The Secretary of State is also keeper of the Great Seal of the United States, a device used to authenticate documents coming from the White House and as such, the S.O.S. is responsible for drafting proclamations and replies.In the West Wing, the Secretary of State was Arnold Vinick played by Alan Alda.he Secretary of State is also keeper of the Great Seal of the United States, a device used to authenticate documents coming from the White House and as such, the S.O.S. is responsible for drafting proclamations and replies.
Geoffrey Chaucer's masterpiece The Canterbury Tales depicts characters from every stratum of feudal society and exposes the contradictions of the character's social roles. As a Church representative, the Pardoner, for instance, is to be a scammer of gullible believers. His tale is an ironic narrative that speaks about human morality.
The decasyllabic couplet Chaucer used for most of the Canterbury Tales later evolved into the heroic couplet, commonly used for epic and narrative poetry in English. Chaucer is also credited with pioneering the regular use of iambic pentameter. As the American poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his essay .