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    entertainment‚ there is an underlying message to educate and perhaps teach a lesson. Some children’s favorite types of short stories are fables‚ parables‚ and tales. Many people do not know that these three types of short stories vary greatly in their individual characteristics‚ the type of story they tell‚ and their purpose. The fable‚ parable‚ and tale all have differentiating characteristics when compared to each other‚ but are also similar in some ways. The fable‚ to start‚ has little detail about the

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    Handmaid's Tale

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    So I just finished reading The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and I could not be more in agreeance with its messages. In case you don’t know‚ the book was written during the first waves of feminism and civil rights movements and depicts a dystopian society known as the Republic of Gilead which took over what used to be known as the United States in 1985. The book addresses various social controversies which were present at the time‚ and frankly most of which are issues I still see today such

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    short story dubbed “The Tell- Tale Heart” provides an insightful view of the life of the unnamed narrator who showcases his abhorrence of an old man’s eyes that he describes as reminiscent of a vulture’s. Edgar Allan Poe uses diverse techniques to make the story a memorable piece. The techniques consequently bring out the various themes that feature in the short story. Therefore‚ the ultimate purpose of this literary work is to provide a conclusive analysis on “The Tell-Tale Heart”. The element evidence

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    Radix malorum est Cupiditas‚ is the theme of the Pardoner’s Tale. It translates to greed is the root of all evil. He preaches this to others‚ but is guilty himself of the sins. The pardoner is a clear representation of hypocrisy. He even confesses that he is a fraud motivated by greed and avarice. Throughout his sermon he shows multiple examples that he is a hypocrite. A pardoner is a person who sells pardons or indulgences from the pope. Usually the money goes towards the church to help others

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    Tales Of Bullying

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    bully is worse because he is the one doing the action to the kid. Let’s try to stop this. According to‚ “Tales of bullying‚” The reason is that bullies are the ones hurting people almost every day. They always push‚ hit‚ kick‚ call names‚ or even curse. This could affect the life of the kid getting bullied. It could start an argument which would lead to a fight then maybe suspension from school. This a bad issue around school. Try to stop this. According to‚ “Meet the new Sherriff‚” and “Scholastic

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    February 2015 Feminism and Fairy Tales In the article Feminism and Fairy Tales by Karen Rowe‚ she expands on the role women play throughout fairy tales. Rowe focuses on “portrayals of adolescent waiting and dreaming‚ patterns of double enchantment‚ and romanticization of marriage…” (342). In short‚ fairy tales display stereotypical relationships of male-dominance making them seem desirable. Although it may be unknowingly‚ Rowe speaks of women who read these tales and fall into the status quo. Conforming

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    managed to dominate‚ ’I hadde hem hoolly in myn hond’ and they handed over ’lond and hir tresoor’ as she with held sex in order to get her own way with them. The Wife also used a weapon of deceit and she clearly comments that women have this weapon from birth‚ ’Swere and lyen as a womman kan’ She tells her audience that she would deliberately pick arguments and accuse her husbands of the very sins she herself is guilty of‚ because she admits that attack is the best form of defense‚ ’Whoso

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    and that run off a totalitarian government system strip an individual of their civil rights as a human being in order to gain ultimate control over its citizens. A government such as the Republic of Gilead in Margaret Atwood’s work‚ The Handmaid’s Tale‚ controls their citizen’s lives to the extent to where they must learn to suppress their emotions and feelings. In the Republic of Gilead‚ the main character Offred is a handmaid‚ which is a fertile woman who is assigned to be a surrogate mother for

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    Offred‚ in Margaret Atwood’s disturbing novel The Handmaid’s Tale says‚ “But who can remember pain once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow‚ not in the mind even‚ in the flesh. Pain marks you‚ but too deep to see. Out of sight‚ out of mind.” The society of Gilead causes the aforementioned pain and demoralization by using women’s bodies as political instruments. Similar to Atwood’s novel‚ today’s men put immense pressure on women to be a certain way‚ give them children‚ and take care of

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    One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous short stories‚ ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart‚’’ was first published in the January‚ 1843 edition of James Russell Lowell’s The Pioneer and was reprinted in the August 23‚ 1845 issue of The Broadway Journal. The story is a psychological portrait of a mad narrator who kills a man and afterward hears his victim’s relentless heartbeat. While ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart’’ and his other short stories were not critically acclaimed during his lifetime‚ Poe earned respect among his

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