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    admired in his later years by many of his peers for his big steps he took for the African American civil rights. After graduating from Great Barrington High School he went to the University of Berlin finding out that he had a great passion in African American history he went to the University of Harvard to broaden he knowledge on the history of African Americans. In 1895 William Dubois Became the first African American to be given a Ph.D. from the University of Harvard. After his Ph.D. he started

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    Calming folk music started to play‚ daintily‚ out of his rusted and grease weathered speakers. The tune covered up the voices nicely‚ like a burnt-skin-grade concealer. The volume was turned up slightly‚ to achieve the full drowning out effect. He did not know what the voices were‚ nor where they came from‚ how they got there or even why they existed. However‚ he did know who they were‚ as he had heard them before. Many customers came to his humble‚ heavy‚ and helter-skelter iron abode‚ and occasionally

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    An exemplum is a tale that teaches a moral lesson by an example. The Canterbury Tales displays exempla in “The Prologue‚” “The Pardoner’s Tale‚” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by using each character to teach a moral lesson to the audience. “The Prologue” shows the audience that some people are different from their appearances‚ “The Pardoner’s Tale” teaches the audience that greed is the root of all evil‚ and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” teaches the audience the true nature of women. “The Prologue”

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    My Preference of The Doctor’s Tale The tale that I selected to read was the astronomy practicing Physician. This story of love‚ in hatred and bigotry was extremely interesting to read however‚ on the same note the wording was tremendously derived in Middle English tone which made a few sections difficult to understand and comprehend. The non-bible reading doctor’s tale is interesting from beginning to end‚ he paints a vivid picture of all his characters and there attributes using immense direct

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    In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ each character tells their tales based on their experiences or beliefs. Although they may all be different‚ some stories do share similarities. As we see in the knight’s tale he shares a story full of chivalry‚ passion and courage. Since those are his beliefs and what he stood for it makes sense why he choose to tell a story with these qualities. As for the Wife of Bath‚ she too tells a story of a soon to be knight who is arrogant‚ superficial and vein but

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    The Knight’s Tale‚ the story of two knights that fight for the love of a woman they do not know‚ and The Miller’s Tales‚ the story of three men trying to win the heart of one woman‚ are two tales that share similar story lines and themes that include courtly love and chivalry. The themes in the two tales at times seem to be very satirical throughout the stories‚ especially The Miller’s Tale; however‚ the presentations of the satirical themes in each story have a different approach from one another

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    Fairy tales have been part of children’s culture for many years. They have been the favorite bed time stories and the doors to an alternate world of imagination. To some‚ fairy tales have been the key educational tool to teach children the values of life. To others they are parallel to our real lives and are therefore found to be relatable. Whichever the view is‚ fairy tales have been very significant in people’s lives and have ignited different opinions and views on the role that fairy tales play

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    The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a group of stories where pilgrims tell tales during their journey to a holy shrine in Canterbury. There are 29 pilgrims but the first two pilgrims to tell tales are the knight and the miller. The miller practically mirrors the knight’s story. The miller’s tale uses elements similar to the knight’s tale but it corrupts those same elements by mimicking them. The miller’s tale and the knight’s tales are very different although they have some similarities.

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    The tale of Hanuman             Hanuman‚ a mighty devotee ape of lord Rama and an incarnation of Lord Shiva‚ is one of the most interesting deities in the Hindu culture. The tales of Hanuman dates back to the time of Ramayana. Fairy tales from India are mostly based on the Hindu religion and the mythical characters associated with it. One has to thoroughly understand Indian culture to be able to identify with the culture’s tales. The values and beliefs presented in Hanuman cater to what is important

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    The Soul of Black Folk and Up From Slavery The turn of the 19th century was a time in American history that brought with it major economic‚ cultural‚ and political changes. The Reconstruction era and Gilded Age had ended with rising influential Jim Crow laws‚ which made a clear division among the American population. The publishing of Booker T. Washington’s‚ Up from Slavery and W. E. B. Du Bois’s‚ The Souls of Black Folk both occurred in the early 1900’s when oppression of the black race in America

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