EAL241 Paper on Essays in Idleness Ziman Gao The Essays in Idleness is considered one of the three representative works of the zuihitsu genre in medieval Japanese literature. It comprises two hundred and fourty-three passages written by a Buddhist monk Yoshida Kenko‚ who writes about Buddhist truths‚ death‚ impermanence‚ nature of beauty as well as some anecdotes. Although his works contain different subjects and vary in length‚ I find his aesthetic principles of admiration of uncertainty and
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Earliest inhabitaion * England was inhabited from about 3000 BC * These the builders of Stonehenge were excellent astronomers‚ had extraordinary engineering skills and a complex social organization. * Celtic tribes invaded England around 700 BC * The celts Bronze weapons ensured their victory over the previous settlers. * The next invaders were the Romans. * They arrived in 43 AD and stayed for 400 years. * The Romans drove the Celts or Britons into Scotland and Wales
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Louis VII. While Conrad was at war‚ Pope Eugenius III called upon Louis VII and demanded that he keep his word and lead a French army to the Holy Land known as Jerusalem. Louis VII gained the help from a famous preacher Bernard of Clairvaux‚ Abbot of the Cistercian order. Eleanor being Louis VII wife thought it was an obligation to follow her husband in the second crusade. Many noblewomen followed Eleanor’s actions and joined the men in the fight of power for the Holy Land. Some people praised
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Charlemagne brought some key administrative developments into his domain‚ which got to be known as the Carolingian Empire. He based on the current arrangement of seignorialism‚ whereby lords gave tracts of area to their nobles in return for faithfulness and administration. Charlemagne conceded vast landholdings called fiefs to numerous tribal military pioneers. Furthermore‚ he delegated various Frankish nobles to the posts of checks (the leader of a locale called an area) and margraves (the number
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Running head: Reading Reading Philosophies Monica Grand Canyon University-EED 470 March 17‚ 2013 Reading Philosophies: Chart Comparison |Reading Philosophies |Definition |Reading Activity |Assessments | | |This theory believes that past experiences |During whole group instruction‚ students will read|Assessments through participation
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follow in community was necessary in order to avoid excesses and guide them in their path to God. He gathered a group of young men and created his own Christian community. His rule stated to own almost nothing‚ eat only what is necessary‚ and obey the abbot of the monastery. Since then‚ Basil’s rule has been observed for centuries in monasteries in Greece‚ Palestine‚ and Egypt.
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it(a Hercules Poirot mystery) is one of Agatha Christie’s most shrewdly plotted novels.The novel begins with the murder of Roger Ackroyd‚ a wealthy man living in the village of King’s Abbot. A number of characters have the opportunity and motive to kill him. Christie presents numerous clues but still manages to completely surprise us at the end of the novel. Dr. Sheppard‚ the narrator of the novel‚ uses the puzzle metaphor to describe the mystery of Ackroyd’s murder: It was rather like a jigsaw
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nd battered from war to hold a pen.” Though he never quite got the hang of writing‚ Charlemagne expressed interest and had a talent for languages. His interest and enthusiasm for learning would later promote of literacy in others. Seeing a need for change and valuing intellectual activities‚ Charlemagne ascended the throne and ushered an educational revolution and started an educational reform that influenced Europe. Charlemagne was portrayed as a comprehensively educated sovereign‚ of all the Roman
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What in your opinion‚ is Chaucer’s view of the “religious” characters in The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales? Chaucer began to write The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales in 1387 when England was a Catholic state. Chaucer‚ a strong believer of his faith became aware that the Catholic church was becoming corrupt. He saw that over time‚ it was becoming ironically more greedy‚ among other sins‚ which are of course strongly prohibited by the religion. Thus‚ The General Prologue to
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Shameless is one of the underrated drama comedy series on TV. Paul Abbot created the original show in the UK‚ but then remade the U.S version and aired the first episode in 2011 on Showtime (Thomas‚ 2015). It’s a show about dysfunctional Irish family trying to escape the less-than-ideal reality. The protagonist‚ Frank Gallagher played by William H. Macy‚ portrays an alcoholic low-income single father of six children living in south side Chicago. The eldest daughter‚ Fiona Gallagher (Emma Rossum)
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