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- 3961: Chaucer
- ... Nun's Priest (NPT). Fragment VIII (G) Â Â Â Second Nun SNT), Canon's Yeoman (CYT). Fragment IX (H) Â Â Â Manciple (MancT). Fragment X (I) Â Â Â Parson (ParsT). There is great variety in different manuscripts but I and II, VI and VII, IX and X are almost always found in that order while the tales in IV and V are often spread around separately. Modern editions ... produced with illustrations of the different pilgrims beside their Tales, but it shows the work of an editor who has removed some of the roughness from Chaucer's lines. Chaucer offers in the Tales a great variety of literary forms, narratives of different kinds as well as other texts. The pilgrimage framework enriches each tale by setting it in relationship with others, but it would be a mistake to identify the ... reveals his own nature as a covetous deceiver; his Tale is a sermon, showing his skill, but he concludes by inviting the pilgrims to give him money and they get angry. In the Tale, a great showpiece of moral rhetoric quite unfitted for such a rogue, he tells an exemplum against greed about three wild young men who set out to kill Death; a mysterious old man they meet tells ...
- 3962: The Devil Of Tom Walker And Th
- ... a particularly American devil. When the devil first meets Tom and the devil is telling him about himself he says, "I amuse myself by presiding at the persecutions of Quakers and Anabaptists; I am the great patron and prompter of slave dealers and the grandmaster of the Salem witches." In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow there are many American traits in the description of the setting. It is said by some ... away by a cannon ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war. This neighborhood, at the time of which I am speaking, was one of those highly favored places which abound with chronicle and great men. The British and American line had run rear it during the war; it had been the scene of marauding, and infested with refugee, cow-boys, and all kinds of border chivalry. It s obvious ... Also while Ichabod is dreaming of his life if he were to marry Katrina he thought of all the wealth he could have. As the enraptured Ichabod fancied all this, and as he rolled his great green eyes over the fat meadow-lands, the rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buckwheat, and indian corn, and the orchards burthened with ruddy fruit which surrounded the warm tenement of Van Tassel, ...
- 3963: The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolism
- ... novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's live under. The novel tells of one families migration west to California through the great economic depression of the 1930's. The Joad family had to abandon their home and their livelihoods. They had to uproot and set adrift because tractors were rapidly industrializing their farms. The bank took possession of their ...
- 3964: The Evils In The Chrysalids
- ... having to commit such a sin of bringing a child into the Strorm home. Joseph showed no remorse about what he said about Harriet and her baby. He and Emily s pride was far too great for Harriet that she ended up committing suicide. This shows that the evil of pride caused Joseph and Emily to mistreat Harriet who did not agree with them. The last tool of evil that David ... patterns. By Anne marrying a norm she was not only putting herself in danger of being found out but also the whole group. Since Alan had once already deceived David and Sophie there was a great chance that he would do it again. Anne was a women in love in love, she would have wanted to share everything with him even if it meant hurting the people she loved most. Anne ... was murdered. Anne could not handle the death of her husband and she soon committed suicide. The evil of deception caused much pain to David, Sophie and eventually the whole group. Evil had contributed a great deal to deception, prejudice and pride. We have learned, throughout David's life in Waknuk he had to through much hardship. Evil was used as a tool in many of the situations that he ...
- 3965: Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men: Character Study
- ... as "the greatest novel in American History" and it remains among the archetypes of American culture. Although "Of Mice and Men" may not have received as much fanfare as the other it is still a great classic that was recently made into a motion picture. The focus of "The Grapes of Wrath" Is one family, the Joads, who has been kicked off their Oklahoma farm and forced to move to California ... to look for work. The story has historical significance as it is true that many families were forced, in the same way as the Joads, to leave their homes to look for work during the depression. It is in this fact that one can see how Steinbeck's intention in "The grapes of Wrath" was to depict the hardships people went through during an actual event in American history. Perhaps the ...
- 3966: Stalin
- ... still-critical influence on the world's largest country, he extended Stalinism to the countries of Eastern Europe, where his influence and methods were practiced right up until 1989. The Chinese and Mao patterned a great deal of their post-1949 society after the system he built. Even today, North Korea for example, still practices Stalinism, and Saddam Hussein uses many of Stalin's tactics in ruling Iraq. Stalin's methods ... Stalin in 1953, it is ironic that perhaps no political issue has been of greater importance to the countries of the former Soviet Union than dealing with Stalin and the system he created. As the great Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko wrote in 1962: Mute stood the soldiers on guard bronzed by the breeze Thin smoke curled above the coffin. And breath seeped through the chinks as they bore him out of ... see Half-Way to the Moon, ed. P. Blake and M. Hayward, Anchor Books, 1967, pp. 177-180) In Russian history, Stalin will take his place alongside the likes of Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Lenin, as leaders who transformed Russia at critical junctures in its history. The continuities of Russian character and history are strong indeed, and make one pause when asking, "will Russia ever become a ...
- 3967: Hamlet Analyzed In Terms Of Ar
- ... the proper purgation of these emotions”(p. 22). Shakespeare’s Hamlet follows this definition for the most part, and even though it is not always in agreement with Aristotle’s guidelines, it is still a great and effective tragedy. Aristotle states that tragedy is “an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude”(p. 22). Hamlet is an excellent example of this. The play centers around ... the gravediggers speak. The gravediggers are common men and therefor, speak as thought they are common men. There are some aspects of Poetics that Shakespeare does not follow. For instance, Aristotle states that in a great tragedy, there should be unity of time, place, and action. By this he means the action of the play should take place in the amount of time it takes to perform it, it should occur ... or showing any interest in her. The audience feels pity for Ophelia throughout her ordeal as well. Aristotle would not approve of all the subplots that occur within this play. Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a great and effective tragedy which follows most of the guidelines set by Aristotle in Poetics. There are some aspects of Poetics that Shakespeare does not include or follow, however the play still effects the audience ...
- 3968: Hydrologic Cycle
- ... increases until it equals the rate of withdrawal.The movement of water from an aquifer into a well alters the surface of the aquifer around the well. It forms what is called a cone of depression. A cone of depression is a funnel-shaped drop in the aquifer's surface. The well itself penetrates the bottom of the cone. Within a cone of depression, all ground water flows to the well. The outer limits of the cone define the well's area of influence.
- 3969: Renaisance Art 2
- ... than ever. Hands in sculptures had the likeness of real life hands. Proportions of the human body were lifelike. Cathedrals were now more than just buildings, they were artwork themselves. The Sistine Chapel is a great example of a building that is now more than a building, but a great piece of artwork. It took Michelangelo an amazing four years to complete. The author of this book, Lucia Corrain, has a real love for Renaissance art. Her viewpoint of this art is that we would ... how you can move 180 degrees around the picture, and she is still looking at you. Michelangelo’s David is another example. What is David thinking? He’s standing there all alone, and naked. The great detail, and proportion in his face and hands are outstanding. Also take into account these men were not really appreciated in their time. Their work is some of the greatest in history. I wish ...
- 3970: Mayor Of Castrobridge
- ... written, he decides to deny the information to Elizabeth Jane. When a father has a daughter, there are three things that connect them. Henchard tries to provide Elizabeth with basic needs. Although he is a great man of wealth, he suffers when he criticizes the things she buys. A bond between a father and daughter can be the only thing you have to share. Elizabeth and Henchard both thought for a ... free from being a caged bird. He also has chosen not to share the letter with Elizabeth, which is what Susan wanted. In the Mayor of Casterbridge, Michael Henchard worked with defect and produced a great man. "A great man falls because Elizabeth Jane rejected him." The whole story is based on fate. A strong and honest man ran into fate, and it resulted in his fall.
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