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- 31: Heart of Darkness: The Symbol of Ivory
- ... the whites. By the thirty-seventh page via Marlow associates them with a “false religion.” He says that the men at the Central Station are, “like a lot of faithless pilgrims bewitched inside a rotten fence. Pilgrims are usually people who travel to a holy place, so why the choice of words? Conrad further explains in the following lines when he says, “The word ‘ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it.” In their rapacity the “pilgrims” have placed ivory as their God, a realization that has greater meaning towards the end of the book. The significance of ivory begins to move away from avarice and ...
- 32: Summary of The Heart of Darkness
- ... rate among white agents in the jungle. The conversation ends abruptly when they realize Marlow is on deck listening to them. The riverboat is finally repaired and a group of pilgrims, led by the manager, begins the trip up the river to Kurtz's inner station. The trip takes two months. Marlow is the pilot and his crew consists of a ... natives sighted on shore. He senses humanity in their savagery and a savagery in the white people with whom he travels. Fifty miles from Kurtz's station, Marlow and the pilgrims discover a ruined hut where there is firewood waiting for them. There is also a note warning them to proceed with caution and haste. While investigating, Marlow finds a book ... to die. Close to death, Kurtz goes through a hideous transformation, as if a “veil had been rent.” Kurtz dies after uttering his final words, “The horror! The horror!” The pilgrims bury Kurtz. Marlow himself becomes very ill and, still physically and spiritually shaky, he goes back to Brussels with Kurtz's papers and the knowledge of his reputation. He ...
- 33: Early Colonies
- ... did not want their children to be raised Dutch. Also, they felt that Holland was too liberal. Although they enjoyed the freedom of religion, they decided to leave for America. Pilgrims, or sojourners, left for America on the Mayflower and landed in Cape Cod in 1626. They had missed their destination, Jamestown. Although the climate was extremely rocky, they did not ... more comfortably. Also because of their Puritan beliefs, they had good relations with the Native Americans. Their pacifist nature led the Indians to help with their crops. In thanks, the Pilgrims celebrated the first thanksgiving in 1621. A second group of Puritans in England, the Massachusetts Bay Company, came to Massachusetts for more economically motivated purposes due to their non-minimalist ... to many more instances of attempted improvement, thus leading to more voice from the common people. The government in Massachusetts began with the Mayflower Compact, an agreement signed by the Pilgrims pledging that they would set up a theocracy, a political system headed by the clergy. In the compact, they also pledged loyalty to support and follow England. Seven years ...
- 34: Canterbury Tales, Franklins Ta
- ... an underlying message, one being the Franklin s Tale. The Franklin s Tale is the most moral tale that has been read. It is not told to make the other pilgrims laugh, rather to explain an extremely important lesson. Throughout life, people say many things that are meant to be taken with a grain of salt and not literally, like Sure ... Franklin. The Franklin, as described in the Prologue, is white as a daisy-petal his beard./ A sanguine man, high-coloured and benign. (p. 12). Before the tales of the pilgrims are actually told, Chaucer gives the reader a description of each pilgrim in order to understand the tales from the point of view of each pilgrim. Chaucer creates an affable ... its credibility, in his introduction to the Franklin, Chaucer foreshadows, by illustrating the his purity, that the Franklin will have a very powerful and meaningful tale to share with the pilgrims and to the reader. Before the Franklin begins his story, he lets the whole travelling body know that he is not incredibly skilled in the art of rhetoric, and ...
- 35: Geroffrey Chaucer
- ... Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories set within a story of a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket. The poet joins a group of pilgrims, described in the General Prologue, who assemble at the Tabard Inn outside London for the journey to Canterbury. The Host at the Inn proposes a storytelling contest to pass the time; each of the 30 or so pilgrims (the exact number is unclear) is to tell 4 tales on the round trip. Chaucer completed less than a quarter of this plan. The work contains 22 verse tales (2 ...
- 36: Canterbury Tales - A View Of T
- ... one of the most important medieval authors, uses this prologue and tale to make a statement about buying salvation. The character of the pardoner is one of the most despicable pilgrims, seemingly "along for the ride" to his next "gig" as the seller of relics. "For myn entente is nat but for to winne,/ And no thing for correccion of sinne ... journey because he is being required to go by the church or he sees some sort of economic gain from this voyage, most likely from selling forgiveness to the other pilgrims. The Plowman on the other hand is probably on this voyage because of his sincerity and faith in its purpose. While this was the story of religion at 'grass-roots ...
- 37: Cantebury Tales
- ... one of the most important medieval authors, uses this prologue and tale to make a statement about buying salvation. The character of the pardoner is one of the most despicable pilgrims, seemingly "along for the ride" to his next "gig" as the seller of relics. "For myn entente is nat but for to winne,/ And no thing for correccion of sinne ... journey because he is being required to go by the church or he sees some sort of economic gain from this voyage, most likely from selling forgiveness to the other pilgrims. The Plowman on the other hand is probably on this voyage because of his sincerity and faith in its purpose. While this was the story of religion at 'grass-roots ...
- 38: First Crusade
- ... g) Some here forced to go by their feudal lords. The Crusaders continued an older tradition of the pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Now, however, they assumed two roles as pilgrims and warriors. Such an armed pilgrimage was regarded as a justifiable war, because it was fought to recapture the places sacred to that of the Christians. Jerusalem had been under Muslim rule since the 7th century, but pilgrimages were not cut off until the 11th century (when the Seljuk Turks began to interfere with Christian pilgrims). For Christians, the very name of Jerusalem evoked visions of the end of time and of the heavenly city. To help rescue the Holy Land fulfilled the ideal of the ...
- 39: European Crusades
- ... major importance. The Crusaders continued an older tradition of the pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which was often imposed as a penance . Now, however, they assumed a two roles as pilgrims and warriors. Such an armed pilgrimage was regarded as a justifiable war, because it was fought to recapture the places sacred to that of the Christians . Jerusalem had been under Muslim rule since the 7th century, but pilgrimages were not cut off until the 11th century, when the Seljuk Turks began to interfere with Christian pilgrims. For Christians, the very name of Jerusalem evoked visions of the end of time and of the heavenly city. To help rescue the Holy Land fulfilled the ideal of the ...
- 40: Canterbury Tales
- The Canterbury Tales is a collection of accounts about a journey pilgrims made to and from the Canterbury Cathedral, composed by British writer Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 1300’s. “Chaucer greatly increased the prestige of English as a literary language and extended the range of its poetic vocabulary and meters” (Encarta 1). In the tales, the host offers a contest to the pilgrims which requires them to tell four stories during their trip . Chaucer ingeniously integrates the episodes with one another and also resplendently describes the personality, behavior, and general way of life ...
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