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Former CEO and founder of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs was man of many talents and virtues. Although Steve Jobs was very honorable, there was a time in his life he failed to uphold a commitment. Initially he publicly denied that Lisa Brennan was his daughter. He kept denying this until he was fired from Apple. After being fired he brought his daughter back into his life and eventually got himself back as CEO of Apple. Similarly in both the “Wife of Bath’s tale” of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Sir…

Throughout history, few conflicts have been that horrific like the First World War. Being one of its combatants, the English poet Wilfred Owen was one of the first to question military propaganda which defended the old Latin proverb: “Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori”; meaning ‘it is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country’. With nothing else than words, he created a distinguished and innovative masterpiece that condemned the grandeur of war by picturing how cruel and deranged the…

Changing of the Times The Canterbury Tales were first written in 1392, and published in 1475, was the beginning of many controversial issues that would appear over the next seven centuries. Author and Middle Englishmen Geoffrey Chaucer was a noble man and controller of the customs and the justice of peace in 1386. So much has changed from the then to now that we even use a different calendar system then what they would use! More of a representation of what the times were like and how they’ve…

The tale of the Wife of Bath, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, is anti-feminist. It tells the story of a young knight that must go on a journey to avoid punishment for his crime. At the end of the tale, the Knight is rewarded with a beautiful and faithful wife. This story is anti-feminist because it avoids punishing the Knight for his crime and makes gross judgements of all women. The story begins with a knight raping a young woman. Medieval law states that the punishment for rape is beheading.…

The worst Co-worker I have ever seen To begin with, there have been so many Co-Workers that I really enjoyed working with, but on this typical Tuesday morning Stew became the worst Co-Worker I had ever worked with. There are many reasons on why Stew is a terrible Co-Worker for instance he is very lazy, also very rude, and Stew doesn't care for anybody but himself. It was a Tuesday morning, Stew was acting very lazy ish once again. I was the manager at the time so I asked Stew nicely “may you…

The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen revolves around soldiers which are at war and are being faced with different obstacles. The meaning of the poems title is the opposite of what the poem is conveying to us. The poems title means “It Is Sweet and Proper”, however as you read the poem it completely different. The things the soldiers are going through is making them seem older than what they actually are. They also seem to be dying from the different situations they are going through.…

"I remember that night, your mother, she looked at me as if I was the devil". Jackie smiles "yeah, but whatever, she was never good to me anyways, I'm pretty sure she hated me even before that night, insufferable old hag". Jackie holds Chris's hand and they walk in unison, "whatever I'm happy with you and that's all that matters, now come on its almost midnight". The night Jackie got kicked out of the house, Chris offered to let her live with her in her apartment…

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” is a common theme demonstrated through the momentous play of Macbeth along with the relationship between power and titles (I, i, 10). The connection between these two concepts is that they’re detached. This is expressed throughout the play through multiple characters such as the Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, three witches, Hecate, and more. To begin, in the play, Macbeth earns three titles: Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King of Scotland. When Macbeth…

Themes are often expressed by poets through voice and tone. These elements play a major role in the overall outcome of how successful the poet is at revealing the theme he or she is trying to convey. For instance Dylan Thomas’ ‘Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night’, is in third person narrative, giving a general idea of what ‘old age should’ do to ‘wise men’ , ‘good men’, ‘wild men’ and ‘grave men.’ However, towards the end of the poem, it changes into second person and Thomas starts to address…

Without delay, Francine Prose’s Hansel and Gretel adaptation caught me off-guard and drew me with an extraordinary introduction sentence. Many questions popped into my head as I finished reading that line and I had to go online to find the answers, dealing if having sex with an animal is illegal. I need a stronger word to describe how I felt about the information I uncovered about Beastiality/Zoophilia because disturbed doesn’t cut it. After reading the information, I sat there with my jaw…