The Thrush and the Nightingale
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INTRODUCTION: summer, debate, characters (1-24)
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DEBATE (25-192)
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Nightingale's speeches
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Cuckoo's speeches
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1st
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(25-36)
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defends women
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< - >
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(37-48)
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false and untrue: Alexander
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Narrator comments upon Nightingale's feelings (49)
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2nd
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(50-60)
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women can protect themselves
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(61-72)
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I have seduced them:
Adam
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3rd
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(72-84)
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sweetest love-making
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(85-93)
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Gawain
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4th
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(93-108)
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my garden
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(109-120)
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Constantine
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5th
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(121-130)
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radiant ladies
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(131-144)
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Samson
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Narrator: Nightingale speaks (145)
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6th
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(146-155)
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ladies are physicians
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(156-168)
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unclean, not one true one
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7th
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(169-180)
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Virgin Mary
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(181-192)
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I give up
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