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   William Vetter to J.Pascal   
   Re: trope/motif/cliche   
   01 Jul 15 02:27:11   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   J.Pascal wrote:   
   >   
   > Contrast cliche or stereotype... they might exist "for a reason" but are   
   > generally experienced as lazy and usually inaccurate.  "No, I don't have to   
   > actually explain how this guy is the villian... didn't you notice that he's a   
   > priest?"   
   >   
   That's a tradition.  In _The Canterbury Tales_, Chaucer has the   
   Alchemist-Priest, and in the Summoner's Tale, we learn the place in   
   Hell for friars is up Satan's asshole.   
      
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