from the 15th century to the 19th century these festivals and rituals could have been seen as a negative aspect of traditional European life‚ they were also positive and served a specific purpose during that time period. Many festivals‚ such as Shrove Tuesday and Carnival represented times of extreme excess that served as an outlet for behaviors that were usually considered unacceptable by the Church and the dictates of polite society. The festivals that Europeans took part in allowed them to unwind
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Mardi Gras‚ in the French speaking parts of the world and in some US southern states is the last day of carnival festivities preceding Lent‚ the time of penitence observed by Christians in preparation for Easter. Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") is a French term for Shrove Tuesday‚ the day before the start of Lent. Before Lent festivities reach the climax on a day in February or March‚ depending on what date Easter is.(Americana pg. 308) French colonists brought Mardi Gras to America in the early 1700’s
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ENGLISH SLANG/IDIOMS SLANG: Nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture. In other words‚ slang is typically a nonstandard word‚ not a phrase as is an idiom. Slang would include words like pooped‚ to down a drink‚ boob-tube‚ threads‚ bonkers‚ basket case‚ to name a few. Slang words may or may not have alternative literal meanings. They may be "made up" words. IDIOM: A phrase that is commonly understood in a given culture or subculture to have a meaning different
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Text analysis Assessment Task: Novel study Chocolat Stage 1 English Words: 693 The Role of Religion The Story of Chocolat begins on Shrove Tuesday where Harris describes the journey of a young traveller‚ Vianne and her daughter Anouk; they are brought to the town of lansquenet by “the wind.” (pg. 16) The story is planned very much during lent and communicates ideas of religion throughout the story. Religion plays a major role in Harris’ book Chocolat. The town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes
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celebration of all‚ but in england it has faded away and is no longer celebrated. However‚ it is still the climax of christmas in Spain and Italy. Easter of course‚ preceded by another fast‚ Lent‚ which lasted from Ash Wednesday until Easter. shrove Tuesday‚ the day before lent started‚ was traditonally a day for a feast before the fast started‚ pancakes were traditionally eaten on that day‚ and still are‚ even though fasting in Lent is a custom that has mostly lapsed in england. May Day is still
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How Does the Author in Text 30 Achieve its Purpose Text 30 is part of a children’s book and the purpose is to entertain. The book itself is intended for young children and is short story. The moral of this story is about sharing/ putting others needs before their own. This would be a good role model story for the children as it is an enjoyable story but yet teaching them at the same time. The genre of the text is fiction. The novel and the series of books ‘The Little Grey Rabbit’ itself are created
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Tuesdays with Morrie Themes The Tuesdays with Morrie‚ written by Mitch Albom is the true story of an old college professor and a prior student now facing life‚ death‚ and time. Throughout the story‚ Albom shows many morals‚ themes‚ and life lessons; however three themes truly stood out within this story. Mitch Albom specifically pointed out to the reader the three specific themes of friendship‚ truth‚ and the sad reality that everybody dies. Albom showed the theme of friendship within the
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Tuesdays with Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie is a true story about sportswriter Mitch Albom and his favorite college professor Morrie Schwartz. During Albom’s undergraduate years at Brandeis University‚ when he takes every class taught by his mentor‚ he and Schwartz form a bond that goes beyond the typical student/teacher relationship. The author‚ Mitch‚ who is a teacher in the eyes of hope. After graduation‚ he entered the community‚ containing floating up‚ there was the ideal gradual disillusionment
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Tuesdays with Morrie Written by Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie is about an elderly man named Morrie Shwartz diagnosed in his seventies with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Morrie has always lived his life in his own fashion‚ taking his path less stressful. And continues to do so until his dying day. One of his former students sitting thousands of miles away in Michigan stumbled upon this episode of "Nightline" on the television by chance and most likely by fate. This student‚ Mitch Album‚ decides to
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Brittany Hafford Human Development Bull-Allen 4-7-2015 Tuesdays with Morrie “Tuesdays with Morrie” has changed my view on life. Many lessons of life are told in his book. I have learned from the book that in order to live in peace and avoid unnecessary conflict‚ we must learn how to communicate and compromise. The book talks about it being best to have a positive attitude‚ and have the ability to turn what might often be perceived as a negative situation‚ into a privilege. It is really an inspiring
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