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    Black Widows and Tarantula What is up with black widows and tarantulas?Their both spiders‚but different.Whenever you think of spiders‚you think of these two.They have similarities in traits‚habitats‚and diets‚but also differences in it too. Their traits are similar‚but different.They both share a venomous bite‚but the black widow’s bite is way more vigorous than a tarantula’s bite.In

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    How the widow won the Deacon In the Victorian era women had extremely limited rights‚ once married‚ they would lose ownership of wages‚ property‚ and any other cash generated (“Women in the Victorian Era”). When Victorian women would marry‚ they became property of their husbands even if he were to pass away. During this time‚ it was unheard of for women to consider another man after losing their husband. In the short story‚ How the Widow won the Deacon‚ the author‚ William James Lampton‚ uses climax

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    In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ each character tells their tales based on their experiences or beliefs. Although they may all be different‚ some stories do share similarities. As we see in the knight’s tale he shares a story full of chivalry‚ passion and courage. Since those are his beliefs and what he stood for it makes sense why he choose to tell a story with these qualities. As for the Wife of Bath‚ she too tells a story of a soon to be knight who is arrogant‚ superficial and vein but

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    SAINT ELIZABETH of HUNGARY Widow (1207-1231) Elizabeth was the daughter of the just and pious Andrew II‚ king of Hungary‚ the niece of Saint Hedwig‚ and the sister of the virtuous Bela IV‚ king of Hungary‚ who became the father of Saint Cunegundes and of Saint Margaret of Hungary‚ a Dominican nun. Another of her brothers was Coloman‚ King of Galicia and prince of Russia‚ who led an angelic life amid the multiple affairs of the world and the troubles of war. She was betrothed in infancy to

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    Professor Mc.Comish Assignment: A tale of two divorces 3/12/12 In “a tale of two divorces”‚ Roiphe made a statement “my divorce is the tale of two divorces‚ one that never was and one that was”. The first divorce is her mothers‚ but the divorce never happened. The second divorce is hers‚ which did happen. The reason she uses the word “my” in her statement is because‚ her mother’s divorce which never happened was the reason she had a divorce of her own. Unintentionally she had been following

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    Chaucer begins The Nun’s Priest’s Tale by describing a simple widow and her two simple daughters. They own a barn where a magnificently handsome cock with a beautiful and accurate "cock-a-doodle-doo". Here‚ his seven wives also live; his favorite is the most beautiful Pertelote. He one day speaks to her about a dream. In this dream‚ a fox eats Chanticleer‚ the cock‚ and Chanticleer now worries that it may come true. Pertelote does not believe in this predestination and gives her argument. She

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    The Pardoner’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ both are interesting story by Geoffrey Chaucer. Both tales utilizes irony to showcase problems present within the Medieval era and relate to today‚ such as rape and thievery to the lifelong lessons such as‚ Greed is the root of all evils and content featuring woman’s dominance‚ rights‚ and morality in general. In the Pardoner’s Tale‚ Chaucer writes about a man who preaches to his audience for money. The pardoner speaks of three men that lost their

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    An exemplum is a tale that teaches a moral lesson by an example. The Canterbury Tales displays exempla in “The Prologue‚” “The Pardoner’s Tale‚” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by using each character to teach a moral lesson to the audience. “The Prologue” shows the audience that some people are different from their appearances‚ “The Pardoner’s Tale” teaches the audience that greed is the root of all evil‚ and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” teaches the audience the true nature of women. “The Prologue”

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    Griselda Blanco also known as “The God-Mother and The Black Widow” was a female drug trafficker that committed numerous murders while she was trafficking cocaine from Colombia to the USA. Griselda was born on February 15‚ 1943 in Cartagena‚ Colombia and since a young age used to traffic drugs to Southern California‚ Miami and New York from Columbia. Griselda was raised in an abusive household that leader her into a life of crime and prostitution at a very young age. She was eventually associated

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    My Preference of The Doctor’s Tale The tale that I selected to read was the astronomy practicing Physician. This story of love‚ in hatred and bigotry was extremely interesting to read however‚ on the same note the wording was tremendously derived in Middle English tone which made a few sections difficult to understand and comprehend. The non-bible reading doctor’s tale is interesting from beginning to end‚ he paints a vivid picture of all his characters and there attributes using immense direct

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