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…My favorite video game of all time would have to be Tales of Symphonia for the Nintendo Gamecube. This game combines an emotionally charged storyline with fierce gameplay, and the result is fascinating. Filled with believable characters, a large array…

…Charles Dickens's novel "A Tale of Two Cities" is a story of intricately woven plot lines driven by intriguing characters. The female characters are often primary forces in driving the other players and advancing the plot. It's been said that Dickens…

…to swindle money from the other pilgrims. By using irony in the Pardoner's tale, Chaucer effectively criticizes the church system. The irony begins as soon as the Pardoner starts his prologue. He tells the other pilgrims that his sermons reflect how money…

…Tales> We have selected “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” and Cinderella, and will compare and contrast the differences and similarities between them. These two stories have many similarities: both…

…Literature, regardless of its genre revolved around a popular theme during the medieval times. Writers tended to make courtly love an important aspect of the plots of their works. Good examples are Chaucer's The Miller's Tale and its counterpart De…

…Knitting and wine are elementary symbols to understanding A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens collectively foreshadows the future of the French Revolution with intriguing themes: Madame Defarge's carefully selected list of condemned aristocrats to die…

…that the Handmaid's Tale was recorded only 'after' Offred escaped. Therefore, although the tale is in the present tense, hence giving it a sense of immediacy, this fact reduces Offred's credibility when she tells us of her experiences. Imagine remembering everything you…

…France and England in A Tale of Two Cities - The French Revolution Introduction In the eighteen-fifties, Charles Dickens was concerned that social problems in England, particularly those relating to the condition of the poor, might provoke a mass…

…A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens contained many themes that are practiced throughout the book. Two of these themes are altruism and resurrection. The characters Madame Defarge and Sydney Carton are used to exemplify these themes. Sydney…

…In the two books Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and Margaret Laurence’s The Fire Dweller’s, the protagonists are very different in character. However, both of these women lost their identity due to an outside influence. In each of the books we…