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    Research about Play-by-Play Sports Commentary The Definition In sports broadcasting‚ a sports commentator gives a running commentary in real life or real time about a sport. Usually‚ this is done during a live broadcast on television. The broadcast is normally a voiceover and the main commentator is rarely seen on screen if at all. In American English‚ other common terms for a sports commentator are announcer and sportscaster. In actuality‚ a sportscaster may just refer to a newscaster covering

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    Buddha once said “Neither life nor death can erase our good deed”. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s book‚ The Canterbury Tales‚ “The Friar’s Tale”‚ a story about a devious summoner‚ who likes to take advantage of people‚ meets his unexpected fate called karma. The underlying meaning and moral of the tale is that all bad deeds will be punished in the end. Firstly‚ the summoner shows his deceitful nature when he first meets his prospective victim‚ the yeoman/ the bailiff. As he set off to catch a prey‚ he finds

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    The central social hierarchy within the novel is the gender hierarchy‚ placing men in a position of extreme power. This is evident in every aspect of the book‚ as the entire Gilead society is male dominated. The Commander is at the top of the hierarchy and is involved with designing and establishing the current society taking control of a nation of women‚ and exploiting their power by controlling what is taught‚ what they can teach themselves and the words that they can use. Soon all of the women

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    “This is a reconstruction. All of it a reconstruction…” Chapter 23 Is the narrative of The Handmaid’s Tale merely a reconstruction of events? At first‚ The Handmaid’s Tale (1986) may purely seem like a reconstruction of events. However‚ when examined more closely the reader can see that Atwood has used many narrative and poetic techniques. Each of these devices develop the novel into so much more than just a simple reconstruction of events‚ it becomes a precise and planned piece of work;

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    Cry‚ The Beloved Country Commentary Fear and Religion And now for all the people of Africa‚ the beloved country. Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika‚ God save Africa. But he would not see that salvation. It lay afar off‚ because men were afraid of it. Because‚ to tell the truth‚ they were afraid of him‚ and his wife‚ and Msimangu‚ and the young demonstrator. And what was there evil in their desires‚ in their hunger? That man should walk upright in the land where they were born‚ and be free to use the fruits

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    The Tale of the Heike depicts the struggle for power between two rival clans‚ the Taira and the Minamoto. The main events of The Tale take place from 1156 C.E.‚ when the Taira first rise to power after the Hōgen Disturbance‚ to 1185 C.E.‚ when the Minamoto clan defeat the Taira in the events of the Genpai War. Following their victory over the Taira‚ the Minamoto create the Kamakura Bakufu‚ the first shogunate‚ establishing a feudalistic form of government. Although the Minamoto were ultimately victorious

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    A legitimate cause for the accusations may result from a mental disorder. In the article The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary‚ it is acknowledged that‚ “The cause of her symptoms may have been some combination of stress‚ asthma‚ guilt‚ boredom‚ child abuse‚ epilepsy‚ and delusional psychosis” (Linder). Many of the possible symptoms may have caused the outbreak‚ yet delusional psychosis is more sensible. The form of a mental disorder causing the symptoms is a probable cause. The people of

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    In this tale a merchant says how a wife is a blessing‚ and praises wives‚ although in reality he feels the total opposite of what he says. Of just being married to month‚ sorrow and despair that’s unto what he kneels‚ he regrets getting married‚ and hates his wife that’s all he feels. Although when he speaks good words of wives he says‚ as in the tale he quotes: “Woman is man’s helper‚ his respite‚ his paradise on earth and his

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    Many of the principles of Gilead are based on Old Testament beliefs. Discuss Atwoods use of biblical allusions and their political significance in the novel. ‘The Handmaids Tale’ is a book full of biblical allusions‚ before Atwood begins the text an epigraph gives us an extract from Genesis 30: 1-3 "And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children‚ Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob‚ Give me children‚ or else I die. And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said

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    Prioress Tale and Christian Anti-Semitic In the story “Prioress Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer had some ways where it was anti- semitic. The Catholic Church had a hatred of Jews. Jews did not believe Jesus was their savior. Christians hated and blamed Jews for the death of Jesus calling them Satan’s agents. “The boy is “little”‚ “young”‚ “tender” etc. The Villains are “cursed”‚ “a wasp’s nest of satan” who “conspire” to murder the little boy” (3). The school where the young boy had gone

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