Index: ▪ Introduction to castles ▪ Types of castles ▪ Construction of Castles ▪ Castles under Siege ▪ Life in the Medieval Castle ▪ Tonbridge castle (history of Tonbridge castle) Introduction Long before men built such imposing structures as Harlech Castle‚ they constructed other simpler fortifications. In fact‚ men have always built some kind of fortification to protect themselves‚ their families‚ and their tribes against danger‚ whether from animals
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Women’s Press Club This passage is a plead to journalist and members of the women’s national press club. The speaker‚ Clare Booth Luce argues that the media (including the reporters) favor controversial stories over truthful and less fascinating stories. Her speech at Women’s National Press Club hopes to encourage journalists to stop this practice. She uses rhetorical appeals to get the journalists to listen to her case. In the first paragraphs‚ Booth-Luce makes the purpose of her appearance extremely
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Right from the start of “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets‚” Stephen Crane uses language in a very specific way. In the first chapter‚ we are given a look at some children fighting. While the paragraphs are written quite eloquently‚ the dialog is quite different. Instead of writing words properly‚ Crane has chosen to write such sentences as‚ “Dey’ll get yehs” (Crane 1). “Dey’ll” and “yehs” are not actually words‚ but they also shouldn’t be dismissed as mistakes. An English speaker can determine
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“Whoever from deep within her noble and zealous heart wishes to take up the cross let her first take up the arms necessary for such battles”. St. Catherine of Bologna once said. Her feast day is on March 9th. Catherine is the patroness of artists (Catholic Online‚ 1). I chose St. Catherine of Bologna because I have talent and a gift of drawing well. After I chose my saint‚ I realized that my first name of my godmother‚ Kasia‚ is Katherine. My godfather Arthur’s nickname is Art‚ both godparents are
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mind-set and shape themselves around inadequate men more deeply than Dominique Francon‚ in The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Tess Durbeyfield becomes a victim of the inadequate men surrounding her: John Durbeyfield‚ Alec Stoke d’Urberville‚ and Angel Clare‚ because they do not
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Tom Benecke‚ the main character of Jack Finney’s Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket‚ experiences many life events that change his priorities‚ such as realizing no one was going to help him off the ledge‚ breaking the glass to his apartment window‚ and when the yellow sheet flies out the window for a second time. Benecke went out on the ledge to retrieve his yellow sheet‚ but once he took his first few steps he found that it was not as easy or inviting as he originally assumed. Once Benecke made this
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Lab Questions Unit 4 1. Who were the Poor Clares? Why is it somewhat surprising that they were accomplished musicians? Poor Clares were nuns from a catholic church. It is surprising that they were skillful musicians because they secluded themselves in the church. So people didn’t know what they were doing. When they did come out it shocked everyone. 2. What is a chanson? A chanson is a French song. 3. What is the song "Five Knacks for Ladies" about? What type of song is it? The song is saying that
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of Clara. Other common spellings are ‘Clair’ and ‘Clare’. According to “Behind The Name”‚ the name came from St. Claire‚ who was a follower of St. Francis of Assisi‚ but left her wealthy family to found the order of the nuns known as “Poor Clares”‚ which has always been respected in Ireland. I find this interesting because my parents said they named me Claire according to our Celtic background. In Celtic countries‚ it is most commonly spelled “Clare”‚ but they believed it looked prettier with an ‘i’
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The interaction between the narrator and Irene portray race through the perception‚ silencing‚ and breakthrough of oppressed individuals. Narrating Passing in the third person perspective parallels the concept of race. The third person perspective is that of an outsider looking in. The person who is narrating is distant from the person of narration. Therefore‚ because of third person perspective‚ the readers create a perspective of the character based off the narrator’s point of view. And this is
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ portrays females as strong lead characters throughout the story‚ but what is this purpose? Stowe was able to depict the horrors of slavery and create a vast impact on the views of the controversial subject. The women within the novel have social roles and gain importance through their interaction and impact on the male characters in their lives. Stowe created a direct contrast in the ways that the women acted in comparison the men‚ as well as showed
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