Sophie von Rohr Ms. Pressler IH English 10 21 April‚ 2010 Is Kate’s Final Speech Sincere Or Ironic? The character of Kate in William Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew is an outspoken and stubborn young woman living in Italy during the sixteenth century. Her independence and willful attitude mean that she often has difficulty conforming to social norms and fulfilling society’s expectations of her. Kate is pressured into marrying Petruchio‚ her only suitor‚ whose sights are set on her dowry
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Religion has long since been an important factor in society‚ changing and evolving throughout the centuries. In medieval Europe‚ religious pilgrimages were a crucial part of ones religious faith. Often every one in society‚ from the highest of class to the lowest order was involved in this practice. Geoffrey Chaucer‚ one of the most important writers in English literature‚ was the author of The Canterbury Tales‚ an elaborate poem about the religious pilgrimage of twenty nine people to Canterbury
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the shrine of Thomas a Becket. These pilgrims include a Knight‚ his son the Squire‚ the Knight’s Yeoman‚ a Prioress‚ a Second Nun‚ a Monk‚ a Friar‚ a Merchant‚ a Clerk‚ a Man of Law‚ a Franklin‚ a Weaver‚ a Dyer‚ a Carpenter‚ a Tapestry-Maker‚ a Haberdasher‚ a Cook‚ a Shipman‚ a Physician‚ a Parson‚ a Miller‚ a Manciple‚ a Reeve‚ a Summoner‚ a Pardoner‚ the Wife of Bath‚ and Chaucer himself. Congregating at the Tabard Inn‚ the pilgrims decide to tell stories to pass their time on the way to Canterbury
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lxii-lxxvii Essential Question: “In what ways did the medieval era shape European thought and culture?” Vocabulary: hierarchical‚ monastic‚ “papal primacy”‚ bureaucracy‚ feudal‚ fief‚ manor‚ vassalage‚ serf‚ Caesaro-papism‚ bourgeois‚ haberdasher‚ Crusades‚ scholasticism‚ Christendom WEEK 2: Sept 2-5 Chapter 9--290-314 (In this section do not feel you have to memorize the names of kings or Popes) Essential Question: “What were the most significant social and religious events of the late
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villainous characters from Medieval England and include a Knight‚ his son the Squire‚ the Knight’s Yeoman‚ a Prioress‚ a Second Nun‚ a Monk‚ a Friar‚ a Merchant‚ a Clerk‚ a sergent of Law‚ a Franklin‚ a Weaver‚ a Dyer‚ a Carpenter‚ a Tapestry-Maker‚ a Haberdasher and his troop‚ a Cook‚ a Shipman‚ a Physician‚ a Parson‚ a Miller‚ a Manciple‚ a Reeve‚ a Summoner‚ a Pardoner‚ the Wife of Bath‚ and Chaucer himself. They each bring a slice of England to the trip with their stories of glory‚ chivalry‚ Christianity
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environmental hygiene to prevent disease. The development of a sufficiently powerful microscope by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1675 provided visual evidence of living particles consistent with a germ theory of disease. John Graunt‚ a professional haberdasher and serious amateur scientist‚ published Natural and Political Observations ... upon the Bills of Mortality in 1662. In it‚ he used analysis of the mortality rolls in London before the Great Plague to present one of the first life tables and report
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Are you Experienced? by William Sutcliffe Author:William Sutcliffe was born in London on 9 March 1971 and grew up in Harrow‚ a north west London suburb. He attended the Haberdashers´ Aske´s School in Elstree (a school for boys) for 7 years and then he studied at Cambridge University. There he was a member of Cambridge Footlights‚ a well known performance group that mounts several shows a year.After graduation Sutcliffe worked as a television researcher for divers independent production companies
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Thematic Analysis of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” One of the most famous fourteenth-century English texts‚ and Geoffrey Chaucer’s greatest works‚ is “The Canterbury Tales”. It is a complex work where thematic choices are seen in concrete layers. Chaucer’s analyzes corruption in the church and politics‚ the role and position of women in medieval times and marriage‚ and gives an allegorical interpretation of the way of life. However‚ the most important thematic layer is the frame work of a story
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Literary Tradition and Chaucer. Geoffery Chaucer is known as the "Father of English literature" and is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poet’s cornerof Westminister Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author‚ philosopher‚ alchemist and astronomer‚ composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis‚ Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat‚ courtier
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How does Alan Bennett express conflicting views about education through his portrayal of the four teachers in « The History Boys »? In this play‚ the author Alan Bennett wants to convince the audience that education can be approached in many different ways. In fact‚ through the characters of Hector‚ Irwin‚ Dorothy Lintott and the headmaster‚ he shows us that there is no “right” or “wrong” way of teaching. The first educator properly introduced to the audience is Hector‚ a rather unusual teacher
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