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    The Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath In the Hollywood blockbuster Basic Instinct‚ Sharon Stone plays a devious‚ manipulative‚ sex-driven woman who gets whatever she wants through her ploys for control. Stone’s portrayal of this character is unforgettable and makes the movie. In book or film‚ the most memorable female characters are those who break out of the stereotypical "good wife" mold. When an author or actress uses this technique effectively‚ the woman often carries the story. In Geoffrey

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    Which would you rather choose Samurai’s! Or Knights!‚ In this essay‚ I will compare the weapons‚ views of women‚ and code of conduct from the samurai and knights. In this first paragraph I will be focusing how I believe the samurai’s armor better prepares him for battle than the knight’s armor. the samurai wear a mask to strike fear into their opponents to find an opening to attack. The knight’s mask prevent heavy attacks and fatal blows by cushioning the attack to lessen the impact. The samurai’s

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    You Live and You Learn Marriage is not always what you expect it to be. In today’s society‚ marriage is taken lightly and it doesn’t always end in‚ “happily ever after.” In the essay “Second Marriage”‚ the writer describes her learning experience with her first marriage and how she applied what she learned to her second marriage. The message that’s conveyed in the essay is that in marriage‚ it’s not only important to grow together as a couple‚ but also grow as individual people to strengthen the

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    tasks Sloan left that are extremely out of Emily’s comfort zone. Throughout her attempt to complete the list‚ Emily meets a guy named Frank and they become friends. One night they show up to Emily’s house to find her parents‚ two playwrights‚ in need of two actors to play parts in a production they have to put on later that night. Frank gladly agrees to be a part to help out her parents‚ but they still were missing one character. Completely out of character‚ Emily chimes in and says‚ “ I’ll do it”

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    The poem The Canterbury Tales‚ written by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ is an account of a pilgrimage of diverse people traveling together to Canterbury. The pilgrims go to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Beckett to thank God for allowing them to survive the winter. But before the thirty pilgrims leave‚ meet Harry Bailey‚ the owner of the Tabard Inn‚ who proposes they have a contest where each pilgrim will tell four tales on their journey. The winner of this journey will win a free dinner at the Tabard Inn. In

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    We will Bury you.” (AmericanRhetoric.com‚ 3). The Soviet Union stated this because they were scared of how strong Berlin was becoming. Not only the country was becoming stronger as a whole‚ but every single person was becoming their own. They were starting to believe that they were capable of being something strong. The Soviets may have known that they were weak and they have defeated‚ the people of Berlin before. The defeat of the Berlin’s only brought them stronger. They brought in the help of

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    The Pardoner is perhaps one of the most complex characters in The Canterbury Tales because of the tricks and games he plays with the other pilgrims. The tale he tells about the three greedy men is a moral story in order to have his audience‚ the other pilgrims‚ feel guilty about their own sins‚ repent‚ and then‚ in turn‚ give him money. The Pardoner is only concerned with making a profit. He even says this in his prologue that all his sermons are about money being the root of all evil because

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    documents Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference Then‚ go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with your name‚ the course title and the Unit and

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    WHEN PIGS FLY!!! Throughout the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ participants of the pilgrimage tell stories to entertain one another. These stories‚ while amusing‚ tend to have an underlying message‚ one being the Franklin’s Tale. The Franklin’s Tale is the most moral tale that has been read. It is not told to make the other pilgrims laugh‚ rather to explain an extremely important lesson. Throughout life‚ people say many things that are meant to be taken with a grain of

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    universal interest‚ are characteristic or essential features‚ as poetry‚ novels‚ history‚ biography‚ and essays.” Some instructors argue that Jon Ronson’s book‚ So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed does not fit the definition of literature‚ and they’re right. However‚ it does teach ethics. This book talks about people not using common sense‚ being disrespectful‚ stealing and taking credit for others work‚ and should people tell or not. According to dictonary.com‚ “Ethics is the moral principles that govern

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