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    angel then shows the friar “some twenty thousand friars...crept into his (the Devil’s) arse”(304). After his funny prologue, the Summoner then tells his even funnier tale.In The Summoner’s Tale , the tale includes acts of perversion of office committed by the friar. These perversions are mainly related to the Friar’s vow of poverty such as “pretence of praying”(308) for “those who gave him offerings or food”(305). Like the Summoner did earlier, the Friar interrupts the Summoner while he is telling

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    placing a person on such a pedestal. By presenting the information in such a way, the narrator once again conveys the fatuous tone by appearing regretful of what he believes to be his perversion of religion as a child and by portraying his actions as foolish and unreasonable. This is accomplished by contrasting the perversion of religion surrounding the protagonist with his deification of the object of his adulation. Because the narrator of “Araby” is more mature and wiser than the

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    Symbols are often represented by an object but in Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People”, they hold a more superior meaning. Her use of symbols expresses the story boldly, and they make the characters who they really are. Without the use of such symbols, the story would be dull and lifeless. A writing should contain a sense of illustration, allowing the reader to connect to the words and what the author wants them to take from it. The words speak not only through the dialogue but within the descriptions

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    acts for he isn’t Dr Jekyll anymore, gives agency to the mental transformation. “Mirror (…) was brought there later on and for the very purpose of these transformations” he needs to confirm that he did change physically before validating his own perversions but also needs to confirm the change in order not to attract disrespectability on Dr Jekyll. This explains why he calls Hyde a

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    Sexual Morality “There must be integrity between body and life. You must not do with your body what you’re not willing to do with your whole life” (Keller). Keller is directly talking about our individual sexual morality and how or how not it should be perceived in a social context. Most people think sexual dilemmas of it in a broader spectrum, not directly related to one’s morality, by saying “this act isn’t right” where others may simply say “why not”. Yet, what justifies an act for one person

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    The Motion Picture Production Code, a method of censoring media, writes, “Sex perversion or any inference to it is forbidden” (g). While this code was only in effect from 1930 to 1968, the early attempt at censoring portrayals of LGBT characters has continued well into the present. LGBT characters are often represented negatively in the media, enforcing harmful stereotypes, or not represented at all. This topic is relevant because media portrayals of LGBT individuals impact how people view individuals

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    After helping the colonists defeat the British in the American Revolution, France faced incredible debt. The king looked to an Assembly of Notables for help in repaying this debt, but they refused to aid him. Out of options, the king called the Estates General so that they would levy taxes in France. The Estates General was formed by members from each of the three Estates: the 1st Estate, which was comprised of the clergy; the 2nd Estate, which was comprised of the nobility; and the 3rd Estate, which

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    Augustine was puzzled by this question by a long time and he explored the origin of moral evil particularly in the Book Seven of his Confession, and come out that “And when I asked myself what wickedness was, I saw that it was not a substance but perversion of the will when it turns aside from you, O God, who are the supreme substance, and veers towards things of the lower order, being bowelled alive and becoming

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    “For us it is not lawful to introduce any doctrine of our own choosing, neither may we choose some doctrine which someone else has introduced by his own choice.” (Peters, 1980, p. 30). As early as the second century CE, Christian writers, such as Tertullian (ca. 160 – ca. 200 CE), began defining what it was to be a heretic and what heresy could lead to (Peters, 1980, p. 29). Medieval churchmen believed there was much to fear from heresy, but the practice of witchcraft was especially troubling, as

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    The Great Gatsby is a rather curious book, at least in comparison to the literature that emerged before it. Previously, what is defined as ‘American Romanticism’ dominated the American philosophy—the idea that diligence and ambition could lead anyone to success. Perhaps it stands to reason that two very bitter wars eventually mirrored themselves onto its people. America was a country founded on hope—themes such as new beginnings and the idea of escape from typical British life were common in the

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