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    for the courtroom: Cameron Desrosiers 1. Are you a friend of Alex Strusa? Answer: I was 2. And you’ve known my client for six years‚ correct? Answer: Yes 3. Were you involved in sports with my client? Answer: Yes 4. And this would include track‚ correct? Answer: Yes 5. (lead up question) So track is a sport which involves athletes like yourself to run and compete in races‚ have you beaten Strusa in a race? Answer: No 6. My client informed me that you’ve been jealous of him since you haven’t

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    ESSAY ON CANTERBURY TALES – BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) Introduction on the Author: Geoffrey Chaucer was an English Author‚ Poet‚ Philosopher‚ Beaurocrat and Courtier. Though he has authored many books he is best remembered for his frame narrative of The Canterbury Tales. Introduction on the Canterburry Tales and a short Summary: The Canterbury Tales‚ written in the 14th century is a collection of short stories. The frame tales are set in Spring in England (April)

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    The Friar is the least moral of all of the other pilgrims according to Chaucer’s “General Prologue.” He is the one clergy member who breaks all four of the promised vows of the church. For example‚ “He’d fixed up many a marriage‚ giving each of his young women what he could afford her.” (Chaucer 216-217). He has many mistresses and simply sells them off when he is finished with them. This breaks the vow of chastity that all the clergy have to follow. Another vow he breaks is the vow of poverty‚ which

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    Answer to Questions and Problems 1) In a strain gauge bridge‚ what does (a) a negative reading on the zero centered meters imply? (b) a positive reading on the zero centered meters imply? - A negative reading on the zero centered meter implies that the strain gauge is under compression. Whereas‚ a positive reading implies that the strain gauge is under tensile / tension. 2) Beside strain gauge transducers‚ what other transducers can be used in a bridge circuit? - Besides strain gauge transducers

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    Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales consists of a General Prologue and a collection of twenty-four tales‚ two of which are fragments‚ told by a group of thirty pilgrims‚ including Chaucer the Pilgrim himself‚ on their journey from Southwark‚ directly outside London‚ to Canterbury in order to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Chaucer uses the frame narrative technique in The Canterbury Tales‚ a story within a story. The outer frame’s pilgrimage sets the scene for the

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    In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ Chaucer wrote about several different characters using them to discuss things about their Social Class‚ problems with them‚ and who they are. Chaucer used Satire to shine a light on the problems of people as if you were to just say it out right depending on where they were in social class you could get into serious trouble. Chaucer used satire to explain that a Nun cared more about how she looks then helping other people. Chaucer talks about Aristocrats first talking

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    In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales‚ the pilgrims on their journey rarely do their jobs correctly. Only three of the pilgrims‚ the Knight‚ the Parson‚ and the Plowman‚ do what they are supposed to do. The rest of the pilgrims vary from slightly bad to morally apprehensible. The Pardoner‚ a pilgrim from the Ecclesiastical group‚ falls under the latter category. Chaucer uses each pilgrims appearance to symbolize their personal qualities. The Pardoner‚ as one of the morally apprehensible pilgrims

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    In Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales‚ the Wife of Bath is considered to be a worldly‚ fun loving woman. She is described as being dressed in expensive clothing and new leather shoes. The text also explains that she has traveled the world‚ taking part in many pilgrimages‚ and has had five husbands in her lifetime‚ as well as many lovers before them. She is also cunning‚ the text describes how she would use her body as a bargaining tool with her husbands and would lie to them in order to get what she

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    The use of listing‚ “Som for pleasance of folk and flaterye…som for veyne lorie‚ and som for hate” emphasises the vast corrupt behaviours of the fourteenth century church. Similarly‚ Chaucer lists different religious documents‚ “telle I forth my tales‚ Bulles of popes and of cardinales‚ Of patriarkes‚ and bishoppes…”reveals how the Pardoner attempts to deceive his audience‚ emphasising the corruption of his role. This is emphasised as pardoners needed to have an episcopal licence‚ but many of these

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    The Hypocrisy of Celibacy Vows in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales “General Prologue” The Middle Ages was historically a time of darkness and hardship. However‚ there were also elements of lightheartedness and hope during these times. Some examples of this lightheartedness and hope came from courtly love and the religion of the Catholic Church. However‚ while lightheartedness came from these sources‚ there was also elements of darkness and hardship that came from these sources‚ particularly from the

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