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    MARXISM AND CLASS‚ GENDER AND RACE: RETHINKING THE TRILOGY Published (2001) in RACE‚ GENDER & CLASS‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 2‚ pp. 23-33‚ special issue on Marxism and Race‚ Gender & Class. It is posted here with permission of Jean Belkhir‚ Editor Introduction A taken for granted feature of most social science publications today‚ especially those about inequality‚ is the ritual critique of Marx and Marxism in the process of introducing theoretical alternatives intended to remedy its alleged "failures

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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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    The fabliaux‚ "The Reeve ’s Tale" and "The Miller ’s Tale" of Geoffrey Chaucer ’s The Canterbury Tales‚ express similar characteristics yet simultaneously express differences. "The Reeve ’s Tale" is far more perverse than "The Miller ’s Tale"‚ which is expressed as a story of slapstick humor and ignorance. Both "The Reeve ’s Tale" and "The Miller ’s Tale" coincide on the topic of deception. Both of these tales express the theme of revenge. "The Reeve ’s Tale" concentrates on the theme of sin more

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    Robinson attempted to trace the paths that Marxism and Black radicalism took through history. He started in the feudal society of Europe and was looking for the origins of racism and nationalism. He connects this to the idea of “racial capitalism.” He uses this term to refer to “the development‚ organization‚ and expansion of capitalist society [which] pursued essentially racial directions‚ so too did social ideology (Robinson‚ pg. 2).” He saw this as a force that would spread through any society

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    The Squires Tale The Squire is the son of the knight. Chaucer describes him as good horse rider‚ able to joust well‚ and he carves the Knight’s meat for him at dinner. These qualities make him a good squire. The Franklin even praises him for being everything a squire and a young man should be. Though Chaucer also describes the Squire as embroidered like a meadow‚ making him sound more like a woman then a young man‚ Chaucer also mentions the Squire’s ability to dance‚ sing‚ and write poetry. The

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    Alexis Zora Professor Motaleb English 115 July 31‚ 2014 Fairy Tales: Old VS Modern While Disney developed a formulaic approach to fairy tales (basic elements in its formula: good prevailing over evil‚ emotional‚ catchy songs‚ cute sidekicks for comic relief‚ young romance‚ funny jokes) it also created a formulaic approach to how young girls set goals or standards (Chan 231). The plot usually containing a story of good prevailing over evil usually occurs with an older woman who is jealous of

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    stated in The Pardoner’s Tale. The Pardoner’s Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales. In The Pardoner’s Tale‚ the Pardoner begins the prologue by fleetingly accounting his methods of conning people out of their money. Then‚ he begins to tell a tale. In the tale‚ three rioters are out to kill Death. They encounter an old man who explains he will wander the earth for someone who’s willing to exchange youth for an old age. He says “Not alas Death will take my life” (The Pardoner’s Tale 119). The men ask him

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    One of the main ideas in the novel The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood‚ is relationships and their importance as there is lack of intimacy and human contact which are both controlled and prohibited in Gilead. We can see that in this totalitarian society‚ all relationships are controlled strictly and monitored and there are boundaries which you must not cross. In this society‚ even sex is controlled. As a handmaid‚ you are obliged to have sex with your Commander at fixed times and this

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    and his/her tale. What was the underlying motive for the storyteller telling his/her tale? Chaucer’s masterpiece‚ The Canterbury Tales‚ is the most famous and critically acclaimed work of Geoffrey Chaucer‚ a late-fourteenth-century English poet. Little is known about Chaucer’s personal life‚ and even less about his education‚ but a number of existing records document his professional life. Chaucer was born in London in the early 1340s‚ the only son in his family. The Canterbury Tales is written

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    Chaucer begins The Nun’s Priest’s Tale by describing a simple widow and her two simple daughters. They own a barn where a magnificently handsome cock with a beautiful and accurate "cock-a-doodle-doo". Here‚ his seven wives also live; his favorite is the most beautiful Pertelote. He one day speaks to her about a dream. In this dream‚ a fox eats Chanticleer‚ the cock‚ and Chanticleer now worries that it may come true. Pertelote does not believe in this predestination and gives her argument. She

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