Canterbury Tales - In And Out
.... them. The Knight’s Tale represents the Tales’ most self-consciously structured story. In it the knight, who worries much about remaining sorties into the wrong territory generally lead to tragedy. Each of a series of such intrusions throughout the tale leads to disturbances which push towards the bloody climax. Theseus touches off the whole narrative by stepping outside of his own boundaries. The famous Athenean leader invades the tale’s protagonists’, Palamon and Aricte’s, homeland, Thebes. As the most n .....
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Canterbury Tales - Medieval Church
.... relatively short period of time, but this was not because of the
success of the Augustinian effort. Indeed, the early years of this
mission had an ambivalence which shows in the number of people who
hedged their bets by practicing both Christian and Pagan rites at the
same time, and in the number of people who promptly apostatized when a
Christian king died. There is certainly no evidence for a large-scale
conversion of the common people to Christianity at this .....
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Canterbury Tales - The Prioress
.... a Jewry set amidst the town, Established by a rich lord of the state For usury and gain of ill renown, Hateful to Christ and those who are His own;" (203) The Prioress tells a tale set in an Asian town dominated by Jews. The Christian minority in the town opened a school for their children in this city. Among these children was a widow's son, a seven year old who was, even at his young age, was already deeply devoted to his faith. At school he learned a song in Latin called the Alma Redemptoris. The song .....
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Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
.... (306). As Rowlandson’s hunger began to eat her up inside out, she had to repress her spoiled taste and anger in order to survive. During the seventh remove you can see her views of the Indian’s food change as she "got two ears of Indian corn" (307) and didn’t want to give it up. When one Indian asked her "can you eat horse liver?" (307), Rowlandson replied that she would try "if he would give a piece" (307). As she ate it, she described the horse liver as a "s .....
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Careful, He Might Hear You
.... PS finds himself torn between two women who, with their secrets, lies and constant quests for the upper hand, disrupt his own sense of personal well-being and security. This inner disquiet and uncertainty causes PS to change, and the nature of the relationships he hold with both his Aunts changes with this. These changes run parallel to PS’s emerging sense of identity, and the highlight, in the end, how important it is to be sure of who one is and what one wants in order for one’s relationship with othe .....
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Careful, He Might Hear You
.... He must endure changes in his home, school, and lifestyle. All of this was done against the will of PS, who strongly resented the proposition of these changes.
This incident displays the lack of importance the opinion of a child holds in society. PS disliked Vanessa, but his opinion was held irreverent. This was made apparent by his experiences of acute nostalgia.
Lila, his pseudo-mother, was mawkishly protective of PS. Instead of revealing PS to the face of reality, she shrouded the real .....
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Casablanca
.... that is centered around his feelings for the woman he loves. For example, when Rick was together with Ilsa in Paris he was very ambitious with his political beliefs. He was visualizing resistance and freedom for the French people. After tragically losing the love of his life, Rick ceased to show any political involvement or any strong political beliefs and began to worry only about his own well-being. On the other hand, Victor Lazlo is the type of character that is involved in politics for the .....
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Cask Of Amontillado
.... that if a person is buried alive they can set off this type of alarm (1). Also, another common practice during this time involves the "placing of bells on the limbs of the recently dead"(1). Poe uses the horrifying sound of the bells to appeal to the auditory senses of the audience. The sound of these bells has a freighting effect on the audience. Every time Montresor takes special notice of the sound of the bells the audience is made aware of the surrounding silence. "Poe knew well the ele .....
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Cask Of Amontillado
.... the story truly shows Montresor’s hatred and total disregard for Fortuato’s life. The setting Poe chose for the story adds to the horror. He sets most of the story in a dark, damp series of winding tunnels piled with the bones of dead family members. By taking Fortunato into the vaults, he cuts him off from help. The two characters are underground and isolated. Using the carnival as a backdrop is also skillful because it is a time when everything is in chaos and people have lost their self-control. There .....
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Catch 22
.... to convey situations which are utterly horrible, allowing Heller to poke fun at authority. . The reader can’t help but be amused at the fact that Yossarian’s parachute was taken from him in exchange for a share in Milo’s franchise. Perhaps the most important aspect of the book, is the idea, that individuality is more important then dying for ones country. "A second ago you were stepping into college with your lungs full of fresh air. Today you are an old man……. You’re inches away from death every .....
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Catch 22
.... on which Snowden is killed. Huple is Hungry Joe's roommate, and his cat likes to sleep on Hungry Joe's face. ***** ***** One evening Nately finds his whore in Rome again after a long search. He tries to convince Yossarian and Aarfy to take two of her friends for thirty dollars each. Aarfy objects that he has never had to pay for sex. Nately's whore is sick of Nately, and begins to swear at him; then Hungry Joe arrives, and the group abandons Aarfy and goes to the apartment building where the girls live. .....
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Catch 22 - Satire
.... and is revered in obscure corners all over the world. He ruthlessly chases after profit and bombs his own men as part of a contract with Germany. Milo insists that everyone in the squadron will benefit from being part of the syndicate, and that "everyone has a share." The ambitious, unintelligent colonel in charge of Yossarian's squadron, Colonel Cathcart, wants to be a general. He tries to impress his superiors by bravely volunteering his men for dangerous combat duty whenever he gets the chance. .....
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Catcher In The Rye
.... is moved to tears because Phoebe gave him all of her Christmas money. Simple acts like this motivated Holden to want to be Christ-like. Holden’s desire to be Christ-like is best evidenced in the following quotation: "Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousand of little kids, and nobody’s around- nobody big, I mean, except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to .....
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Catcher In The Rye
.... is moved to tears because Phoebe gave him all of her Christmas money. Simple acts like this motivated Holden to want to be Christ-like. Holden’s desire to be Christ-like is best evidenced in the following quotation: "Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousand of little kids, and nobody’s around- nobody big, I mean, except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to .....
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Catcher In The Rye
.... himself of a happy life; his future will depend on the degree of his education. Holden tells himself he is tired and in fact, he is actually establishing a wall in order to block out Mr. Antolini's advice. Later, Holden goes to bed and finds Mr. Antolini stroking his head. He exclaims, "What the hellya doing?" (249) Holden's new "wall" is the assumption that Mr. Antolini is a homosexual. As a result, Holden believes this gives him the right to flee from Mr. Antolini's apartment. Later, Holden becom .....
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