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    Elissa Nunnally Ms. Pettijohn English IV- DE 16 September 2014 [Title] The Canterbury Tales is a work written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late fourteenth century about a group of pilgrims‚ of many different occupations and personalities‚ who are on a journey to visit the shrine of Thomas a Becket. Chaucer discloses corruption in the church that was prevalent to society of the time. Within this work‚ Chaucer satirizes the pilgrims in ways to mock the practices of the church during the fourteenth century

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    Journeys Essay We learn from the journeys we take‚ through experience‚ not from the destination itself. This statement is supported by both Margaret Atwood’s fictional dystopian novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Oliver Stone’s crime fiction film ‘Natural Born Killers’. Through the use of multiple techniques Atwood makes it clear that the protagonist Offred undertakes inner and imaginative journeys during the course of the novel and learns from them. Likewise‚ Stone uses an array of film techniques

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    In the first tale‚ “The Pardoner’s Tale”‚ the Pardoner spins the tale of three greedy‚ avaricious men. Naturally‚ this means the tale is a warning against greed. After the three men’s deaths‚ the Pardoner decrees aims to a crowd of pilgrims: “O cursed sin! O blackguardly excess!” (Chaucer line 296 pg 175). Within the beginning of his following speech‚ the Pardoner condemns the three men’s greed for the money‚ which led them to betray each other and try to cheat death. Meanwhile‚ in “The Wife

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    Fables‚ Parables‚ and Tales Fiction as defined in our textbook is a name for stories not entirely factual‚ but at least partially shaped‚ made-up‚ or imagined. Fiction stories can sometimes take the mind to places that are far away from reality‚ but add a lesson that aids in real-life application. In this essay I will discuss the three traditional forms of storytelling‚ which are fables‚ parables‚ and tales. A fable is a brief story‚ much similar to a tale. These short stories are usually told

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    Fairy tales have been an intellectual (integral) part of our childhood and sub consciousness.(write sub.con 1st and childhood later.) They have been read and told since (for) centuries without actually ever implicating upon the detrimental impacts it may have on our lives or rather on our the very perceptions and personalities. An analysis of the original Grim Fairy tales alarms its the readers(does it alarm EVERY reader?? Is every reader actually intellectually that capable even???) to the point

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    Tell Tale Heart

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    The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Copyright Notice ©2011 eNotes.com Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic‚ electronic‚ or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ taping‚ Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher. ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale Cengage. Gale is a division of Cengage Learning. Gale and Gale Cengage are trademarks

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    “When a beautiful pearl is cast down on the road all the mighty and powerful contend for it” (The Tale of the Ungrateful Lover‚ in Chen‚ 15). Men in the Chinese society saw women as a symbol of beauty and nothing more. In ‘The Tale of the Ungrateful Lover’‚ a talented girl like Du Shiniang who was a brilliant dancer‚ musician and singer got no respect for her talents. Once Du Shiniang was outside the gay quarter

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    The tell-tale heart

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    The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe 1. Author’s biography - 1809-1849 - He was an American author‚ poet‚ editor‚ and literary critic. - He was considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre‚ Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story‚ and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known

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    A Tale of Two Cities- A Historical fiction  A Tale of Two Cities is a novel categorized as historical fiction. Historical fiction is a composite material‚ with a portion of history embedded in a matrix of fiction. A Tale of Two Cities is appropriately titled‚ as the novel is the story of England and Revolutionary France; as a result it can be categorized as historical fiction. A Tale of Two Cities is parallel to history in many different respects. The English setting‚ and atmosphere‚ is similarly

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    Orser English 3331 Feb 3rd 2014 A Study of the conventions of Fairy Tales: Lily and the God of the river Fairy tales are not only popular in children but also appeal to adults because they always provide people with good wishes. For hundreds of years‚ fairy tales have become a very important part of children’s literature. As we learn more about fairy tales‚ we found out that there are several conventions of the fairy tales‚ such as a specific setting to remove the readers from the real world;

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