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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÜßßßßÜÜÜÜ ÜÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÛßß ßÛÛ
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ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÝ Ûß
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ßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÞÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßÛÜÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÞß
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ßßßßß ßßÛÛß ßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on the Satire of ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [The Poem "The Princess, ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [The Knight, and the ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [Dragon." ]
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Dizzed: 07/94 # of Words:362 School: State:
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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The human institutions of nobility and dignity are often criticized by
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satirists. These satirists see these as arbitrary rules that man has
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placed on himself that do not help, and may even hurt them, in the long
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run. This point is capitalized upon by Stoddard Malarkey in his poem "The
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Princess, the Knight, and the Dragon". In the poem Malarkey's opinions can
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clearly be seen through the examples of the characters Princess Miranda,
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the maid, and the knight.
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The character of Princess Miranda is the obvious representative of
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ideas of dignity and nobility. She, fully aware of her own danger, does
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what the code of nobility that she follows dictates her to do, ignore the
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threat of Faggon the Dragon. She ignores the natural, logical warning of
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fear that she has in order to strictly follow her code. It is because of
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this that she can is taken prisoner and eventually eaten, for if she had
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not been so eager to be courageous she would have run home and avoided
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being captured by Faggon.
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The princess is directly contrasted by the characters of the maid and
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the knight. Where the princess follows her code of noble action and is
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punished, the knight and maid undertake unchivalrous actions and are
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rewarded. Both the maid and knight follow the natural instinct that is
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ignored by Miranda. Faced with the same threat the maid and the knight
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both react in a logical manner. They see that there is little chance of
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being in any way triumphant over Faggon, and violate the code of nobility
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for something that is more important to them, their lives. As such they
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manage to survive and live out the rest of their lives in happiness, where
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the Princess is forced into a life of torture and finally death.
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Malarkey effectively conveys his point through the consequences of his
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characters. Despite it light, Horatian nature it conveys the message that
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codes of honor and other such rule systems only serve to endanger man. He
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displays that dignity can sometimes turn winning situations into losing
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ones.
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