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    reader’s attention‚ but also has endless references to popular fables of and before our time. Citing only a few‚ “Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going” not only makes references to Little Red Riding Hood‚ The Three Little Pigs‚ and Death and a Maiden‚ but it also has endless references to the Bible in its depiction of evil and Satan. (Schoomp) The literary works main character Connie is an alluring teenager living in a world of neglect and is easily fooled by someone who she was probably attracted

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    hesitated‚ but his next words convinced me‚ ’I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.’ I told him we would find him a bed‚ but to rest on the porch. I went inside & finished getting supper. When we were ready‚ I asked the old man if he would join us. ’ No thank you . I have plenty’ And he held up a brown paper bag. When I had finished the dishes‚ I went out on the porch to talk with him a few minutes. It didn’t take a long time to see that this old man

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    the girl will marry death and her bridegroom only seeks to kill her‚ cut her pieces up‚ and eat her. As the two prepare to escape‚ the bridegroom and his band of thieves return with maiden [virgin]. The old woman hides the girl behind a large barrel. From her hiding place‚ she whitnesses the thieves give the maiden three glasses of wine to stop her heart. They then rip her clothes off‚ and hack the body into pieces with axes.

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    The Fisher King Perceval

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    Upon meeting the damsel and hearing the story of the Fisher King‚ the young man learns that he has made a brutal mistake in not asking about the bleeding lance or the grail and as a result the Fisher King was not able to regain his health and govern his land. Then‚ when the damsel asks him for his name‚ the young man intuitively answers that he is Perceval the Welshman. The damsel‚ who claims to be Perceval’s cousin‚ continues on to inform him of his mother’s death and tells him that her death was

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    Greek and Roman Architecture The Greeks thought of their Gods as having the same needs as human beings‚ they believed that the Gods needed somewhere to live on Earth. Temples were built as the gods’ earthly homes. The basic design of temples developed from the royal halls of the Maycenaean Age. A Mycenaean palace consisted of a number of buildings often more than one story high‚ grouped around a central courtyard. It was brightly painted‚ both inside and out. In each palace there was a large

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    Hands By Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) A Study Guide cummings@cummingsstudyguides.net Cummings Guides Home..|..Contact This Site Type of Work‚ Setting‚ Characters‚ Tone Point of View‚ Flashback‚ Plot Summary‚ Climax Theme‚ Today’s Biddlebaums‚ Figures of Speech‚ Study Questions Writing Topics‚ Biography of Anderson‚ Complete Free Text‚ Index of Study Guides . Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings... 2012 Type of Work and Publication Year ......."Hands" is a short story centering

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    My Home of Yesteryear

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    back about 200 feet from the road‚ and as we saunter up the narrow dirt pathway‚ lined with neat rows of flamboyant orange gladiolas on each side‚ the tidy appearance of the small‚ unpainted frame house entices us to enter. Up the steps and onto the porch‚ we can’t help but notice a high-backed rocker on one side and a bench worn smooth by age on the other. Both remind us of the many vesper hours spent here in the absence of modern-day entertainment. Turning the door knob and entering the parlor is

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    What am I going to do? I laughed the dare off thinking he would forget. I dared him to go first. John and his friends call me fraidy cat. I felt so bad. I got mad thinking I’ll show them. What would you have done? I crept up the sidewalk to the porch. The house needed paint and there were broken windows. The door was wide open so I peeked in. There was old furniture and cobwebs all over the place. It was dark and smelled funny. The door creaked on its hinges as I walked in. This place was in need

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    Ralph walks through the door after a day at work to find his wife‚ Alice‚ icing his favorite dessert. When he inquires as to the occasion‚ Alice tells him it’s for the new neighbor and asks him to introduce himself later. Ralph’s good friend‚ Ed‚ joins him and they discuss plans to play checkers with the new neighbor‚ “cuz them old guys like playing checkers”. Mr. Sanchez knocks on the door and Ralph and Ed discover the new neighbor is a bit younger and more suave then they imagined. Fear and panic

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    severed the skin." Yet without this mercy what happens is illustrated in the list of one over powering knight. This takes place in the beginning of the Wife of Bath’s Tale when the knight rapes a young maiden. "He saw a maiden walking all forlorn‚ ahead of him alone as she was born. And of that maiden‚ spite all she said. By very force he took her

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