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Chaucer's Early Narrators, 2006.
A review of the early works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses and reviews the work of Geoffrey Chaucer, whose book 'The Canterbury Tales' is thought to be his greatest achievement and most compelling addition to the English literary canon. This paper goes on to focus primarily on his early poetry, as not only can his pre-Canterbury Tales poems be rich in their own right, but Chaucer's development as a master writer can be seen through them. His development into a narrator of skill and depth is the most astounding path which a reader can follow. Watching as the Chaucer who narrates the early dream-vision poetry readies himself for the multiple and interesting narrators of his later masterpiece is truly compelling.
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Narration in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde", 2004.
Shows how the narrative structure emphasizes Boethian philosophy in this work by Geoffrey Chaucer.
5,634 words (approx. 22.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 136.95
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This paper asserts that "Troilus and Criseyde" by Geoffrey Chaucer is a treatise on Boethian philosophy more than an epic romance. The narrator is treated as a character whose purpose is to emphasize the deterioration of the poetic structure by displacing the audience, even as the hero simultaneously contends with his own emotional conflict and ultimate demise.
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"Because Pandarus is created in Chaucer's own image (Waswo 10), he serves a pivotal role as a vehicle for Chaucerian irony in the narration scheme itself. Pandarus embodies the pacing of the narration and the emotion of the narrator himself. Both Pandarus and the narrator claim that their actions are fueled by compassion for the lovers, yet they both exhibit bizarre personal gratification in the services they perform. Some critics have even observed how the narrator ?participates with delight in Pandarus' machinations to bring the lovers together. In Books II and III, as Pandarus dashes from place to place arranging the lovers' meetings, the narration itself speeds up? (Waswo 10)."
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Unreliable Narrators, 2005.
A review of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," with a focus on the unreliable narrators.
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper compares and contrasts Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper". The paper presents a focus on the unreliable narrators in both stories. The paper describes the settings of each literary work and illustrates the reasons behind the presence of an unreliable narrator in each book. The paper explains that an unreliable narrator is one whose credibility is compromised by psychological instability or bias.
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""The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe have as many differences as they have things in common. While both are short stories written by American authors, one is written by a woman and a man writes the other. Both feature a color in their title but the focus of the stories is on the narrator. Each story has an unreliable narrator, but "The Black Cat" has an unreliable narrator by the narrator's choice, and "The Yellow Wallpaper" has an unreliable narrator due to psychological instability."
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Dual Narrators in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", 2002.
A detailed discussion of Conrad's use of two first person narrators with respect to the major themes of "Heart of Darkness"
2,920 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 86.95
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This paper outlines and discusses how the use of an anonymous frame narrator and the primary narrator Marlowe encourage the reader to see the major concerns of the novella. These include the hypocritical nature of western imperialism on the late 19th century, the transitory nature of western civilization and the nature of evil.
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"In Joseph Conrad?s impressionistic novella "Heart of Darkness" the unusual use of dual narrators is very important in positioning the reader to understand the themes of the novella. Three of the main themes that are constantly referred to in Heart of Darkness are the hypocritical nature of western imperialism, the transitory nature of western civilization and the nature of evil. The dual narrator system has a primary narrator, Marlow, who is telling the story to three people, all somehow involved in the business of imperialism, on-board a yawl called the Nellie. It also has a frame narrator, an anonymous person with some connection to imperialism who is relating the events that occurred on the Nellie to the reader. Both of these narrators are used by Conrad to position the reader to see the novella?s themes. Marlow is used fairly directly and his biased point of view and definite moral sense of right and wrong are used to directly position the reader?s perspective on the three major themes mentioned earlier. The frame narrator specifically positions the reader in terms of the three themes mentioned earlier. He is also used indirectly by Conrad to position the reader in terms of the themes of the novella, he gives the reader a short background of Marlow and his stories and also encourages the reader to believe that Marlow is a very perceptive and trustworthy character, therefore, his story, and so the ideas that surround it, are important and worth thinking about."
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Narrators in 'The Heptameron', 2005.
This paper studies the interaction of narrators in 'The Heptameron' by Marguerite de Navarre.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses Marguerite de Navarre's 'The Heptameron' which is a collection of stories narrated by five female and male storytellers modeled upon Boccaccio's famous collection, 'The Decameron'. The writer discusses that one of the defining characteristics of this collection is the degree to which the author has ensured that both the voices of the narrators and the contents of their respective stories are distinct and identifiable. The writer points out that it must be acknowledged that this fact contributes to the complexity of the work as well as to the challenges involved in studying it.
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"Marguerite de Navarre's The Heptameron is a collection of stories, narrated by five female and male storytellers, modeled upon Boccaccio's famous collection The Decameron. One of the defining characteristics of this collection is the degree to which the author has ensured that both the "voices" of the narrators, and the contents of their respective stories, are distinct and identifiable. It must be acknowledged that this fact contributes to the complexity of the work, as well as to the challenges involved in studying it."
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Narrators in the Works of Edgar Allen Poe, 2005.
Examines the role of the depraved narrators in texts by author, Edgar Allen Poe.
1,383 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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Many of the works of Edgar Allen Poe take us into the deepest and darkest recesses of the human mind. Luckily, we are usually privileged to have as our guide, a narrator who is intimately familiar with these gloomy, gothic caverns. This paper examines the role of the narrator in works such as "The Cask of Amontillado", "Tell Tale Heart" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", among others.
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"The fact that Dupin is the reader's guide to the depraved mind causes us to puzzle whether it is possible to understand the deranged. If even the insane follow a certain logic, even if it is a logic that is peculiar to one individual, can we then still speak of that individual as "insane?" Many of Poe's narrators appear to be more "upset" (as in dis-arranged) in their minds then completely without any hold on the wider reality that we all share."
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"Written on the Body" by Jeanette Winterson: Non Gender Narrators and Physical Love., 2001.
An in-depth discussion of "Written on the Body" and the journey of self-discovery made through the metaphors of desire and disease.
1,230 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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In this paper the author examines how Winterson addresses the issues of boundaries and desire. The author specifically looks at ?Written on the Body? and tries to convey to us what physical love means through the act of making us complicit. The author suggests that Winterson does this by telling the story via a narrator who is given neither name nor gender. The author suggests the book thus serves as a personal way of investigating new avenues of sexuality and thus of love.
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?This book is an investigation of the body of a beloved ? the body as the site of nerve endings that provide us with all the physical pleasures that we will ever know as well as the repository of all the emotional responsiveness that we can desire. One of the most compelling things about this book is that Winterson does not fall into an easy dichotomy between these two kinds of passions as is all too often the case.?
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Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales., 1991.
This paper examines Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative techniques and philosophy of marriage in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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This paper is concerned with an examination of Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative techniques in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales. The Wife of Bath certainly has the qualifications to be an expert on marriage because she has been married five times. Basically, she is the Fool of the company in the traditional manner in which everyday truth is turned upside down. If practice makes perfect, then the Wife of Bath has had considerable training on the subject of matrimony. However, it could be that she needed to commit matrimony until she got it right. And so, the "Prologue" commences: "Experience, though noon auctoritee/Were in this world, is right ynough for me/To speke of wo that is in marriage:/For lordinges, sith I twelf yeer was of age--/Thanked be God that is eterne on live--/Housbondes at chirche dore I have had five/(If I so ofte mighte han wedded ... "
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The Unreliable Narrator, 1996.
A discussion on whether the narrator of a story can be trusted with reference to Homer's "Odyssey", James Hogg's "Private Memoirs" and "Confessions of a Justified Sinner" and the "General Prologue" to Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".
2,402 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper considers how given that the simplest definition of ?narrator? is probably ?one who tells a story?, we must ask ourselves two things, how much information does the narrator have access to and how willing is s/he to give all of these facts to the reader. It examines how we assume that the most reliable of narrators is one who knows all the facts and tells them and attempts to show through an analysis of Homer's "Odyssey", James Hogg's "Private Memoirs" and "Confessions of a Justified Sinner" and the "General Prologue" to Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" that unfortunately, it is not quite that simple.
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"The omniscient narrator is able to fulfill at least the first of the conditions which we suppose make a narrator reliable; he knows all the facts. He is, in effect, the narrator-as-God, and, as such, is the complete antithesis of human narrators who appear as characters story they tell e.g. Telemachus and Odysseus, who narrate parts of The Odyssey for themselves. Human narrators, of course, are subject to human frailties. They can tell us everything they know, but they may not want to - and when they do, they can only tell it as they see it, from their own, unique point of view."
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Chaucer's Pardoner, 2005.
This paper offers an examination of Chaucer's "Pardoner's Tale" with specific relevance to its narrator.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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The paper examines Chaucer's "Pardoner's Tale" with specific relevance to the narrator of the tale. The paper discusses the Prologue to the tale and how it reveals the Pardoner's character.
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"In writing, "The Canterbury Tales" Geoffrey Chaucer prefaced the stories in such a way that his audience would become familiar with the narrator of each tale before hearing what they had to say. There are a few instances where he does this exceptionally well and the result is a complete shift in the audience's interpretation of the tale when it is read in conjunction with its representative prologue."
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Narrative Therapy: A Case Study, 2008.
A discussion of narrative therapy and its application as a treatment strategy for anorexia.
1,774 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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The paper discusses narrative therapy, which is considered a post-modern therapy and mental health treatment that seeks to gain the cooperation and insight of the patient himself. The paper applies narrative therapy to an anorexic patient to illustrate how this therapy can be utilized in the patient's recovery.
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Narrative Therapy Overview
Characteristics
Narrative Perspectives
Narrative Concerns
Narrative Therapy in the Future
Narrative Therapy in Application
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"Narrative therapy can be considered a post-modern therapy and mental health treatment that seeks to gain the cooperation and insight of the patient him or herself. It consists of the integration of individuals' expressions of their unique experiences in life, an account of the individuals' interpretive processes about those experiences, and in relating these unique experience sets to both the culture background of the individual and the treatment plan (Bull, Dettinger, Detwiler, Petersen & Propst, 2005, paras.1-12). It is the counselor's or therapist's duty to reconcile these experiences and, most importantly, the individual's interpretive perception of them, with the particular mental affectation that is manifesting itself."
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Geoffrey Chaucer's "Tales of Marriage", 2004.
This paper discusses three of Chaucer's tales, "The Wife of Bath," "The Merchant's Tale," and "The Franklin's Tale," to determine Chaucer's views on marriage, arguing that "The Franklin's Tale" suggests Chaucer's idea of an ideal marriage.
4,925 words (approx. 19.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 125.95
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This paper relates that the Wife of Bath introduces herself as the authority on marriage and marital life, commenting on the social and legal position of women in marriage and daily life and, rather than rejecting scriptural authority, she appeals to logic, rejecting too strict interpretations of scriptural rules and commandments. The author points out that, during the Middle Ages, it was widely believed that the highest type of chivalric love was incompatible with marriage, but The Franklin boldly challenges this view by pointing out that love can be consistent with marriage; indeed, without love, marriage is doomed for failure. The paper relates that the main virtue of 'The Franklin's Tale" is the noble spirit, which is seen throughout it, and the idea that love, patience, and forgiveness are the true essence of love and marriage.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Wife
The Merchant
The Franklin
Discussion and Conclusion
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"The Wife of Bath is one of the strongest characters in "The Canterbury Tales". Headstrong, loud and opinionated, she represents a major struggle against the degradation of women and the taboos against female sexuality. She presents many strong arguments against rigid religious rules for chastity and monogamy, using Biblical examples, such as the tale of King Solomon, to show that the Bible does not actually condemn sexuality, even outside of marriage."
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Classic Slavery Narratives, 2004.
This paper compares two classic slavery narratives: Olaudah Equiano's ?Interesting Narrative? and Harriet Jacob's ?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?.
1,490 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that one of the literary vehicles used by the anti-slavery movement was the narrative, written by slaves and former slaves, who described the brutality and inhumanity involved in the institution of slavery. However, it is clear from a reading Equiano's ?Interesting Narrative? and Jacob's ?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl? that these perspectives differed according to a slave?s gender and position. The author points out that, unlike his female counterpart, Harriet Jacobs, Equiano was in a much better position to prosecute any advantages that came his way by virtue of being a male with skills in a day and age where such attributes were recognized and valued, even in slaves. The paper concludes that both of these slave narratives speak to the brutal hardships and dehumanization that occurred, but Equiano?s is from the perspective of one who willingly participated in the ?peculiar institution?, while Jacob?s is from the perspective of an unwilling participant.
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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Olaudah Equiano?s The Interesting Narrative?
Harriet Jacob?s ?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?
Summary and Conclusion
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"Time and again, Jacobs points to individuals? incidents in which her white owners took special pains to ensure that the blacks were acutely aware of their lowly status, and the whole slavery mentality only served to bring out the worst in everyone involved. For instance, in Chapter 8 of Jacobs? "Incidents of a Slave Girl", the author writes, ?Some poor creatures have been so brutalized by the lash that they will sneak out of the way to give their masters free access to their wives and daughters. Do you think this proves the black man to belong to an inferior order of beings? What would you be, if you had been born and brought up a slave, with generations of slaves for ancestors?.? In Chapter 4, Jacobs describes the mentality of the day when she writes of the escape and capture of Benjamin."
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Chaucer vs. Marlowe, 2006.
This paper reviews and analyzes the similarities and differences in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Franklin's Tale" and Christoper Marlowe's "Hero and Leander."
1,820 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 58.95
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The writer of this paper contends and explains how both authors use familiar images and themes to tackle complicated questions. This paper discusses the fact that both works of writing deal with the issue of marriage and the role of women, albeit in different contexts. This paper analyzes the manner in which both authors use historical mythical themes to illustrate and examine the concerns of the present day. Chaucer's writings occurred during a time when the relationship between men and women were often plagued by infidelities, due to the frequent absences on the part of the husbands, from their wives, while Marlowe's poem portrays marriage in a more romantic light. This paper discusses Marlowe's use of Greek mythology to address concerns of what constitutes an appropriate marriage. While Marlowe questions if and when young people should marry, Chaucer is far more concerned with who is the more dominant partner. This paper also analyzes Chaucer's use of personal narratives and prologues throughout his writings.
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"The intertextual use in Chaucer is more thematic than verbal. Chaucer calls upon the myth of the unavailable maiden not to defend virginity, as the woman is already married. Nor does she wish to transgress-rather, the idea of a woman attempts to get rid of him through the demanding of great tasks is combined with the convention of courtly love, where the common event of a military knight being called away from his wife and castle leaves her heart and body open to impingement by other men, usually of slightly lower orders such as squires, as in the case of "The Franklin's Tale." Like Marlowe deploys later with his use of Greek mythology, Chaucer deploys ancient myths and themes to illustrate 'real' truths, of the inevitable conflicts of divided loyalty between the genders bound by marital and feudal obligations."
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Continuous Narrative Art, 2007.
This paper discusses the art technique called continuous narrative in which the same figure appears more than once in a single scene.
3,580 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 100.95
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This paper explains that the Roman aesthetic approach, known as continuous narrative, makes use of a number of images of the same figure within a work, linking different aspects of a story together and evoking meaning while setting events distant in time in the same frame. The author points out that these works are reproduced in a variety of media, including on vases and cups, on huge towers, on walls as friezes or frescoes and on panels to be placed on the wall. The paper relates that an examination of some of the panels found at Pompeii shows some of the ways in which images were linked together to form a narrative, although this narrative would often be less then crystal clear because of the possibility of different interpretations.
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Introduction
Continuous Narrative Art
Continuous Narrative at Pompeii
Conclusion
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"Under and slightly to the right of the tree and column, Polyphemus sits on top of an outcropping formed by a steep pile of rocks, on which four white, wooly sheep graze. In the right foreground, at the base of the outcropping, a tall column carries a small statue. The statue is depicted in three-quarters view to the left, facing towards Polyphemus. Although the figure appears to wear a cloak and some sort of headdress, the statue's large, erect phallus allows for a secure identification of the figure as Priapus."
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