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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...

An Examination of the Wife of Bath in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

this is the case, then the Wife of Bath must have exceeded hers as well; but precisely what is the quota? And why should there eve...

Marriage in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales -Merchant and Wife of Bath

A paper comparing and contrasting the views of marriage by two of Chaucer's characters in The Canterbury Tales, the Merchant and t...

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...

'General Prologue' as an Appropriate Introduction to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

of Gods creation of the universe (Chance 67). According to De Temporibus Anni (the translation of Aelfric), the worlds first day ...

Allegory and Exemplum in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...

Select Canterbury Tales

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

'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...

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...

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...

'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...

Fear of Death and Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages the fears Chaucer expressed about death particularly in 'The Nun's Priest Tale,' 'The Pardoner's Tale,' and 'The Mil...

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...

'The Pardoner's Tale' and Avarice

Before he begins the tale, he explains that he is a greedy devil, and it is through his physicality and his voice that they are di...

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...

'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....

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...

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...

A Description of The Wife of Bath in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

the Wifes character, she obviously liked drawing attention to herself. Additionally, since the kerchiefs were of the "finest wea...

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 ...

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" (...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

'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 ...

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...