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…monogatari' (The tale of the Bamboo Cutter). This is a fairy tale that becomes a humorous satire on a group of gentlemen who have all fallen in love with the same women. All of them attempt to capture her love, but in the end her love is won by a suitor who…

…Tassel, were gossiping over former times about the war. All of these tales could not compare to the tales of ghosts and apparitions that had succeeded the conversation. The neighborhood of Sleepy Hollow is rich in legendary treasures of the kind. Several…

…later turned into towns and cities. Weapons weren’t the only things the invading people brought with them. They used a highly organiz4ed system of tribal units each led by a king. Gradually, these units merged together forming seven large bands…

…Crane meets with a headless horseman, and 'Rip Van Winkle,' about a man who falls asleep for 20 years. "I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories." (from Tales of a Traveler, 1824) Washington Irving was born in New York City…

…as the blue sky to write that tale, and I have not the will or the energy.1" This passage somes up the whole story in three sentences, yet only hints at the complexity of Inman's experiences and situation. Throughout the story we see the compromises Inman must…

…other influences to include. Dougy needs to have two races living together in a small community to contain the fight, which would be huge if it was set in a large city. However, where the landscape is a fight for survival, as in Climb a Lonely Hill, Ash…

…is overstated, as there is little magic in the earliest Robin Hood tales. But still, the two Robin have some things in common. Both had a penchant for giving travellers a hard time. Puck was a shape-shifter, and Robin Hood a master of disguise. And Gillian Edwards…

…Although delaying the Merchant's tale, the digression adds humour and anticipation for the tale of the Merchant; while positioning us for interpretation of the tale. It is also a rebuttal of what has come before. At the beginning of 'The Merchant's Tale…

…, Power Politics ¨ 1974, You are Happy ¨ 1978, Selected Poems ¨ 1978, Two-Headed Poems ¨ 1981, True Stories ¨ 1984, Interlunar ¨ 1987, Selected Poems II: Poems Selected and New, 1976-1986 ¨ 1990, Selected Poems 1966-1975 ¨ 1995, Morning in the Burned…

…the human relationship between them, validating or invalidating the meaning of their existence" (Karsten 54). "John Steinbeck can properly be called the author of disengagement on at least two levels, for its traces the symbolic journey and withdrawal of novels…