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    The Wife of Bath

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    The Wife of Bath Prologue and Tale In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ The Wife of Bath seems to be one of the more cheerful characters on the pilgrimage. She has radical views about women and marriage in a time when women were expected to be passive toward men. There are many things consistent between The Wife of Bath’s prologue and her tale. The most obvious similarity that clearly shows the comparison between the prologue and the tale is dominance of both women over their husbands

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    Lumawig's Travel

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    the noise she hears beneath the heavens that disturb them day and night. Kabunyan‚ their father‚ was convinced to let them go down to earth but with a mission to teach the people of his will. BANGAN ID BAGILOTA (MAIDEN OF THE EARTH) This depicts the story of a beautiful maiden named Bangan who is well-known all over mountain land and nearby lowlands and her marriage to Lumawig. It relates the teachings of Lumawig and Bangan from the eastern to western tribes and the dispensing of punishment

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    person. She knew the young maiden behind the door‚ and had often seen her staring at the peasant with looks of admiration. It also says‚ in the story’s own words‚ that the Princess‚ “...with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors‚ hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.” And we know that she dreamed about what it would be like if the peasant opened the door and out came the maiden. “How in her grievous reveries

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    Keats

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    Keats “If poetry come not as naturally as the leaves to a tree‚ it had better not come at all.” Negative capability: Keats believed that great people‚ especially poets‚ have to the ability to accept that not everything can be resolved. The truths found in the imagination access holy authority and cannot be otherwise understood. John Keats claimed that great artists possessed what he called “Negative Capability.” Such artists were “capable of being in uncertainties‚ Mysteries‚ doubts‚ without any

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    Stolpestad

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    ’Stolpestad’ William Lychack People have to make some changes in their life‚ it is not always easy‚ but it is necessarily. It is something that a lot of people go through‚ almost everybody. They got their normal day routine‚ which can be very boring. ”as if you’ve seen or imagined or been through all of this before‚ or will be through it all again‚ over and over” (p.4 ll. 103.104). This quote appears in the novel ‘Stolpestad’ by William Lychack. It is about a “boring” life that you are just

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    Simile‚ Metaphor Summary: A boy sits in the school’s medical area waiting to be given a lift home – the ringing of the school bell further enhance the fact that he is waiting for something. When he finally arrives home he sees his father on the porch‚ crying. The house is packed with neighbours and strangers who offer their condolences. He notices his baby sister in a cot laughing and cooing while his mother takes his hand – she is so overcome with anger and grief that she is unable to cry. Later

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    Guests at the retreat center always ate meals in common‚ but they had an option to take those meals outdoors. Fortunately‚ it was chilly enough outside that no one else opted to join them on the porch‚ where they would have complete privacy. The porch light shone an iridescent glow on their table and the chill night air added a sense of urgency to their conversation‚ a sense of importance. Dinner tonight was vegetarian meatloaf‚ which was a lot tastier than it sounded. Unlike most of her friends

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    Beneatha Monologue

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    ACT IV SCENE ONE Five years later‚ Ruth‚ Walter‚ and Mama are sitting on a porch at their house. Toys and games are scattered around the yard where Travis is currently playing with his little sister. The splitting image of Travis‚ his younger sister plays with the same excitement he had so many years ago. A used‚ battered car pulls into the driveway. No acknowledges the car‚ but everyone is aware it has pulled up. After a few seconds‚ Beneatha exits the driver’s side‚ lugging a purse and a bag

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    Jessie’s Mom Has No Idea She Moved Back In Homebody directed by Jake Fallon https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/02/06/homebody/ Jake Fallon reminds Millennials that you will not have your life together by 30. Unexpected things happen‚ like moving back in with your parents without telling them. Homebody was hard to enjoy out of frustration of not being able to immediately figure out what was going on with the main character‚ Jessie (Megan Gorman). I found it hard to continue watching Homebody

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    On Sunday‚ April 9‚ I attended a production of A Heroine Free Summer‚ written by Dr. Janet Lowery. This production was held at Spring Street Studios‚ and directed by Chesley Krohn of Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company. Set at a lake house in upstate New York‚ this play explores what happens when a family of four sisters becomes divided - the result of two teenage sons confessing to drug use. The piece explores ideas of drug addiction‚ family history‚ and determining where your allegiances lie. Although

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