Cunning folk

Cunning folk in general “performed an important social service as they told fortunes, claimed to heal the sick, and offered protection against witchcraft”(Godbeer 9). However, Puritan colonists also believed that cunning folk could use these same talents to inflict harm, or put an end to those who angered them. Although both men and women operated as cunning folk, women cunning folk were more likely to be accused of being a witch. The idea…

300 years later, many people took on a similar trend known as McCarthyism. America in the 1950s was a place of sacrifice and honor as well. Different people of the public would sacrifice themselves, their faith and their honor to protect themselves from the communist accusations made by fellow Americans. McCarthyism was a way of life for those living in the 50’s and is explained by an article as it says, “In the supercharged atmosphere of the early Cold War, the anticommunist crusade spun out of…

Powah Chia-Tong Professor Aimee Record ENG 334.051W(6835) 12 September 2017 Society and Storytelling It is important to pass on our culture to our children. There are many ways to teach children their culture, but this one is probably the earliest method a child will be exposed to. Storytelling draws children’s attention while also teaching them many aspects of who they are and who they will be. While facts from history books are important, they should not be the only narrative with which…

makes it feel unrealistic Both animals in the stories use anthropomorphism in the act that they reason with the characters in the trickster tales. Anthropomorphism makes the story give a real aspect with also using animals. The main characters use cunning and trickery to fool characters. The tricksters cat and coyote are both known for being sneak animals Master cat and coyote steals fire both achieve their goals. The animals achieving their goals and the stories in both cases. Lastly all these…

In To Build a Fire by Jack London, London was trying to portray a conflict between youth and arrogance as opposed to wisdom and experience. The main character is a young man who believes that he knows the frozen wilderness, but he is still a newcomer who has not yet learned to respect the power of nature. London shows early in the story that the young man lacks imagination, an asset he sorely needs when tested to the extreme by the harsh wilderness. The man’s egotism and greed are in conflict…

The early modern period, was a time plagued by large scale witch-hunts and trials across Europe. During this period the classification of a witch changed, and the attitude towards those who practiced witchcraft shifted away from the medieval ideas of white and black magic, to a vision that all magic not given by god, must have come from Satan there therefore be evil. The ways witchcraft occurred, and the ways it was dealt with varied greatly across Europe, as did the peaks of witch activity in…

948). Regularly describing white folk as cunning murderous foxes that made remarkable efforts to depict themselves as good-intentioned, Malcolm was quite cynical in that he intensely believed that the moral consciousness of American was bankrupt as no matter how hard African-Americans exerted…

“The two boys grew. Sullen and cunning… O pines, whisper to Jesus; tell Him to come and press sweet Jesus-lips against their lips and eyes…” (6) Once again the acts and religious beliefs of the town are in conflict as the town prays that Jesus will show them love and protection. Though…

large place "border" - strong, agile, courageous people; praised the hard work and perseverance, cunning and courage. Many of the heroes of folklore exist in reality, although their feats and tricks greatly exaggerated, as people granted them popular with his own qualities. Hunter and storyteller Davey Crockett (1786-1836) lived in one of the south-eastern states, he was repeatedly elected to Congress. Folk humor Crockett gave a smile that raccoons could not make themselves were given into the…

about them. It could also be said that this is a character outside of the story. This shows a direct contrast to the narrators in “The Jumping Frog…” since the narrators for that story are part of the story and serve as an advocate between the rural folk of the story and the urban audience to whom it is directed…