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    Symbols and Motifs in Street Car B Y M O L LY A N D R O R Y Symbol of Light  Literally means – Blanche’s obsessed with her appearance‚ worried about aging as she’s older than she tells Mitch.  Metaphorically means – the dark light hides her ‘dark’ past and personality. She has many ‘dark’ secrets in her life.  The lantern is a symbol of her covering up her ‘dark’ parts of her personality and past‚ then as Mitch rips it down in scene nine it symbolises him ripping down her lies and seeing the

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    According to the General Prologue in Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ the Squire is described as a youthful‚ and lusty bachelor with curly locks‚ courteous and humble. The Squire also happened to be the son of the knight. The knight feels his son should follow in his steps of being a knight‚ but instead he wants to go his own way as well as participating in some events as a knight. The Squire is much more involved in other hobbies outside of fighting. He is described as having great strength

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    The Knights tale was the first and best tale told in The Canterbury Tales and I think it should win because of how much I absolutely love Knights. A skilled and heroic man covered in metal armor who lives to help others in need. That idea of a person with that kind of personality is just really interesting to me. It also makes me want to be more like a knight whenever I think or talk about them. Although Palamon and Arcite‚ the main character in the Knights tale‚ are bad examples of what

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    When Chaucer finishes telling his tale of Melibee‚ the Host states that he wishes his wife could hear the tale of Prudence and her patience. He goes on to conclude that she is hot tempered by stating “By God’s bones‚ when I have to beat my knaves She goes and fetches great club-headed staves to me‚ and cries out‚ slay the dogs! Lay on and break them up‚ their backs and every bone” (1897-1900). Turning to address the Monk‚ he wishes him to be of good encouragement‚ and asks whether his name is John

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    1. allegory: a literary work that has a second meaning beneath the surface‚ often relating to a fixed‚ corresponding idea or moral principle. 2. alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds. It serves to please the ear and bind verses together‚ to make lines more memorable‚ and for humorous effect. • Already American vessels had been searched‚ seized‚ and sunk. -John F. Kennedy • I should like to hear him fly with the high fields/ And wake to the farm forever fled from the childless

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    The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................1 Overview..............................................................................................................................................................2 Geoffrey Chaucer Biography....................................................................................

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    In Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest’s tale‚ there are three morals that are produced. The three morals that are shown is do not fall to flattery‚ do not "judge a book by its cover"‚ and finally a commentary on priestess. The first moral is do not follow flattery. Chanticleer gets trapped by the fox because he is flattered by the fox for his singing. "Upon his leg‚ whyl he was yong and nyce‚ he made him for to lese his benefyce‚... so he was ravissed by flatterye (Chaucer 564). But‚ the Chanticleer

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    Adi Davis 12/10/12 AP Lit Mr. Campbell “I Can’t Believe I Read this in Middle English: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Perhaps the first dark comedy?” Throughout The Canterbury Tales‚ Chaucer seems to question the popularity of courtly love in his own culture‚ and to highlight the contradictions between courtly love and Christianity‚ and social casts and convention. Courtly love is the notion that true love only exists outside of

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    of the iconic characters in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Like a majority of the characters‚ she comes bearing a tale for the journey. Throughout The Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ the theme that “power needs to be given to women” is seen through the Wife’s perspective‚ the Knight’s conflict‚ and the old woman’s lesson. Chaucer depicts the Wife as a strong‚ outspoken woman. With this in mind‚ she is not the stereotypical woman of the time the The Canterbury Tales would have been written. The Wife

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    two characters lying in opposite extremities. What one person lacks‚ the other has gained in abundance. This essay will explore the major differences between the Clerk and Monk in the Canterbury Tales; its focus mainly pointed to physical descriptions‚ differences in personality and the underlying themes in their tales of sacrifice and betrayal. Chaucer the pilgrim is quite keen on both of these opposite characters in respect to their attitudes. The Monk is a merry man who has a portly body and

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