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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...

Medieval Poets on Love

wide range of emotions. Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder (1503-1542), was a pioneer of the English sonnet, which was a variation of th...

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...

'The Wife of Bath' Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

of Solomon and his many wives to basically justify her own marriages. Thus, we can see her as the devil who uses Scripture to suit...

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...

Justice and the Wife of Bath

was a knight, he was essentially required to meet challenges and learn how to be chivalrous, often through mistakes. As such the Q...

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. ...

Chaucer, Deceit and Medieval Honor

The Miller's Tale and the Pardoner's Tale from Chaucers' Canterbury Tales are compared in this paper to Beowulf and Sir Gawain and...

Romantic Hero Sir Lancelot

without peer (Spivack and Lynne 95). Lancelot was originally introduced to readers in French poet Chretien de Troyes Lancelot or...

Evil as a Theme in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Dante's Divine Comedy

A research paper addressing the portrayal of evil in Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author draws the c...

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...

An Analysis of The Merchant's Tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

This essay presents in in depth analysis of The Merchant's Tale. The author presents a synopsis of the story, the theme of sarcas...

Love Defined and Described

this paper by describing what love is NOT. For one thing, there is a vast difference between physical desire and love. Physical de...

Impact of the Black Plague on Chivalry, Feudalism

died within a span of just 18 months.7 The following examination of literature focuses on how the Black Plague affected feudal soc...

Wife of Bath’s Tale and Wedding of Sir Gawain

together and makes possible the fraternal and hierarchic bonds of chivalric solidarity" (Hahn). This contrasts sharply with the fo...

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 2

In six pages several of Chaucer's tales are discussed in terms of characterization, theme, and setting. There is no bibliography ...

Prioress Character in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this essay focuses on the Prioress as described in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales and argues that whil...

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

In six pages this paper examines the religious views of the Wife of Bath as featured in this story from Chaucer's The Canterbury T...

Evil in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In a paper consisting of twelve pages the presence of evil particularly in terms of the anti Semitism of 'The Pardoner's Tale' and...

'The Monk's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer and Religious Hypocrisy

In six pages this paper examines the religious hypocrisy represented in the Monk's personality in this Canterbury Tales' story. S...

Female Equality Struggle and 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

balance the levels of power each is able to wield. Not a Particularly Likable Woman! Since the Middle Ages of Chaucer and, no dou...

Analyzing 'The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

Various analytical approaches regarding this Prologue and tale are considered in a paper consisting of eleven pages. Fourteen sou...

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 ...

Fragment Unity in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

notice that the fragments belong together, even though they do not necessarily share the same narrator or even the same point of v...

Marriage Medieval Style in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper compares how medieval marriage and women's roles were depicted in 'The Nun's Tale,' 'The Wife of Bath's T...

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and Gender Relationships

In 5 pages this paper examines gender relationships represented in The Canterbury Tales featuring the Wife of Bath, the Miller, th...

'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...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and 'A Pardoner's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer Compared

In five pages the shared themes and death emphasis of these two notorious literary classics are contrasted and compared. Three so...

'The Miller's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer and Satire

In eight pages this paper examines how Chaucer employs satire to address serious issues in 'The Miller's Tale.' There are 6 sourc...

'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer and its Feminism Theme

In five pages this tale is examined in terms of how the feminist theme is conveyed through symbolism, tone, and language literary ...