known as the father of English poetry since the 1300’s. His works have been considered the greatest alongside Shakespeare. In his work‚ The Canterbury Tales‚ He writes about a pilgrimage of many different people in England. Each of those characters introduces themselves‚ then tells a tale that relates in some way to their introduction. Chaucer was known to be a controversial
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The Big Sleep- The depiction of Marlowe as a modern-day knight The novel “The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler was published in 1939 during the heart of the Great Depression. The novel is written in a very sinister‚ dark and kind of a gangster tone and carries much of the cynicism of 1930s America. The Big Sleep is a story of intrigue‚ corruption‚ delinquency and obliquity with a rather complex plot which can be very confusing. The main character in “the Big Sleep” is the private detective Philip
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Why religion and God are not necessary in modern day society. 88% of us claim to be religious. Religion has been around since 223‚000 BCE. The world would be nothing without it. You can’t get a sense of history or the language of Britain without having to study religious texts. But is religion necessary in the 21st century? The simple answer is no. No‚ we don’t need to believe in religious stories to feel comforted‚ no we don’t need to believe in an omnipotent being‚ no we don’t need to believe
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1829‚ Sir Robert Peel created the Metropolitan Police when he served as Home Secretary of England. He created the first modern police force‚ the Metropolitan Police in London. According to Peel‚ the real key for policing is "the police are the people and the people are the police (Wikipedia 2010).” It was his belief that prevention of crime could be accomplished without intruding into the lives of citizens. He set about nine principles that still seem to be true and useful in the present day world
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Sir Ken Robinson on Education at Ted 2006 Sir Ken Robinson is a widely known international speaker‚ author‚ and advisor on education of the arts. In this conference he goes into basis that education is an important and essential part of everyone’s life for the progression and prosperity of a better future and career. Education is a part of the future that is up for grasp. Sir Ken Robinson goes in to say that all children have talent and their talent can take them up to many places along with the
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who had his downs and ups. And a man who revolutionized theories such as the game theory‚ a theory that we still use to this day‚ a theory in which is used for warfare and even in everyday life. He had even used this to fight in multiple American wars specifically the Cold war and helped strategized war plans. His name was John Forbes Nash Jr. How did this affect modern day? Well John Nash‚ was a man renowned for his incredible mathematics and economics achievements. Here are a few examples of his
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Sir Christopher Wren ARTS/100 March 14‚ 2011 Jonathan Neville Wrens Architecture Sir Christopher Wren In the seventh century Christopher Wren was known as geometer‚ an English designer‚ a professor of astronomy‚ founded the group Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge‚ and of the English Late Renaissance Period one of the greatest architects in history is attributed the restoration of St Paul ’s Cathedral during this time a natural disaster happened in London burning most
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atmosphere. In partaking in the National Philharmonic’s opening concert of the year at the Music Center at Strathmore‚ one experiences the warm ambiance of classical music in modern times while retaining its renowned value. The modern-day Music Center at Strathmore rose from the ashes of the Strathmore Mansion which‚ to this day features art exhibitions and programs. Famous Washingtonian Captain James Frederick Oyster and his wife purchased the land and began to form the foundation of the mansion;
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society do not agree with the idea of polygamy‚ but 2‚500 years ago polygamy was a found in most places all over the world. Although older day polygamy and modern day polygamy have many similarities‚ places and religions that accept polygamy‚ restrictions and the types of polygamy have changed over the years. Polygamy is the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. Polygamy dates back to a long time ago‚ since this has been practiced for many centuries by cultures
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Effective Leaders in Modern Days Is Mark Antony an ineffective leader or an effective leader when he manipulates the crowd ? In the book Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Julius Caesar is given the crown to be the leader of Rome after his triumph. After Brutus slaughtered Caesar‚ Mark Antony turned out to be more flattery where he organized the crowd to go and revenge against the conspirators; Brutus and Cassius for the murder of Caesar in Caesar’s funeral where it was placed by Brutus. Through
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