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    monopoly minus transparency. The Canterbury Tales is a book containing a compendium of frame stories told by different characters written by Geoffrey Chaucer throughout the late 1300s. Throughout the novel‚ Chaucer criticizes the injustices that take place in the real world by using characters and their stories as exemplum for the realities of the world. The Pardoner and Summoner are Chaucer’s two most intriguing male characters in The Canterbury Tales. Both characters work for the church‚ and

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    Satire in Canterbury Tales

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    The aim of any true satirical work is to poke fun at a certain aspect of society‚ while also inspiring reform to that very same aspect in one way or another. In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ Chaucer satirizes the Medieval Church and those associated with the church. Medieval society was centered largely around the Church. Ideally‚ the people were expected to understand that earthly possessions were meaningless when compared to the prospect of closeness with God. Man was expected to work until he died

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    The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a story that includes many satirical points in it. Many of the characters in the story have characteristics which are ironic or objective to the characters role or profession. The characters that are the most satirically described are the members of the clergy. Chaucer did this purposely as he had a certain outlook towards the church. Some of the members are portrayed as fulfilling their roles as members of the clergy‚ others however‚ had either dubious

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    in writing a short story. Some important literary devices are irony‚ symbolism‚ and imagery. This not only gives insight to the author ’s style but it also allows the reader to understand the short story they are reading. In "The Cask Of Amontillado‚" by Edgar Allan Poe and "A Rose For Emily‚" by William Faulkner the use of irony‚ symbolism‚ and imagery are used to show readers what pride‚ revenge‚ and power will do to people. The irony in "The Cask Of Amontillado" is indicated when Montresor states

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    Project Verbal Communication versus Texting Despite the technological advances over the past twenty years in the field of communication‚ verbal communication continues to be the most effective way to converse. Verbal communication allows you to express yourself more effectively. Although‚ in recent years verbal communication has been replaced with texting‚ there remains no substitute for the personal approach of speaking with someone directly. Verbal communication

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    Irony In 'The Lottery'

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    The title‚ “The Lottery” is ironic for this story because during a lottery a person usually wins a prize. Wining a lottery is normally considered positive. When someone wins a lottery‚ that person is thrilled and extremely happy. Although in the story wining the lottery is not a positive thing because the person that wins the lottery would face a painful death. The only thing that the winner of the lottery would get is pain and grief‚ as the villagers would hit her with stones. The description in

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    The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a group of stories where pilgrims tell tales during their journey to a holy shrine in Canterbury. There are 29 pilgrims but the first two pilgrims to tell tales are the knight and the miller. The miller practically mirrors the knight’s story. The miller’s tale uses elements similar to the knight’s tale but it corrupts those same elements by mimicking them. The miller’s tale and the knight’s tales are very different although they have some similarities.

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    Analyzing Verbal Abusive Relationships Pictures are said to be worth a million words. But have you ever taken a moment to analyze a picture such as an Ad or a commercial? Most commercials or ads persuade you to buy something that they are selling usually by cheesy actors or delicious looking food. A majority of these ads are targeted to specific age groups‚ whether it is for kids‚ teens‚ adults‚ or elders. But others are unanticipated manifestations. For example‚ the smoking commercials‚ these

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    Communication Verbal - uttered or spoken words towards an individual. Non-Verbal II. Non-Verbal Communication a. Definition Has been defined as communication without words. It includes apparent behaviours such as facial expressions‚ eyes‚ touching‚ and tone of voice‚ (kinesics) as well as less obvious messages such as dress‚ posture and spatial distance (proxemics) between two or more people. Everything communicates‚ including material objects‚ physical space‚ and time systems. Although verbal output can

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    based on understanding non-verbal communications. John’s story is one of many stories that show how important are non-verbal communications. Understanding other people‚ having previous expectation of the situation‚ and changing the feeling of other people are all reasons why non-verbal communications are important to study. First of all‚ one of the most important things for doing business is communication‚ and good communication is based on understanding people. Non-verbal communications are one of

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