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    Handmaid's Tale Symbolism

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    Symbolism Project In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale‚ the society of Gilead is divided into classes with fertile women being "Handmaids" that are assigned to give birth for privileged couples that are infertile. In this society women are stripped of their rights‚ by having their jobs and money taken away‚ losing the privilege to read and write‚ even the right to have recreational sex is not allowed. Other minorities such as gay people and Jewish people‚ along with doctors that perform abortions

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    In the Canterbury Tales Prologue‚ Chaucer felt that the Church’s chaos experienced during the medieval era contributed to the declining trust of the clergy and left people spiritually demolished. The repeated outbreaks that the church experienced weakened the church by emphasizing the clergy’s inability to face obstacles. The clergy’s inability to provide help for people during a period of suffering caused people to question the values of the church. People looked for ways to gain control over their

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    Handmaid's Tale Women

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    completely achieved gender equality‚ that’s four in 135. In most countries crimes against women go more unnoticed than crimes against men. It is believed because women are attacked more than men that it desenstizes people. Just like in the Handmaid’s Tale when the had the salvageings people weren’t shocked when it happened because it happened alot. In the book women had nothing and had to ask to do anything‚ if they disobeyed orders they were at the mercy of their commander

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    the theme of mortality presented in The Pardoner’s Tale by Chaucer both contrast and compare in different ways. Boccaccio clearly presents the hope for Federigo in the story and how much he would do for the woman he wanted‚ while in the Pardoner’s tale the men all showed they would go above and beyond to get the treasure to themselves. Federigo shows a good side to people‚ a side with humility and persistence whilst the men in the Pardoner’s Tale present the greedy and selfish side of people. There

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    Rebecca Xie 00121144 Professor Hus English Literature to 1800 May 9‚ 2013 The Costumes of the Characters in The Canterbury Tales I. What I know from the reading. In The Canterbury Tales‚ the pilgrims are from different social classes. These characters represent people in different social classes. When I was reading “General Prologue‚” I found that these characters’ appearances are vividly described‚ especially for their costumes. It provoked my interest on medieval costumes. It starts form

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    A Fairies Twisted Tale

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    A Fairies Twisted Tale Many fairy tales have a happy ending‚ once upon a time is not one of those. Incidentally‚ Nadine Gordimer wrote a modern fairy tale called Once Upon A Time about a family’s fear of outsiders‚ around the era of apartheid when riots were common. In Gordimer’s story‚ she uses imagery and irony to promote the idea that the irrational fear of outsiders leads to dire consequences. The author uses imagery specifically sight to convey the idea of dire consequences caused by fear

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    A Tale of the Ragged Mountain By: Edgar Allen Poe Whenever I hear someone say‚ “Edgar Allen Poe” I often get the same feeling. Most of his stories put me to sleep but there are few I like. This short story was okay‚ at times it could have put me to sleep but then there was interesting parts too. In the beginning of the story I believed that Mr. Bedloe really took a trip in the mountains and I remember‚ as I was reading‚ what would I do in his shoes. Mr. Bedloe just kind of went with it and

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    The Tell-Tale Heart

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    October 21‚ 2012 “The Tell-Tale Heart” Our versions of reality are disrupted in “The Tell-Tale Heart” as we might identify with it in many ways we do not acknowledge. Something flickers our inquisitiveness and compels us to follow the narrator through the disturbing labyrinth of his mind. The reader is also able to further question the narrator’s actions in a psychological aspect and possibly see the collapse of the

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    Tale of Two Cities

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    In the novel‚ “A Tale of Two Cities”‚ Charles Dickens says that the era of the French Revolution was an era of paradox. He also says that the period was so far like the present period. This mean that our era isn’t that different than the period of the French Revolution. This means that our era is also an era of paradox. The reasons why I believe that our era is also an era of paradox is that we have more‚ but are grateful less; we have more knowledge‚ but less judgment; and we

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    The Tell Tale Heart

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    In the “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the narrator is extremely uncanny due to the reader’s inability to trust him. Right from the beggining the reader can tell that the narrator is crazy although the narrator does proclaim that he is sane‚ the reader obviously tell that the narrator is crazy. Since a person cannot trust a crazy person‚ the narrator himself is unreliable and therefore uncanny. Also as the story progress the narrator falls deeper and deeper into lunacy making him more and more

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