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    Fairy Tale originally wrote by Hans Christen Anderson in 1838; while a great work in its self is a bit of a read. There is a more modern version done as a movie short‚ by TRUEMAX academy‚ of the H.C. Andersen’s tale‚ it is titled‚ "The Steadfast Tin Soldier‚” and posted online Aug 12‚ 2008. In the following paper I will give a brief description of the fairy tale‚ how the two fairy tales are similar‚ how they are different‚ and if the same moral is portrayed. The difference between fairy tales “The

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    Franklin’s Tale Prologue to the Franklin’s Tale The old Bretons‚ in their time‚ made songs‚ and the Franklin’s Tale‚ the narrator says‚ is to be one of those songs. However‚ the Franklin begs the indulgence of the company because he is a “burel man” (an unlearned man) and simple in his speech. He has‚ he says‚ never learned rhetoric‚ and he speaks simply and plainly – the colors he knows are not colors of rhetoric‚ but colors of the meadow. The Franklin’s Tale The Franklin’s Tale begins with

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    The Geoffrey Chaucer emphasizes that on the story created drastic change in character . As the story’s ;Franklin ‚ and Knight tales ‚promoted honor to the character ‚ this recognition helps them improve any outcome and gain any respect for each other . Beginning ‚ the Geoffrey Chaucer uses the Franklin tales to help express changes in the main characters . They all have in common that ‚ loyalty and real integrity shows in their conscious . Dorigen shows loyal to Arveragus for waiting for his return

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    How and why does Shakespeare use disguise to develop the comedy of 12th night? The use of disguise features throughout 12th night. As the play is a comedy it has to involve certain conventions such as green worlds and confusion‚ the inclusion of disguise allows Shakespeare to generate comedy and a positive response from the audience as well as making the conventions of comedy easier to include in the play. Shakespeare includes his first use of disguise early on in the play (A1:S2) where Viola

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    Samuel Duran Mrs. Lewis English 4 Honors‚ pd. 7 October 8‚ 2013 The Wife of Bath’s Tale In the Wife of Bath’s Tale written by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ the wife of Bath was an old and poor lady who wanted to be loved like the pretty and rich ladies. She married Bath as a promise from him to her that he would give her anything he wanted as long as she could tell him what women most desire. He said “If you could tell me I would pay your hire.”(Geoffrey Chaucer 142). As he expressed that he will give

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    Throughout the tale there are prominent themes of greediness and neediness. For example‚ when the Friar arrived to Thomas’ house and sees that he is ill and bedridden‚ he saw that as a perfect opportunity to try to get money from him and said it was all for the church. The Friar tried to use Thomas by saying he has been constantly praying for his health and the Friar told him that if he would just give more to the church and be more like a Friar‚ he will be more pleasant with life and Jesus Christ

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    Thesis and Thesis Statements Everything you write should develop around a clear central thesis. Your thesis is the backbone of your paper: the main point‚ the central idea. In fact‚ if you ask yourself -- "What is the main point of this paper?" -- your answer should resemble your essay’s thesis statement. The thesis statement focuses your central ideas into one or two sentences. Developing a well-crafted thesis statement and revising that statement as you write will help you discover what your

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    Literary Analysis Paper The Lightning Rod Man‚ written by Herman Melville‚ symbolizes the way that he views false religions. Throughout the story‚ he uses the way that the salesman and his tactics to sell his product to symbolize how he views false religions. This story uses the salesman to show how the author feels about false religions. Throughout‚ Melville uses the symbolism and references in the story to clearly state how he feels about false religion. In the story‚ the salesman tries to sell

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    During the 18th century‚ Enlightenment thinkers were concerned with a number of social issues. For example‚ Swiss born Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote of the struggle of man to create a free yet functional society. He was troubled with the idea of citizens being completely free and doing whatever they please. He believed that the people should do what they can for the common good. Also‚ the English philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft was deeply devoted to women’s rights. In Wollstonecraft’s society‚ women

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    Baron Action‚ a historian and moralist from England said “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”(Absolute). There has been corruption in governments and people of power all throughout time. John Edward Emmerich Dalberg Acton was the first to do research on studying human nature and history‚ and he discovered great men are almost always faulty men (Soffer). In American Gods there is corruption throughout the rank of Gods‚ everyone wants to gain more power and be worshipped more. In The Da Vinci Code

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