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    She signifies reality of the world and the Id of the princess. According to Freud’s Id‚ Ego and Superego theory‚ the chamber maiden is the Id. “The id operates on the pleasure principle (Freud‚ 1920) which is the idea that every wishful impulse should be satisfied immediately‚ regardless of the consequences” (Id Ego Superego). This signifies the chamber maiden because when the princess asks the maid to fetch her some water during their journey‚ she refuses to do it. Telling the princess to

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    both knights‚ had been killed in combat. But Perceval insists on leaving‚ so his mother gives in and instead of continuing fighting with him‚ she leaves him with some advice. His mother tells him to: pg 1334 Help maidens in distress‚ she tells him; he may accept a kiss or ring from a maiden‚ but nothing else; he should not be long with a man without learning his name; and above all else‚ his mother says‚ he should visit churches to pray. As he rides away‚ he looks back and sees his mother fall to the

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    Malfoy: A Short Story

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    long night. I wasn’t expecting to spot Draco sitting on his front porch. "So what’s keeping you up‚" I inquired while taking a seat alongside him on the steps. "Nasty dreams and you‚" I could tell Draco hadn’t slept in days. Under Malfoys’ eyes had dark circles moreover‚ his usually orderly hair disheveled. "Thinking about things I’d rather not‚" I admitted begrudgingly. With an exaggerated sigh‚ I lay back on Draco’s porch stairs a position that is just as uncomfortable

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    Arsciwals 1922 Anak ng Dagat (Child of the Sea) Patricio Mariano 1930 Dalagang Bayan Laban sa Dalagang Bukid (Town Maiden Versus Farm Maiden) Benigno R. Ramos 1930 Balagtasan ng Kalayaan (Balagtasan of Freedom) Benigno R. Ramos 1903 Nena at Neneng (Nena and Neneng) Valeriano Hernandez Peña Ninay (Tagalog Translation) Roman Reyes 1910 Pusong Walang Pag-ibig (Loveless Heart) Bagong Dalaga (New Maiden Roman Reyes 1910 Roman Reyes 1911 May Pagsinta’y Walang Puso (Heartless Love Inigo Ed. Regalado 1918 Sampaguitang

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    The author is leading the audience in suspense‚ making us wonder what is going to happen next. Imagery "We strolled silently down the sidewalk‚ listening to porch swings creaking with the weight of the neighborhood‚ listening to the soft night-murmurs of the grown people on our street." (chapter 6‚ page 57) In my mind‚ I can hear the porch swings creaking and the soft night murmurs. The descriptive words used adds meaning to the text by creating suspense as well as allowing you to put sound with

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    both make and break the fluidity of the poem. Indeed it is very difficult to understand the meaning of the poem when reading it because each sentence is broken down in very unnatural ways (“Better barefoot it out the front//door and lean from the porch across the privets/ and the palms”). The sentences loose some of their meaning in this breaking down. However‚ it also makes the fluidity of the poem‚ as we follow the irregular train of thought of an insomniac man in the midst of the night. Time:

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    Miss Ada Short Story

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    pneumonia. I don’t know why I hated going to Miss Ada’s‚ but I did. Maybe it was because Miss Ada and Ole Joe were so old or how they were always saying things about how big I was getting. Anyway I did not want to go‚ so I hid out on the front porch. “Patty Sue Smith‚ for the last time get in here and help me.” I know Daddy could have heard Mama way out in the pasture where he was fixing a fence. I slowly got up and stomped into the house to find that Mama had all the food ready to place in

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    Byzantine And Pantheon

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    The Pantheon‚ while being a central plan church‚ has a typical porch of a Roman church and an intermediate block transitioning from the porch to the cella. There was a large forecourt leading up to the Pantheon‚ which gave patrons a frontal view of the building. From the forecourt‚ patrons would climb a set of stairs up onto a podium where the temple

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    take her once again to the land of eternal night. SCENE 5- Orpheus can’t bear the loss of his wife again‚ and tortured by the bitterness of which‚ he isolates himself from everything and refused to to have anything more to do with women the many maidens who had fallen in love with him‚ infuriated by his lack of interest in them kill him. SCENE 6- Orpheus‚ at

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    Arthur’s court falls in love with a beautiful‚ otherworldly maiden‚ a maiden who warns Lanval that he must keep their affair a secret if it is to continue. Anytime he wishes to see her‚ he merely needs to think of a pure place and she will join him there. When approached in lust by the Queen and accused of homosexuality‚ Lanval reveals that he is in love with a woman more beautiful than the Queen. By revealing the secret‚ he loses access to his maiden and by insulting the Queen‚ he is tried for treason.

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