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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...

'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...

William Wordsworth and Geoffrey Chaucer

life was perhaps like in Medieval times. Looking at each individual story, however, would take a considerable amount of time an...

Women and Geoffrey Chaucer

to some extent. One critics opinion seems to support such a perspective: "The Wife of Baths negative image seems only to have chan...

Perspectives on Knighthood Offered by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five ppates this research paper considers how Chaucer envisioned knighthood and knights based upon the works The Book of the Du...

Ending of Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this research paper analyzes the controversial ending of Chaucer's work with the position taken that it is inconclus...

Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer and the Character of Pandarus

In six pages a character analysis of Pandarus in Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer is presented. Five sources are cited in the bibl...

Human Frailty and Compassion in the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper examines whether he was tolerant of human frailty or simply delighted in poking fun at it. Four sources ...

The Legend of Good Women, Dante Alighieri, and Geoffrey Chaucer

In eight pages correlation between The Legend of Good Women and the works of Dante and Chaucer is established through textual clue...

'Book of the Duchesse' Poem by Geoffrey Chaucer

In seven pages the chess symbolism presented in the description of the game in lines 618 to 678 are considered particularly as the...

A Hero in Print and Throughout Time

the path to order by bringing structure to the process of understanding. The classical hero was one who was brave, honest, pious ...

Canterbury Tales and Women

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 ...

Three Tales in Susan Whitfield's Life Along the Silk Road ” by Susan Whitfield: The Princess's Tale, The Monk's Tale and The Nun's Tale

their vital supply of cavalry ponies" and Taihe and those who had come before her were also vital in the maintenance of this frien...

Shark Slayer

and so on. But what really sets Oscar apart is his style-or lack thereof. He wants to be cool and hip, but hes actually pretty sil...

Something Wicked This Way Comes (Book Review)

the work very quickly and this is attributable to the quality of the writing. An example comes from the first paragraph in the fir...

Sam Shepard: Cruising Paradise: Tales

could think of was his own breath, and then "Peace, he thought, and as quickly as the thought shaped itself, peace left him" (Shep...

Foreshadowing in “A Tale of Two Cities”

or around the bend. In Two Cities, Dickens uses a great deal of foreshadowing, and it starts with the very first line. "It was th...

The Tale of Despereaux

out in the soup and died which led to a banishment of all soup. Soup was a major part of the kingdom and as such the sun and rain ...

Tale of Genji by Murasaki and the Lady of Akashi

matter) of making any kind of respectable marriage. Yet she somehow manages to allow Genji into her heart. The lady, howev...

Original Adventure Story 'Sun Solders'

and others call him "Prairie Dog." Why would someone call a squirrel a dog? Maybe they...

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...

Role and Status of Women in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton, Lysistrata by Aristophanes, 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer, and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

way to a jousting tournament rematch with the mysterious Green Knight, Sir Gawain is the houseguest of the absent Lord Bercilak, a...

Dante's 'Inferno' and Chaucer's Pilgrims

have been a part of hypocritical ways will be confined. Likewise, the idea and notion of lust is a level of hell where those who h...

Two Views of Troilus and Cressida

This 4 page paper discusses two versions of Troilus and Cressida, that of Boccaccio and Chaucer's later work. Bibliography lists 1...

Masculinity and Its Nature

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

Chaucer’s Version of the Reeve

choleric reeve, 2000). The reeve must also be exceptionally trustworthy because he collects rents (in services and goods) from tho...

Courtesy in Gawain, the Green Knight & Chaucer's Tales

issues of courtesy will be evaluated in order to determine whether or not invoking its precepts is a help or hindrance in civilize...

Rembrandt, Voltaire, and Milton 'Teaching Tales'

concerned with the senses, with the particular look, feel and shape of things, both divine and mundane (Cole 155)....

Dante's Characterization in 'Inferno'

In six pages the reasons why Dante elected to utilize himself as protagonist in 'Divine Comedy' are analyzed in a consideration of...