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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 ...

Critical Views of Geoffrey Chaucer's Wife of Bath

makes the point that although Alisoun has been defined as trying to eliminate authority altogether, in the sense that she seems to...

Feminist and Anti-Feminist Themes in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

He returns to the witch who then tells him he can have an ugly and faithful wife in her, or a beautiful and unfaithful woman. He a...

Women, Medieval Attitudes and The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

the passage is a contrast of literal words and actual underlying meanings. Many times what the Wife says is in direct opposition t...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale and the 7 Deadly Sins

the Pardoner, himself a representative of the Church. The Seven Deadly Sins are known as pride (vanity), envy, gluttony, lu...

'Ideal' Parson in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

Its almost as if Chaucer chose to include the Parson as a character in order to foil the other characters. In other words, its as...

'The Physican's Tale' and 'The Merchant's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

from Middleburgh to Orwell town./ At money-changing he could make a crown./ This worthy man kept all his wits well set;/ There was...

Characterizations in 'The Wife of Bath' Prologue and Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

The complete collection of the tales has a General Prologue which outlines his encounters with the pilgrims who tell the tales and...

Characterization in the General Prologue of Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

the "decorum of natural, as well as social, order," is preserved (Williams 31). The description of the Knight in the General Prolo...

'Parliament of Fowles' by Geoffrey Chaucer

not procreate indiscriminately but should rather follow Natures example and wait until circumstances are optimal in order to add t...

Medieval Literature and Male Role Model Challenging

theological thought (Moritz). Some of the fundamental thoughts within the texts maintained that women should be kept meek and subm...

Geoffrey Chaucer and Antifeminism

as to the message it may or may not portray. The firmly established gender roles in medieval society are seen by many scholars as...

'Chaucerian Wordplay: The Nun's Priest and His Womman Divyne' Review

it "slows the pace of the narrative, heightens suspense, and enhances the tales mock-heroic tone" (p. 69). This appears to ...

The Second Shepherd's Play and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale'

if John were easily deceived, Nicholas (the clerk) and Alison (his wife) would not have been forced to devise an complicated plan ...

Credibility and Creation of Character in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In eight pages each of the five Canterbury Tales' pilgrim's stories are used in order to examine how Chaucer's employment of langu...

Twenty First Century, the Humanities, and the Classics

just beginning his journey, understanding that is a necessity and that it holds danger: "MIDWAY upon the journey of our life I fou...

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...

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...

'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In a paper consisting of seven pages Medieval society is considered in terms of the consequences regarding to 'what women want' wi...

3 Canterbury Tales and their Story Morals

In 6 pages this paper analyzes the morals in the selections 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' 'The Nun's Priest's Tale,' and 'The Miller'...

A Review of The Clerk's Tale and Traffic in Women

A 10 page exploration of the 1975 contentions of anthropologist Gayle Rubin. Her article, The Traffic in Women Notes on the Poli...

Love and Lovers in 'The Wife of Bath;s Tale,' 'The Knight's Tale,' and 'The Merchant's Tale'

In five pages this report compares and contrasts Chaucer's perceptions about lovers and love in these three tales that are part of...

The Canterbury Tales and the Discussion of Love

In five pages this paper examines how contrasting attitudes about love are represented in The Knight's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Ta...

Social Satire in 'he Reeve's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In six pages this paper analyzes the ironic satire of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Reeve's Tale.' There are no other sources cited....

Masculinity and Its Nature

This research paper offers a detailed examination of the characeristics of masculinity asdescribed in several literary works, whic...

The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer and Its Outdatedness

against the apotheosis of women in the tradition and cult of courtly love" (Cuddon, 323). All these traits we can see depicted ...

Justifying Authority

The ways in which authority has been justified in literature is examined in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' William ...

'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and Differences in Concepts of What Medieval Women Truly Want

In six pages Geoffrey Chaucer's classic tale is examined from the differing perspectives regarding what Medieval women truly wante...