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    Mia Gennarelli September 28‚ 2010 3rd Block The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer was famous for his Canterbury Tales. I am selecting actors and actresses in which I believe would best fit four of Chaucer’s pilgrims’ personalities. Elizabeth Taylor‚ Gordon Ramsey‚ Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder‚ and Atticus Shaffer will be playing the roles of the Wife of Bath‚ the Cook‚ the Nun‚ and the Oxford Cleric Elizabeth Taylor will be playing the role of the wife of bath. She‚ like the wife of bath

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    narrative in The Canterbury Tales. What does this narrative device bring to the audience’s experience of the work? What does it allow the author‚ Geoffrey Chaucer‚ to do? Use examples from the readings to support your answer. B. Consider the following quote from the Wife of Bath’s prologue: "Experience‚ though no authority / Were in this world‚ were good enough for me‚ / To speak of woe that is in all marriage." Write an essay in which you discuss whether "The Wife of Bath’s Tale" supports or does not

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    No story in The Canterbury Tales is more alike as the Franklin’s tale and the Wife of Bath’s tale‚ but on a person level they are extremely different. Yet they are both personally alike in some ways‚ and their stories do have some diversity. The Franklin’s tale and the Wife of Bath’s tale are considered folk tales but it can be said that they are courtly romances‚ yet it is a stretch. Each tale has some sort of magician‚ or a supernatural person if you must‚ who will solve the protagonists conflict

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    2 Analyzing a Picture Book to Determine if it Exposes Multicultural Ideas to Children Introduction The focus of this analysis will be Gerald McDermott’s picture book Zomo The Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa (1992). It is a tale of a clever rabbit and how far he is willing to go in his quest for wisdom. This picture book is highly recommended by the New York Public Library as one of 100 picture books everyone should know. The evaluation will use Betsy

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    Cougar or Coyote The trickster is an important archetype in any religion or myth because it provides an outlet for all of the chaotic and destructive emotions and tendencies of a people that are controlled by a larger social construct. It is through a trickster figure that people of a religion or society are able to explore the more untamed side of their nature while additionally presenting them with the consequences of those desires. The trickster is a figure that at once both mocks

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    The trickster deity breaks the rules of the gods or nature‚ sometimes maliciously like Loki‚ but usually‚ albeit unintentionally with ultimately positive effects. Tricksters are characterized as selfish‚ mischievous‚ impatient liars who show no remorse. Some tricksters have hidden meanings behind their rudeness that carry good intentions. All cultures have archetypal‚ male tricksters. In the Greek and African myths‚ Hermes and Legba are both messengers of god. Hermes‚ through is intelligence‚ makes

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    Ribald sexual content‚ humor‚ cheating wives‚ “arse” kissing‚ “The Millers Tale” and “The Wife of Baths Tale” have it all. However this is only 2 out of the many tales in the Canterbury Tales‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer. This story is about a group of 29 people who are all going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury to see the tomb of St. Tomas Beckett. In the tavern they meet in‚ they decide to have a competition for who can tell the best tale‚ and the winner will receive a free dinner. In this novel‚ Chaucer is trying

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    In fairy tales‚ the parents attempt to survive in a harsh reality that requires chance and sacrifice. In both “Rapunzel” and “Hansel and Grethel”‚ the characters are faced with financial difficulties and tough decisions. How are they going to survive? How will they feed their children? How are they going to get by? The fairy tales “Rapunzel” and “Hansel and Grethel” are great examples of the parents living a harsh life in the stories. In the story “Rapunzel” the wife is in a critical condition:

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    Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales The introduction of the book The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim focused on the benefits of fairytales on child development. Bettelheim talks about how important developing the child’s imagination is. Developing the imagination allows children to process what they see in the world and process what they hear in stories. This gives them a good grasp on their conscience (11-12). Fairy tales allows for children to learn

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    The Portrayal of Religion and the Clergy in The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer‚ in his Canterbury Tales‚ felt that the Church’s turmoil experienced during the fourteenth century contributed to the a declining trust of clergy and left the people spiritually devastated. The repeated epidemics that the European Church experienced weakened the church by highlighting the clergy’s inability to face adversity. The clergy’s inability to provide relief for the people during a period of suffering did

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