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    In the Pardoner’s prologue and tale‚ by presenting the Pardoner as a professional hypocrite in a situation in which he attempts to justify himself by revealing the full truth‚ Chaucer identifies that the truth in which the Pardoner deals is what makes him such a disturbing and threatening figure. For instance‚ this is most evident in the lines that are often most confusing to readers‚ when the Pardoner states‚ “ –And lo‚ sires‚ thus I preche./ And Jhesu Crist‚ that is oure soules leche‚/ So gruante

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    We all know Cinderella because of Walt Disney. The original folk tales from five cultures tells the real story of Cinderella. As of today‚ I probably only seen Cinderella maybe once or twice. Reading the folk tales gave me a better perspective of the real true story behind Cinderella. Each folk tale had similarities and each one had their differences. If I had to choose one of these folk tales that would be perfect for children to read‚ it would be Charles Perrault version. Some people might say

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    Are the Disney tales having a good or bad effect on children? Fairy tales are very old; many of them had been orally passed on through the centuries‚ and evolved a lot. This kind of story‚ initially intended for children‚ often involved some fanciful creatures or extraordinary adventures. Fairy tales might include a moralistic stance or warning against dangers but always have an ethical undercurrent to the story‚ a "lesson" to be learned. In this paper‚ we are going to discuss the good and the

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    WHEN PIGS FLY!!! Throughout the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ participants of the pilgrimage tell stories to entertain one another. These stories‚ while amusing‚ tend to have an underlying message‚ one being the Franklin’s Tale. The Franklin’s Tale is the most moral tale that has been read. It is not told to make the other pilgrims laugh‚ rather to explain an extremely important lesson. Throughout life‚ people say many things that are meant to be taken with a grain of

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    HaidMaids Tale The novel‚ The Handmaid’s Tale‚ by Margaret Atwood focuses on the choices made by the society of Gilead in which the preservation and imprisionmeny of mankind is more highly regarded than freedom or happiness. I think that Ms. Atwood believes that the possibility of our society becoming as that of Gilead is very evident in the choices that we make today and from what has occurred in the past. Our actions will inevitably catch up to us when we are most vulnerable.In The Handmaid’s

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    In the Tale of Genji‚ we can see how Genji describes in detail about every woman that he met and fall in love with. This principle may have linked to some of the characters in the story‚ although this concept may not have come to mind when lady Murasaki wrote the Tale of Genji‚ but the fact still remains that these characters are able to express their feelings towards one another in the novel. The Tale of Genji tells us a story about how Genji grows up

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    Fairy Tale: Position Statement Fairy tales have a way of luring a person in‚ big and tall‚ but especially the ones who are the most naïve of us all‚ children. The most rewarding part of a fairy tale is what draws an audience in; it is created to promote instant gratification. Although most fairy tales have an awe striking negative impact on children‚ they suck in many people because of the time era we live in. We live in such a fast paced world‚ and if our needs are not instantly satisfied with

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    arises when we fall to obtain what we and often turns to fury. The Pardoner’s tale is about greed and anger. The Pardoner’s tale sins are used to show how people get greedy over material wealths. The rioters are a sign of how these sins for them wanting materialis and for carrying anger. These three rioters have the significance of greediness and anger which are all deadly sins. To begin with‚ the rioters in the Pardoner’s Tale have shown greediness because at one point in the story they considered betrayal

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    [Supervisor Name] [Subject] [Date] Themes in the Canterbury Tales Canterbury Tales by Chaucer The Canterbury Tales is a work written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late fourteenth century about a group of pilgrims‚ of many different occupations and personalities‚ who meet at an inn near London as they are setting out for Canterbury‚ England. Their host proposes a storytelling contest to make the journey more interesting. The Prologue and the Tales are basically written by Chaucer‚ as a satire on the

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    The Precarious Attack on Patriarchy Chaucer’s Satiric Agenda In the journey of Canterbury Tales‚ Geoffrey Chaucer paints a vivid image of the medieval world. He brings forth three prominent concepts in the General Prologue‚ Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale‚ and The Wife of Bath’s Tale. All tales satirically drenched with persuasive ideas‚ most would agree that his iconoclastic stories are dangerous for introducing aloud a different view on the church‚ gender relations and economic divisions.

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