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    As a child, my mother always told me that it is very vital to know the Bible for yourself versus believing any and everything that someone tells you about the Bible. After reading The Miller’s Prologue and Tale, it is quite clear that the biblical story about Noah’s flood was twisted around in the Miller’s Tale. In the story, the carpenter was told by Nicholas that it was going to be another great flood like it was in the bible. Nicholas convinces the carpenter of such thing in order to be with…

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    This is a discussion by the pardoner who tells a moral story upon the begging of his peers. “The cynical Pardoner explains in a witty prologue that he sells indulgences--ecclesiastical pardons of sins--and admits that he preaches against avarice although he practices it himself,” (Sturges). He tells how he preaches about money being the root of all evil, yet the sermon is how he cheats…

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    Anne Broadstreet’s The Prologue is a poem that really catches one’s eye in aspects of life. Anne is one insecure woman and has self-doubting thoughts constantly. She also does not believe her work is good enough to be published. Anne shows her insecurity throughout the poem and specifically in the fourth stanza, “ Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure: A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.”(Bradstreet 111) This is simply saying art impresses her, but it cannot heal her “weak or wounded…

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    This week we read Octavia E. Butler’s novel, Kindred. To summarize the parts of the book that we read, The Prologue and The River. First, in the Prologue, Dana, the main character, lost an arm and was at the hospital with medium consciousness and impaired speech and mobility. When she was finally able to speak the police officers asked if she could describe how she had lost an arm and who had done it to her. The officers tried to blame Kevin, Dana’s husband. They both let the officers know that…

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    birthday, she pricked her finger with a corsage that was given to her by Carabosse. For the next 100 years, Aurora and her kingdom would fall into a deep sleep and would not awake until a prince kissed Aurora. In the following essay I will analyze the Prologue and Act 1 of Sleeping Beauty by using the dance elements of force, time, body and space.…

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    The clearing was quiet, it seemed lifeless. The Salinas River still flowed merrily near the hillside, the water was still warm from the afternoon sun, and still reflected a green hue. On one side of the river, the smooth foothill slopes still curved up to the strong and rocky Gabilan Mountains, and the other side was still lined with trees. Willow and sycamore branches still swung gently in the wind, and the leaves still created a green light within the space. It was totally calm and peaceful……

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    SCENE 8 (James’s House) (James’s is beside his mom whose drunk in the sofa) James: Hi Mom  Mrs. Hale: Hey Son. How’s school? (In a sleepy voice) James: Fine. It was a good start. Mrs. Hale: You’re such a good son. I’m sorry that you have to see me like this every day. James: It’s okay Mom I understand. Everything will be Fine. We’ll get through this. Mrs. Hale: I love you son. Your father would have been proud of you. I just wish he didn’t abandon us (crying) but he did. He chose his career…

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi By: Quintavious adams Just before Nagaina reaches the house to kill Teddy, Rikki-tikki shows her the last egg. “Look at your eggs,” said Rikki-tikki, “in the melon bed near the wall. Go and look, Nagaina!” Nagaina turned around and saw Rikki-tikki with the last egg. “Ah-h! Give it to me”, she yelled. Nagaina quickly jerked around to face him and stroke his tail for a near miss. Rikki-tikki jumps and land and they have a battle in the middle of the garden. Everyone in the…

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    Gawain helped Wallace up onto the mare then mounted the saddle himself. “You ask so many questions!” “I’d like to get married,” said Wallace, ignoring Gawain’s comment. “I want to marry a woman as beautiful as the queen. And she’d have to be nice and like my jokes.” Gawain laughed as horse trotted. Perhaps this young boy was onto something. It sounded as if he understood the recipe for the perfect marriage: attraction, kindness, and someone to laugh with. “Has anyone told you that you’re a wise…

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    Jacin x Cress: I'm Bored Cress sat on Jacin's bed. And waited. And waited. And waited. She was stuck in Jacin's room, since it was her best hiding spot for now, from Levana. She waited for Jacin to return from his shift. She desperately needed someone to talk to. Someone opened the door quickly and came in. Jacin quickly closed the door behind him so no one would see Cress. Cress moved over to make room for Jacin, but he just sat on the floor. “Hello,” was all Cress could say. “Back to you…

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