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Medieval Women and the Concepts of Honor and Dishonor

to consider that the concepts of honor and dishonor, as they pertained to Medieval women, were dictated by the attitudes that wome...

Pardoner's Sexuality in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper analyzes the Pardoner's sexuality in a consideration of the stories from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Tale' and the Theme of Avarice

In a paper consisting of four pages the corruption that had penetrated all aspectes of life during the Dark Ages are reflected in ...

The Shipman in The Canterbury Tales

way down the social ladder. The Shipman, i.e., the "sailor," is placed between Chaucers description of the Cook and the "Doctor of...

Perceptions of Women in Chaucer's Society and In The Canterbury Tales

20). This type of arrangement led to the "courtly love" romances of the high Middle Ages, which were not tremendously popular wit...

Control and Authority Reflected in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer and 'The World of Margery Kempe' by Margery Kempe

In twelve pages the issues of legal, religious and social limitations are considered as they relate to the concepts of control and...

Women in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and in Boccaccio's Decameron

away from her. She asks him what is the matter. He answers that she is old and ugly and low born. The old woman demonstrates to hi...

English Literature and Virtue

when the Beowulf poet writes "Fate always goes as it must" (43) and "Fate often saves an undoomed man when his courage is good" (...

Pride in 'The Reeve's Tale' in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

any apes head was his skull" (Chaucer 80-81). But yet, he was still a man who presented himself as powerful. And, we soon find out...

Greed in Henrik Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler,' Voltaire's 'Candide' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'

male dominance. Heddas immoral, destructive character is a direct product of the oppressiveness of a patriarchal society. As a m...

'The Pardoner's Tale' in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

In five pages the Pardoner and his characteristics are examined. There are no other sources listed....

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....

A Portrait of Two Pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

The Parson was a learned man. The Parson: "He was a learned man also, a clerk" (480). "Who Christs own gospel...

Knighthood's Conflicting Duties and a Comparison of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and 'The Knight's Tale'

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the conflict that results from knighthood's overlapping obligations in a comparati...

'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...

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...

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 ...

'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 ...

Women's Sexual and Social Roles in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and The Book of Margery Kempe

the individual characters of the story within the stories he was telling. In fact, Chaucer himself was a prime example of what was...

A Comparative Analysis of the Anonymous 'The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell(e)' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale'

a temporary reprieve. She gave him one year and one day to determine what a woman desires. If he was able to successfully answer...

Parody in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale'

This paper discusses the parodying of courtly love in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale' in five pages. One source is cited i...

Classic Literary Poets, Searchers, Lovers, and Heroes

In six pages this paper examines these character genres and how they occasionally have coincided or overlapped throughout literary...

'Man of Law's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this research pape considers the era of Geoffrey Chaucer and Medieval literary customs in this comparative examinati...

Analysis of Griselda

In fifteen pages this research paper provides an analysis of Griselda as featured in the Clerk's tale in The Canterbury Tales by G...

Society and Marriage According to Various Literary Interpretations

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the marriage perspectives of Mary Astell and Margery Kempe and discusses how society ...

'The Miller's Tale,' 'The Shipman's Tale,' and 'The Cook's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

These ribald stories featured in The Canterbury Tales and the class conflicts they represent are discussed in this paper consistin...

Depiction of Women the Story of Kenreimon'in, 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' and Antigone

still powerfully under the control of a patriarchal society. "For Antigone, there could never be any laws that could stand in t...

A Comparison of The Physician's and Clerk's Tales in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

This research paper analyzes two portions of Chaucer's famous work, The Canterbury Tales. The author puts forth the proposition t...

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and Themes of Morality and Immorality

In eight pages this paper discusses how Chaucer addressed morality and immorality in such stories as 'The Friar's Tale,' 'The Prio...

Select Canterbury Tales

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