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“Whatever It Takes”

what Canada decided to do (Tough). He started with "a 24-block zone of central Harlem" that he named the "Harlem Childrens Zone" ...

Book Review of The Study of Spirituality Edited by Cheslyn Jones, Geoffrey Wainwright, and Edward Yarnold

that on the evolution of spirituality in the Middle Ages. For instance, Anthony Russells article, "Sociology and the Study of Spi...

'Tam o'Shanter' by Robert Burns

In five pages this poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns is analyzed with its satirical elements and similarities to Chaucer duly not...

Unorthodox Writings of American Poet James Merrill

blank verse" (Traveler With a Trunk of Poetic Devices). It begins with the poem, "The Friend of the Fourth Decade," which is fram...

Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Poem Analysis of the Chinese Book of Songs

In five pages this research paper presents an analysis of several poems found within the Chinese Book of Songs and also includes a...

Poe/Annabel Lee

a child and she was a child/In this kingdom by the sea" (lines 7-8). These lines, as do the opening lines of the poem, establish a...

Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...

Gary Soto/”Oranges”

trees carry with them the promise of spring and new growth, new beginnings, which is evocative of the fact that the two children s...

Robert Lowell/Skunk Hour

farmer/is first selectman in our village;/shes in her dotage" (lines 4-6). As these lines indicate, the poem is in free verse. B...

The Miller’s Tale

some life lesson, Nicholas is trying to get Alison in bed with him, and thus also needs a lesson. There is Alison who is willing t...

Significance of Vernacular in "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer and "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri

Comedy." His Italian allegory depicts the Christian hereafter that is subdivided into cantos of Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purga...

Canterbury Tales

that is good about the Church and religion. But, all the others are seemingly far less than perfect as they are connected with the...

Canterbury Tales and The Song of Roland

should control the entire known world and so the theme of religion, and the power of religious men, was not questioned in The Song...

Select Canterbury Tales

Introduction Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales are truly timeless stories that tell the reader something of the history of Europ...

Various Approaches to Love in Literature

This essay presents an overview of how love is used thematic in various texts, which includes Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Can...

Chaucer's View of Religion, The Canterbury Tales

This essay pertains to the clergy members who are part of Chaucer's band of travelers in "The Canterbury Tales." The writer argues...

The Iliad and "The Knight's Tale"

This essay presented an argument that Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" reflects the ideals of Homer's The Iliad. Four pages in lengt...

Chaucer's Merchant and Archetypes

role as archetypes of classes of humanity, Blake identifies many of the figures with the characters of Greek myth, whom also alleg...

The Franklin’s Tale: Courtly Love and Marriage

help her and rid the shore of rocks if he can make love to her. Aurelius love is a courtly love in many respects. He has loved her...

Chaucer’s The Franklin’s Tale and the Film Indecent Proposal

these stories are both very similar for the couple love one another and share their lives in a very equal and meaningful manner. ...

Religion in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

of cheating going on. There are people who lie to get what they want, people who have sex outside of their marriage, and ultimatel...

General Prologue: Canterbury Tales

they may be actively attempting to simply present some facts and remain objective. But, even in remaining objective there will be ...

Two Views of Troilus and Cressida

This 4 page paper discusses two versions of Troilus and Cressida, that of Boccaccio and Chaucer's later work. Bibliography lists 1...

Chaucer/Merchant's & Franklin's Tales

French fabliaux, which provide the source material on which many of the tales are based. Essentially, Chaucer use of gardens sugge...

Bennett: "The Book of Virtues"

responsibility; friendship; work; courage; perseverance; honesty; loyalty; and faith" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett uses a number o...

Chaucer and the Church

The Chaucer we envisage here might regard this tale as valuable for its religious elements, for its depiction of a valiant woman w...

A Review of The Pardoner's Tale

extremely outspoken. One of his strongest skills it seems is public speaking. In fact, he is a performer! These characteristics ...

Dante's 'Inferno' and Chaucer's Pilgrims

have been a part of hypocritical ways will be confined. Likewise, the idea and notion of lust is a level of hell where those who h...