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    few pages I will analyze statistically the chance of winning or losing on your first roll. This game is played with two dice each of which have six sides this means that there are 36 possible combinations that can occur when a rolling these two dice. Also because of the nature of this game the odds of rolling a certain number are reset at the beginning of each roll. Therefore before even beginning to analyze this game of chance I already know that the chance of rolling at ten on the first roll is the

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    January The Merchant’s Tale He is a wealthy‚ elderly knight and marries May. Poor old january longs for a young wife to fulfill God’s wish that man and woman marry‚ and to produce an heir to inherit his estates. After covering with his friends‚ January decides to marry a young girl named May. January is very contempt with their marriage even after his old age warrants him to become blind. He doesn’t let May out of his reach and they continue to live (as he thought) a faithful life. One day

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    fairy tale "Once Upon a Time" by Nadine Gordimer establishes itself as a modern fairy tale. It tells the story of a happy family living in an affluent suburb of South Africa who moves emotionally from contentment to fear as they protect and isolate themselves from the rest of the population. It is a reverse fairy tale in order to represent her views of apartheid South Africa. A fairy tale is a type of short story about fairies or other mythical or magical beings. Gordimer uses fairy tale elements

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    When Chaucer finishes telling his tale of Melibee‚ the Host states that he wishes his wife could hear the tale of Prudence and her patience. He goes on to conclude that she is hot tempered by stating “By God’s bones‚ when I have to beat my knaves She goes and fetches great club-headed staves to me‚ and cries out‚ slay the dogs! Lay on and break them up‚ their backs and every bone” (1897-1900). Turning to address the Monk‚ he wishes him to be of good encouragement‚ and asks whether his name is John

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    author of a story and the story that he writes‚ whether intentional or not. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s story‚ Canterbury Tales‚ many of the characters on the pilgrimage make this statement evident with the tales that they tell. Such a distinct relationship can be made between the character of the Pardoner and the tale that he tells. Through the Prologue to the Pardoner’s tale‚ the character of the Pardoner is revealed. Although the Pardoner displays many important traits‚ the most prevalent

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    The Canterbury tales analysis “all his pilgrims are severely distinguished from each other. The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different education‚ humor and callings‚ that each of them would be improper in any other mouth” John Dryden It is said by Dryden that all of the tales are made for their narrators‚ but not only for them but also for the author‚ each of those tales show somehow the author’s life and his problems or thoughts towards important

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    Medieval England literature all seem to follow a basic set of ideas. Although many of the plays and tales we have read so far are different in plotlines‚ they all possess a certain set of ideas and focus on certain concepts. In each piece of literature‚ not only is God mentioned‚ but religion almost always is a main issue in the plot. Along with holiness and religion‚ virtues and chivalry are also common in this type of literature‚ whether it be how the characters have good virtues or the characters’

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    Canterbury Tales is a collection tales‚ and there is a contest to see who could tell the best story. There are so many great tales in this book and it is a very hard decision to pick who’s is the best. Most people in this world like comedy‚ and the Millers tale fit right in with the comedy section. Another thing is that people usually do not like very long tales‚ the Millers tale was not insanely long either. The Miller should win the contest for the best tale because his tale was funny

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    Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales reflect the various ways of navigating and perceiving society in the British Middle Ages. One of the great merits of this collection is Chaucer’s intent to expose the eyes of the readers to an overview of medieval life. Starting with the General Prologue‚ he expands on the various characters that are representative of the various tiers of society‚ from the nobility to the working class. His descriptions provide firsthand knowledge about the social‚ economic

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    Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales plays an important and admirable role in the literary world. Chaucer portrays the controversial relationship between the roles of men and women in the middle ages. Norm Klassen indicates “Inaugurated at the very start of the first tale‚ tyranny recurs as a theme throughout The Canterbury Tales‚ the project that occupied Geoffrey Chaucer for approximately the last fifteen years of his life before his death in 1400” (77). Hence‚ the patriarchal society in the

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