For example, he tells the truth in the beginning of the story, which showed his honesty, but at the end when it was time to face the knight in person he lied about receiving the green scarf from his wife. ... The code of chivalry was expressed through many characters in the Canterbury Tales. In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the old lady was courteous and generous. ... (Line 767) "Bold in his speech, yet wise and full of tact, there was no manly attribute he lacked, what's more he was a merry-hearted man." ...

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The story that he tells about the three friends who kill each other for gold exemplifies the Christian them: Greed is the root of all evil. "The Man of Laws Tale" is one of a saint's legend. ... "The Knights Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales" can also be seen as pagan. ... "The Knights Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales" is also a story of adventure. ... "The Wife of Baths tale" is also one of adventure. ...

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But she is in dilemma, being accused by her own conscience while feeling she should tell Angel about her past. ... After their wedding, Angel and Tess both confess indiscretions: Angel tells Tess about an affair he had with an older woman in London, and Tess tells Angel about her history with Alec. ... I admire the author's determination to create a sexually fallen character who he consider "pure" when he himself knows that would shock most of the readers of his time, and reading through the novel I can feel truly what he really wants to express is that the loss of virginity does not nece...

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He knew this, but could not bring himself to tell the children that they were in danger. Instead, he lovingly told them beautiful fairy tales of the things that he wished so desperately would happen for his beloved little ones (Szpilman, 95-96). ... But hardly anyone had that onion, and if he did, he could not find it in his heart to give it away, for the war had turned his heart to stone. (21) Korczak, if he had had that onion, would have given it to the child who asked without regret, knowing that he had just saved the child's life for another day, and hoping that he had helped to teach...

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Just this small detail erupts a huge amount of moral conflict within Huck as he must decide whether or not to follow society or follow his heart. ... Huck is so intoxicated by the ways of southern society that he believes that he should be swimming to shore to quickly tell someone that he has a fugitive slave aboard. ... When the men want to see for themselves, he makes up an elaborate tale, telling the men that it is his family who have small pox, knowing that they would not go near the raft if this were so. ... Instead of informing Huck or the Phelps of this information, he neglects to tell ...

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(Everyman intro) "And ends with a speech by the Doctor enclosing the moral of the tale by restating points the audience should take heed to: "Doctor: This moral men may have in mind.Ye hearers, take it of worth, old and young,/And forsake Pride, for he deceiveth you in the end;/ And remember Beauty, Five Wits, Strength, and Discretion,/ They all at the last do every man forsake,/ Save his Good Deeds there doth he take."" ... He tells of a journey coinciding with a book of accounts' to be evaluated by the Maker. ... Fellowship speaks exquisite words of faith as he tells Everyman ...

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In the novel, Heart of Darkness, the Europeans witness a life unlike any they have ever seen. ... Every man has a heart of darkness that is usually drowned out by the light of civilization. ... He not only loses his mind but his soul, resulting in utter and complete darkness of the heart. ... The prehistoric man was cursing us, praying to us, welcoming us - who could tell? ... Heart of Darkness concerns Marlow's journey of self, a spiritual voyage of self-discovery. ...

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Perhaps a person is good because of their kind heart. ... What can be described as a road trip gone wrong, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a tale full of irony and wit. ... She is quick to judge others though and isn't afraid to tell her family what she thinks. ... The Grandmother and Red Sam tell stories of the old days and how people aren't as decent as they used to be. ... (She wanted to tell him that he must pray. ...

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He tells us "ironic treatment alone would enable me to say all I felt I would have to say in scorn as well as pity" (Conrad: p41). ... Conrad tells us that although the other characters are "shams" he had not intended to make the Professor "despicable" (Conrad: p19), and that he wanted to give the Professor "a note of perfect sincerity" (Conrad: p20). ... Conrad tells us that in the beginning stages of the creation of the text he was overcome by "the vision of an enormous town indifferent to heaven's frowns and smiles" (Conrad: p41), which was to provide the backdrop to Winnie Verloc'...

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In a world like the one we live in today, pure honesty can be absolutely one of the most hardest virtues to have, and can only be experienced by other's if the trait is in ones own heart. ... Likewise, in the story "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coehlo, the novel tells the tale of Santiago, a boy who has a dream and the courage to follow it. ... The religious tolerance of Judaism tells us, "God has created song, prayer, service, and many other forms of worship that we might be thankful for what he has done." ...

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Renaissance in England was a period of pomp, show and glitter, marked with growing sense of beauty and an increasing enrichment of life made through adventures, bravery and excess. The English period of Renaissance led to the breaking of the medieval knowledge and philosophy, infusing a new spirit of freedom, introducing a note of patriotism and national glorification, and also accompanying a revolt against the authority of the Pope. It was an age keeping pace with the bold adventures of men discovering new lands, and full of the work of scientists like Copernicus who had revealed man's t...

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