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    Winter's tale

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    S.P.D 4/2/2014 Eclectic: deriving ideas‚ style‚ or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources‚ a person who derives ideas‚ style‚ or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources. Pragmatic: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. Ethics: moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. Morals: a lesson that can be derived from a story or experience‚ standards

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    Ribald sexual content‚ humor‚ cheating wives‚ “arse” kissing‚ “The Millers Tale” and “The Wife of Baths Tale” have it all. However this is only 2 out of the many tales in the Canterbury Tales‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer. This story is about a group of 29 people who are all going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury to see the tomb of St. Tomas Beckett. In the tavern they meet in‚ they decide to have a competition for who can tell the best tale‚ and the winner will receive a free dinner. In this novel‚ Chaucer is trying

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    fairy tales

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    Storytelling & Heroes Literature & Composition 1 2012-2013 Essential Questions: Why do we tell stories? How can fiction reveal the truth? What patterns exist in stories? Objectives: To recognize and emulate different types of storytelling To gain knowledge of the archetypal hero’s journey and the journey hero To read and annotate text for understanding Texts: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon Excerpt from

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    Canterbury Tale

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    Dhruv Bhatt – Canterbury Fails The story revolves around a very generic kind of man Who lived in a cottage with his wife in Kazakhstan. Used to be happily married‚ loved his wife dearly His love was very palpable‚ seen clearly. But as years passed his feelings towards her began to wither Because the arguments they had were getting bigger and bigger They would scream and shout and yell the night away To the point where they’d wake up their neighbors‚ all of whom were gay. As their emotional feelings

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    The Canterburry Tales

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    A. Table of Contents I. THE PROBLEMS AND ITS BACKGROUND - Introduction - Statement of the Problem - Hypothesis - Scope and Limitations II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE - Local Studies - Foreign Studies III. METHODOLOGY - Methodology - Samples and Sampling Technique - Research Design IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION V. SUMMARY OF THE STUDY‚ CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION I. INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Cockroaches are insect of the order Blattaria or Blattodea

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    A knights Tale

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    An Ideal Knight Today there are only a few orders of "knights." These include the Knights of Columbus and Knights of Malta and they represent the ideals and values that knights were supposed to uphold. The idea of a armored knight are closely descended from the equites class of Rome. Knights were closely tied to the various fiefdoms and to the church. They were expected to follow a code of Knightly Virtues. These included: being beautiful in spirit‚ charity‚ good cheer‚ chivalry‚ courage‚ courtesy

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    The book the Tale-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe Published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who tries to convince the reader of his reasons‚ while telling a crime he committed. The victim was an old man with a bluish greyish eye. In the book the narrator states that the old man didn’t do anything to deserve to be killed. He also said that killed the old man will solve the problems he had with him because the old man’s eye looked like a vulture’s eye to him meaning that

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    is regarded as worthless.” Why can we say “Aware” is representative of the Japanese sense of beauty ? Yes‚ in the “The tale of genji”‚ “awarenari”(adjective form of “aware”) is used often‚ 802 times‚ and this figure is overwhelming.But in“The tale of Utuho”‚ while “awarenari” is used 246 times‚ “omoshirosi”(beautiful‚ funny‚ atmospheric) is used 221 times. Though these two tales are written in Heian period‚ it is not true that “aware is representative of the Japanese sense of beauty” for the literatures

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    An Analysis of Chaucer ’s "Canterbury Tales": The Wife of Bath ’s Tale In reading Geoffrey Chaucer ’s "Canterbury Tales‚" I found that of the Wife of Bath‚ including her prologue‚ to be the most thought-provoking. The pilgrim who narrates this tale‚ Alison‚ is a gap-toothed‚ partially deaf seamstress and widow who has been married five times. She claims to have great experience in the ways of the heart‚ having a remedy for whatever might ail it. Throughout her story‚ I was shocked‚ yet pleased

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    Fairy Tale

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    Sara Jackson Mrs. Gittins EWC 4U May 29th‚ 2013 The Witches Shack Once upon a time in a tiny peaceful home in a tiny peaceful town‚ lived a family of 4; Momma‚ Papa‚ Lucy and Ricky. Lucy and Ricky were at times the best of friends and at others the worst of friends. Lucy was a quiet innocent girl and her brother Ricky always insisted on picking on her. “These dear children are always fighting” said momma in a worried voice‚ “I know” said papa “but whatever do we do”. Momma and Papa thought

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