Chaucer’s "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame QUESTION 7. DISCUSS THE CULTURAL NATURE OF FAME AND ITS TEXTUAL EXPRESSION WITH REFERENCE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: ORAL HEROIC POETRY‚ CHAUCER’S DEPICTION IN THE HOUSE OF FAME AND THE MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANON OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. YOU SHOULD FOCUS YOUR ANALYSIS ON THE INTERPLAY OF ORAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS IN THESE CONTEXTS. Many critics have noted the complexities within Chaucer’s The House of Fame‚ in particular‚ the
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The more you work the more money you get It is a difussed opinion that the more you work the more you earn.Does it always depend on this factor?Yes‚ofcourse it mostly depends on it‚but also there are important factors which help you earn more money. Let’s consider it from the very beginning.Firstly‚I think that a good employee‚wherever he works‚should have such touches of nature as intelligence‚optimism‚riskiness and responsibility.Intelligence helps to solve successfully all kind of problems
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Conscience is the awareness of right and wrong. In the Crucible‚ the idea of conscience in strongly emphasized. Miller himself said‚ "No critic seemed to sense what I was after [which was] the conflict between a man’s raw deeds and his conception of himself; the question of whether conscience is in fact an organic part of the human being‚ and what happens when it is handed over not merely to the state or the mores of the time but to one’s friend or wife." The idea of conscience in the play The
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which can make him cave in‚ and do things he is not proud of‚ leading him to his fate. “Courage without conscience is a wild beast” by Robert Green Ingersoll‚ describes that doing things without your conscience could get you harmed in the process. Pi demonstrates in the novel the necessary skills needed for survival‚ which were bestowed upon him as he listened to his conscience. Pi’s conscience prevented him from experiencing‚ or engaging in savagery‚ guiding him to make decisions‚ and made him do
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anything to against the conscience‚ even if the state demands it." This quote is from Albert Einstein. In this quote‚ Albert Einstein tells us what a normal person should do when faced with a moral dilemma. What people do is often the opposite of what their conscience tells them to do. " The Sniper" by O’ Flaherty and "War" by Timothy Findley are both good examples of this. The two stories both show that war brings people pain because it forces them to contradict their consciences and feelings. "The
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The Price of Fame Almost everybody dreams about being famous sport star or a great actor. But does everybody know how hard it is to have such kind of job? In my opinion being famous is very difficult and people who are famous deserve all the money they earn. A star should be polite and kind because he or she is an example to be followed for many young people. Famous people work hard long hours every day and do their best for their fans. Also I think that famous people don’t have private lives‚
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Earning a lot of money is more important than enjoying job in present-day world. According to my observations‚ people can obtain more achievements if they gain more money. Meeting financial needs‚ doing more enjoyable activities such as traveling or doing charity work is only possible when you earn more money. On the contrary‚ enjoying job without sufficient income can give you only enjoyment‚ nothing else. First of all‚ providing economic necessities is the most crucial condition of living today
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Counter Argument Is Shakespeare trying to say that women have more power than men? No because in both plays Shakespeare’s portrays women as people who are weaker and inferior to their counterparts. Quote: “No‚ my good lord‚ as you did command‚ I did repel his fetters and denied his access to me.” Act 2 scenes 1 Interpretation: Ophelia is telling Polonius that she did what he told her to. She is going to stop talking to Hamlet because her dad believes that Hamlet only wants to use her.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)‚ do they have too much or not enough money? NASA has been around for 58 years‚ each year after the space race the budget gets cut every year. Supporters are saying that NASA needs more money in order to make better advancements along with discoveries. Critics say that NASA has too much money and isn’t spending it wisely. Either way‚ NASA has made many discoveries along with advancements‚ helping the people on earth‚ exploring space‚ along with making
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Aquinas on Conscience For Aquinas‚ conscience is the act of applying our knowledge of good and evil to what we do (or might do). So in order to (naturally) know what is a good action or bad one‚ one needs to understand how things are naturally ordered by God -- primarily what human nature is and what things it needs and deserves. This order which dictates what is good or evil behaviour is called the Natural Law by Aquinas. God can and does also supernaturally reveal what is and is not in accordance
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