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A paper illustrating themes of spiritual order and disorder in the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author dr...
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...
In five pages this research pape considers the era of Geoffrey Chaucer and Medieval literary customs in this comparative examinati...
In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the marriage perspectives of Mary Astell and Margery Kempe and discusses how society ...
to consider that the concepts of honor and dishonor, as they pertained to Medieval women, were dictated by the attitudes that wome...
twelve years of age" (Chaucer; Wife of Bath Prologue 3-4). In this she is telling the reader that she has had a husband since she ...
natural fears and perplexities and institutionalize social views (Malinowski 11). These stories and the use of language, then, de...
on which Gottfried comments, is that the wife is responding to a debate that had been going on for centuries regarding the place o...
which also includes the tales of the Friar, Summoner, Clerk, Merchant, Squire and Franklin and consist of tales or perceptions rel...
In five pages this paper discusses irony and lack of vision in such works as The Canterbury Tales, The Decameron, Lysistrata, and ...
Virginity is fine but wives are not condemned; the Apostle said that my husband would be my debtor, and I have power over his body...
A 10 page exploration of the 1975 contentions of anthropologist Gayle Rubin. Her article, The Traffic in Women Notes on the Poli...
constant throughout history. The Prologue features the much-married Dame Alice, who is a shrewd manipulator of men who unabashed...
the passage is a contrast of literal words and actual underlying meanings. Many times what the Wife says is in direct opposition t...
In 5 pages this paper examines Medieval storyteller prejudices about women as reflected in their portrayal in these stories. Ther...
The Decameron is considered in six pages in terms of the symbolism and themes contained within. Seven sources are cited in the bi...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the author portrayed the medical profession in the characterization of the Doc...
In eight pages this research paper examines children's role in Medieval society in a consideration to their portrayal in The Cante...
In five pages these tellers of tales are compared. There are no other sources listed....
In six pages the Tales' General Prologue is the focus of this examination of the human body's significance during the Middle Ages ...
In five pages the ways in which life choices are represented in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and 'The Knight's Tale' are contrasted a...
a man who liked to demonstrate his position as more than it honestly was, socially speaking. "He hid his debt well. He wore daintl...
the next line. Its primary purpose is to establish a series of repetition in the name of sensible progression. For those words a...
literature. In contemplating Dantes Inferno and Boccaccios The Decameron, many things come to light. To some extent both works ex...
in turn seduce the wife and/or daughter of the miller. In the end a ridiculous fight breaks out wherein the students seem to win, ...
A paper discussing Renaissance era business practices in the Mediterranean region. The author draws from Giovanni Boccacio's Decam...
This paper examines the concepts of form, function, and variety utilized by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. This eleven page pap...
In four pages this paper compares the social problem of the Black Plague that is the subject of 'The Decameron' with the modern da...
the Wifes character, she obviously liked drawing attention to herself. Additionally, since the kerchiefs were of the "finest wea...
The author presents an overview of certain tales from Chaucer's famous work. The paper also delves into character analysis and so...