1. an account of an event, or series of events, real or imaginary. the story of the disaster; the story of his life; He went to the police with his story; What sort of stories do boys aged 10 like?; adventure/murder/love stories; a story-book; He's a good story-teller.historia...
The fortune-teller. (poem)Lim, Shirley GeokLin
a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and burned Troy to the ground; "the story of the Troja...
Before she actually gets in the boat, she looks down the river at Camelot like a fortuneteller who is in a “trance” once he realizes his own misfortunes that await him. At the end of the day, she eventually loosens the chain that is tying the boat to land and lays down in it. ...
After the Knight finishes telling his story, it meets with the approval of the whole company.The Hostthen moves to the Monk (another high-status teller) to tell “somewhat to quite with the Knyghtes tale”. It is at this point that the Miller, extremely drunk, interrupts “in Pilates voy...
Focuses on Chaucer's poem 'Prioress's Tale' and the two religious formations on which the tale is founded, Christianity and Judaism. Organization of the ta... Patterson,Lee - 《Journal of Medieval & Early Modern Studies》 被引量: 9发表: 2001年 The Squire as Story-Teller Cawley, "Chaucer...
He was an amateur jockey, self-taught musician, and teller of tall tales. He loved Old Time string music, and played in many bands and pick up groups. One of his favorites was “The Over Educated String Band” which made annual pilgrimages to the Motleigh Musicalia. His best band was...
Tell each other fairy tales And we stare at the beautiful women She’s looking at you Ah, no, no, she’s looking at me Smilin’ in the bright lights Coming through in stereo When everybody loves you You can never be lonely Well, I’m gonna paint my picture ...
But each of the details (justified realistically in the palaver of the fortune-teller) assumes a new meaning in the general context of the poem. There is then, in addition to the surface irony, something of a Sophoclean irony too, and the “fortune-telling,” which is taken ironically ...
Toni: I’ve always been a story-teller. Aged 6, when the teacher was called away – before the days of teaching assistants – she would have me sit at the front of the class and tell them a story. It was usually a mix of various fairytales with princes, princesses, witches and drago...