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  • Tale of Two Cities

    Tale of Two Cities

    Ruthvik Gali 2/18/2015 Honors English: Lund A Tale of Two Cities Ruthvik Gali 2/18/2105 Honors English: Lund 2A A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens shows history in the novel from the very first sentence to the very last. Growing up in Europe in the mid-1800s, he was exposed to the aftermath of the French Revolution from a very young age. Later in his life, he went on to take his experiences and managed to

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    Essay Length: 1,206 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: February 18, 2015 By: rkg005
  • Explore Chaucer’s Presentation of Sin in the Tale

    Explore Chaucer’s Presentation of Sin in the Tale

    Explore Chaucer’s presentation of sin in the Tale? Reference from Page 3 onwards and Page 23. Preachers use ‘The Pardoner’s Tale’ to emphasize a moral point. As an audience, we are constantly reminded that ‘’Greed is the root of all evil“ throughout the tale. Whilst Sin manifests itself primarily in the characters that act influenced by greed. Chaucer employs other methods too. The constant reference to the Bible and the seven deadly sins serves to

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    Essay Length: 1,542 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2015 By: sim123
  • Fairy Tale

    Fairy Tale

    Once upon a time, there was a young boy and his sister, who lived in an old house. The boy's sister was absolutely angelic and beautiful, some say she was of the gods. The boy was completely opposite, he was hideous. The sister would constantly tease and make fun of her sibling. The boy was lonely, while his sister had all the recognition. One day, the boy was feeling considerably more lonely so he went

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    Submitted: January 21, 2016 By: spr25
  • Edgar Allan Poe “the Tell -Tale Heart” and Jack London “to Build a Fire”

    Edgar Allan Poe “the Tell -Tale Heart” and Jack London “to Build a Fire”

    Rollins Deondra Rollins Dr. Patrick A. Smith English 1102/20158 Module 1 02/07/2017 Edgar Allan Poe “The Tell -Tale Heart” and Jack London “To Build a Fire” Edgar Allan Poe once wrote, “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” Edgar Poe is known for his tales of his mysteries and poetry. He was a tremendous writer and he wasn’t shy about expressing his words through writing. In addition,

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    Essay Length: 544 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2017 By: Deondra Rollins
  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities     A Tale of Two Cities, written in 1859 by Charles Dickens, is an interesting novel, full of adventure, romance, and action.  The setting of the story goes back and forth from London, England to Paris, France repeatedly, starting with a banker going to Paris to free an old friend from captivity and arrange a daughter’s meeting of her father, the captive, for the first time. The first half

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    Essay Length: 1,832 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2017 By: LSmydude22
  • The Unraveling Truth Behind ‘the Tell Tale Heart’

    The Unraveling Truth Behind ‘the Tell Tale Heart’

    The Unraveling Truth Behind ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ The twisted story of “The Tell Tale Heart”, by Edgar Allan Poe, is centered around a man’s madness. This short story takes place in the mid 1800’s within an old home of an elderly man and a companion. Within this story, Edgar Allan Poe incorporates various stylistic devices and creativity in order to intrigue the audience. Through the use of symbolism as well as visual and

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    Submitted: November 6, 2017 By: Angelique Alexelis
  • Technologies and the Handmaid’s Tale

    Technologies and the Handmaid’s Tale

    Technologies and The Handmaid’s Tale WGSS 3860-02 06 December 2016 ________________ In this term paper, I will be discussing the film, The Handmaid’s Tale, and I will be presenting research and evidence that reproduction technologies in the film is parallel to, or almost mimics, the way people depict modern day contraceptives in today’s society in the United States. It is no opinion of mine that birth control leans more towards for the purpose of women

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    Essay Length: 2,175 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 7, 2017 By: Tonnya Rodriguez
  • Canterbury Tales

    Canterbury Tales

    Essay on Canterbury Tales This essay covers the Canterbury Tales, both the prologue and the tales we covered in class. Choose one for an essay of approximately 650-850 words. Make sure you are careful about sentence structure, word choice, and other usage issues. Proofread your paper carefully and attach the Essay Checklist which is on Canvas. You must turn in a hard copy of your essay and submit it to turnitin on Canvas. Failure to

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    Essay Length: 424 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 26, 2018 By: peytonoliver12
  • Religion in the Handmaid’s Tale

    Religion in the Handmaid’s Tale

    Victoria Miller Period 7 Chambers 1 May 2014 Religion in The Handmaid’s Tale The Republic of Gilead is a theocracy. However, most of the actual Bible verses are changed to fit the ideology of Gilead. This enhances the novel because this dystopian society uses religion for political purposes and satisfying the needs of men. Society in Gilead is broken into social classes based off Biblical references. Marthas are an example of this. Marthas are house

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    Submitted: March 12, 2018 By: toripooh143
  • Unreliable Narrators in Yellow Wallpaper and Tell-Tale Heart

    Unreliable Narrators in Yellow Wallpaper and Tell-Tale Heart

    Unreliable Narrators Everybody longs for people who they can trust; they long to be understood by and be desired by others. For instance, same news is transferred by the news outlet in different ways depending on whether the news outlet is trying to appeal towards a Liberal audience or Conservative audience. This causes the news to be distorted by painting the news in favor of the audience who watches the news. This creates a

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    Essay Length: 971 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 13, 2018 By: Chimsey Baam
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

    The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Atwood based her novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, off of the 17th-century American Puritan theocracy. Atwood wrote about what could happen if America were to return too it’s roots. This thought was provoked by the rocky political climate of the early eighties. The novel’s recent popularity is due to the rapidly declining state of America’s government and minorities fearing for their freedoms. In the novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred’s motivation lies within her desire for

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    Essay Length: 1,245 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 31, 2018 By: Tiffany Hummel
  • Geoffrey Chaucer’s the Canterbury Tales

    Geoffrey Chaucer’s the Canterbury Tales

    The Holy Friar Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories about medieval times and those individuals involved during this time. Chaucer’s Friar assumed the responsibilities of a medieval Friar, such as administering the sacraments of confession and marriage. Even though he himself took on the life of poverty as a Friar, he liked to make friend with landowners, barmaids, noblewomen, and tavern owners (Geoffrey Chaucer 252). To earn money while living

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    Submitted: September 12, 2018 By: patwalsh
  • Irony Within the Pardoner’s Tale

    Irony Within the Pardoner’s Tale

    Jewel Luman Mrs. Huebbe English 24 October, 2018 Irony within The Pardoner’s Tale Geoffory Chaucer’s use of satire throughout The Canterbury Tales was intended to draw attention to the prevalent issues in society. In The Pardoner’s Tale, Chaucer exposes the irony within the works of the catholic clergy and the bastardization of the church. The reader views the Pardoner as a greedy, unremorseful, deceiving, con-man, concerned only with his financial stability. The Pardoner’s character represents

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    Submitted: November 5, 2018 By: Jewelluman
  • Who Is the Narrator of “the Tell-Tale Heart”?

    Who Is the Narrator of “the Tell-Tale Heart”?

    Who is the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart”? What do we know about him? Does he fit within the framework of other Gothic protagonists? Poe doesn't unequivocally let us know whether the storyteller is male or female. An anonymous narrator tells the story by attempting to persuade the pursuer of his logical soundness while portraying a murder he did. The storyteller appears to be utterly sad, a basket case and deadly motivations, and outrageous

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    Submitted: February 9, 2019 By: kellytiana129
  • Nonstandard English in "the Canterbury Tales"

    Nonstandard English in "the Canterbury Tales"

    Pascaru Anastasia-Elena German- English Nonstandard English in “The Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer “Nonstandard English refers to any dialect of English other than Standard English and is sometimes referred to as nonstandard dialect or non-standard variety. The term Nonstandard English is sometimes used disapprovingly by non-linguists to describe "bad" or "incorrect" English.”[1]. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories and has over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer. „Tales of

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    Essay Length: 1,344 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 27, 2019 By: Anastasia Pascaru

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