The Wife of Bath: Satire and the Place of a Woman Geoffrey Chaucer’s short story "The Wife of Bath"‚ within The Canterbury Tales‚ describes the unidealistic life and the role of women in the Late Middle Ages. With each containing similarities and differences of the other‚ the prologue and tale describe the lives of two women‚ an old hag and the Wife of Bath. Chaucer tells the story of these to women in order to relate them to the times and ideals of their Medieval society. Within these two short
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King Lear: General Introduction The epic tragedy‚ King Lear‚ has often been regarded as Shakespeare’s greatest masterpiece‚ if not the crowning achievement of any dramatist in Western literature. This introduction to King Lear will provide students with a general overview of the play and its primary characters‚ in addition to selected essay topics. Studying a Shakespearean play deepens students’ appreciation for all literature and facilitates both their understanding of themes and symbolism in
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The Canterbury tales analysis “all his pilgrims are severely distinguished from each other. The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different education‚ humor and callings‚ that each of them would be improper in any other mouth” John Dryden It is said by Dryden that all of the tales are made for their narrators‚ but not only for them but also for the author‚ each of those tales show somehow the author’s life and his problems or thoughts towards important
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describes Grendel and Beowulf as "Both ..enraged‚ fury filled‚ the two who meant to control the hall." (Beowulf 36). The fight over control of the hall‚ could be seen as a representation of the struggle between good and evil‚ or perhaps the control of the king‚ over uncontrollable people. Taking into account the explanation of Grendel‚ a reader may also reason that the dragon symbolizes a threat from outside the human realm. One notes that the dragon is not given the humanistic qualities of Grendel‚ he
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Name ___________________________________ Date ___________________ A Tale of Two Cities Class Notes and Study Guide Questions Book I‚ Chapter 1: "The Period" I. Notes It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of wisdom‚ it was the age of foolishness‚ it was the epoch of belief‚ it was the epoch of incredulity‚ it was the season of Light‚ it was the season of Darkness‚ it was the spring of hope‚ it was the winter of despair‚ we had everything before us‚ we had
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Discuss Questions The Knights Tale. 1. Do you admire Palamon and Arcite for sacrificing everything‚ including their friendship‚ to pursue Emily? Or‚ like Theseus‚ do you think it’s sort of stupid? 2. Are Palamon and Arcite two different characters‚ or the same character in two different bodies? 3. Why is Emily the only character whose prayer to the gods is not granted. The Canterbury Tales: The Knight’s Tale Theme of love and order that is combined "The Knight’s Tale" shows what happens when
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich book A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard‚ Based on Her Diary‚ 1785-1812 is a book that shows reader a different side of history that most have never seen before. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote the book based on the diary Martha Ballard kept from 1785 through 1812. Although there are several documents that exist today showing the history of families and how they lived in the late 1700’s‚ few documents show their private lives and even fewer from the point from the midwives
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frame story containing 100 stories told by a group of seven young women and three young men. Boccaccio was known to probably have made the Decameron after the epidemic of 1348‚ and completed it by 1353. The numerous tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit‚ practical jokes‚ and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In addition to its literary value and widespread influence it provides a document of life at the time. Written in the vernacular‚ it is considered
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by their conscience. In the novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens reveals that it is better to learn to cope with your vengeance rather to act upon it‚ for relinquishing the need for revenge will lead to peace of mind‚ while acting on it will only lead to self-destruction and wanting more. Doctor Manette does not let his struggle with vengeance control his life‚ while Madame Defarge is driven by the force. Instead of coping with her angst like Doctor Manette‚ Madame Defarge chooses to keep
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11. Write a program that allows the user to enter students’ names followed by their test scores and outputs the following information (assume that maximum number of students is 50): a. The average score. b. Names of all students whose test scores are below the average‚ with an appropriate message. c. Highest test score and the name of all students having the highest score. Use two arrays to store the student names and scores respectively and then manipulate the array contents
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