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    individual’s progress on the path toward enlightenment‚ and not the individual’s gender” (p. 86) “...early nuns were full members...recognized for their extraordinary intellectual and spiritual talents…” (p. 86) Question: Reading Leona Anderson and Pamela Young’s book Women and Religious Traditions “Women in Buddhist Traditions” I was intrigued‚ and later upset‚ to learn that early Buddhist nuns were not stereotyped as a result of their gender but became stereotyped a few centuries later. What intrigues

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    unique perspectives on life and morality. Each tells a story that reveals their true beliefs and personalities. Every story possesses a moral that goes with the character who told it. Firstly‚ The Wife of Bath and her tale can be compared with the Nuns Priest and the Pardoner. The Wife of Bath is an eccentric woman who is luxuriously dressed: “Her kerchiefs were of finely woven ground”. She is very well put together‚ her manners seem perfect‚ and she is an elegant woman: “At meat her manners were

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    the hierarchy within the church highlights the inverse relationship between religious “purity” and corruption. Chaucer’s scandalous nun and monk abuse their power and influence to reappropriate funds in order to fuel their gold-dipped dreams of nobility. The monk and nun are quite prone to ostentatious displays of wealth‚ this is shown by the fragments ”[the Nun had] a golden brooch of brightest sheen”(164)‚ “[the monk] spared no expense… the finest in the land”(198-99)‚ and “[the monk] had a wrought-gold

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    4a) Homer leaves the nuns for a while because he is tired of being told what to do and is lonely and needs space away from all the Spanish townspeople. He wants to be with his own people and wants a more exciting life. 4b) Homer finds in the city that motivates him to return was a stack of old plumbing fixtures that had sinks‚ basins‚ and bathtubs. This is the first time since he has left that he starts thinking about the nuns. He buys the tubs and returns back to the nuns. 5a) Juan Archuleta

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    All his apothecaries in a tribe Were ready with the drugs he would prescribe And each made money from the other’s guile Chaucer then clearly states that the Doctor "had a special love of gold." Nuns are seen as holy‚ pure‚ and chaste women whose only will is to preach and pray under God’s house. The Nun with the

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    Chaucer begins the Prologue with a beautiful announcement of spring. This introduction is the voice of the Poet‚ polished‚ elegant‚ and finished. He tells us that just as Nature has a predictable course through the seasons‚ so does human nature follow a seasonal pattern‚ which causes people to want to break out of winter’s confinement and go traveling in the spring. Thus the stage is set for Chaucer‚ who is the Narrator of this poem. Twenty-nine travelers meet at the Tabard Inn in London before

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    lectures the nuns for their foolishness: “Excuse me…. If I am surprised‚ that while menaced by real woes you are capable of yielding to imaginary dangers. These terrors

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    Mother Teresa devoted her life to the need of others around the world. Mother Teresa was born in 1910 and instantly felt the calling to be a nun and serve through helping the poor. At the age of 18 she joined a group of nuns in Ireland. After 2 years‚ she was given permission to travel to India. In India‚ she worked as a teacher but the poverty had a big impact on her which led her to start “The Missionaries of Charity”. This was to look after people no one else would. Also for many years‚ Mother

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    started to take the vows of monks‚ and nuns. The churches built in the roman style‚ larger rounded roof tops‚ soon became too small for the amount of people coming to mass. More community members soon started learning the importance God played in their lives‚ and stopped worrying about political life‚ and started worrying about life after death. The Catholic Church was the only church in Europe during the dark (middle) ages (“The Middle Ages:”). Monks and Nuns A Roman Catholic monk is a member of

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    Teresa permission to be a totally independent nun‚ so she became an Indian citizen. After studying about nursing‚ she founded the "Missionaries of Charity." This was a group of nuns who go around and help the sick and dying. All the nuns that agreed to work in the "Missionaries of Charity" had to devote their lives to helping the poor and not to receive any money or material things. To the side is a picture of a letter that Mother Teresa sent to a nun that wanted to join

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