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The film A fistful of dollars is a western movie. The movie is about a man with no name who rides in to a western village on his horse. The town name that he arrived at is called San Miguel. After arriving to the town he discovered a feed between the two families. Like in most western movies the feud is over power. The feuding families consisted of the Rojo brothers and the family of the town sheriff. The stranger took note of an opportunity to make some money. This is where the film ad…

realization that Hadleyburg is not what is appears to be. The people pride themselves on their reputation and are comfortable living inside their bubble of fabricated probity. Instead of reflecting on their treatment of others, they focus on sustaining the image of their holy village. To entice the people of Hadleyburg into falling into the strangers trap of a joke, he baits them with a bag of gold. The symbolism behind the bag of money, is comparable to the Garden of Eden. Just like Eve was…

Prologue: One does not know the name of the author since the document is a simple record of a trial that occurred in the mid-14th Century. We can guess who the writer of this court record by looking who the prominent scribes for the criminal court of the Parlement of Paris in the fourteenth century were. Being the scribe of a court trial is not really relevant to who the author is though. Just copying down precedents does not quite give a voice to the document. The record describes the…

A Knight’s Tale is about three friends who pursued the challenge of jousting after their master, Sir Ector, died. William Thatcher took his dead master’s armor and went on to win his first tournament. As William, Roland, and Wat went on to compete in many more tournaments, William meets Jocelyn and instantaneously falls in love with her. William Thatcher was born in the Cheapside borough of London in the early 1350’s. Even though he was not very wealthy, he had always dreamed of being a knight.…

Once upon a time, there was a knight in shining armor named Rahmir, who entered a new country called Carrington. The knight had travelled for two days to reach the new country that, rumor was, he was expelled from for killing an innocent townsman. There was also a beautiful princess named Christina, that this knight had fallen in love with, and a ruthless king of this country. The knight’s background led to the king’s conjecture that the knight was a horrendous man. Although the king thought…

During the middle ages, there were different significant of people in different status at the time. You either rich or poor or you’re healthy or sick.The Black Plague was a massive destruction and a lot of people during the middle ages suffered/died from this deadly disease. Once contracted, the chance of death is significantly high. “The Pardoner’s Tale”, by Chaucer, centralizes around the Plague,Poverty,and Greed. During the Black Death,Chaucer tells the story that shows greed, the…

English Quarter 1 Paper Geoffrey Chaucer challenged the social norms of his time through the “Wife of Bath's Tale”, where he cleverly expressed his opinions on women and power. In his tale, he challenged the norms through the situations where he made women sovereign over men. This idea was prevalent when the knight was put before women who would judge his crime, when the old hag would give him the answer in return for his marriage, and ultimately when the knight allowed the old hag to choose…

1. Explain the issue of trust as it pertains to the merchant, his wife, and Sir Don John. Which character is the most trusting? How do you know? Which character is the most deceitful? What makes this character deceitful? Cite textual evidence. 2. Explain what is ironic about Sir Don John asking the merchant for a loan. 3. Explain what the merchant means by the metaphor “money is our plow”. Of whom is he speaking? To whom is he speaking? 4. Why did Sir Don John and the merchant’s wife lie to…

Many short stories have similarities and differences in literature. This comes in a lot with the short stories “WWJD” by Will Weaver and “Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The most obvious similarity and difference in the two stories was going to the extreme. Both stories have similarities and differences in strange ways. In the story “What Would Jesus Do” Suzy went to an extreme with religious beliefs. In a quote “i try to live by one rule: WWJD. What Would Jesus do?” shows us…

housewives. Men of medieval cultures were idealized as the heroic protector of the community while the ideal lady took care of children and stately manners. The role and treatment of women during the Middle Ages, expressed in Beowulf and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, paved the way that led to the modern day treatment and role of women. Modern day practical heroes are strong and courageous men, while the ideal heroine is an independent brave, yet, masculine woman. The historical impact of the…