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Kieu's Role in "The Tale of Kieu", 2006.
An analysis of the epic poem, "Truyen Kieu" by Vietnamese writer, Nguyen Du. The paper discusses whether Kieu is a sinner or a virtuous penitent.
1,031 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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The writer explains that the poem has been considered an analogy for the centuries of struggle which the Vietnamese nation has endured. The paper summarises the story of Kieu, a girl from a prosperous family who is endowed with the blessings of beauty, intelligence, and artistic ability. The writer explores whether Kieu is a sinner or a virtuous penitent in the light of Judeo-Christian morality. In conclusion, the writer explains that Kieu was virtuous in her own endeavors to serve her father, repent for her errors, and ultimately affirm her commitment to a life of virtue and morality.
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"However, the argument for the story's alleged immorality certainly could win over a large number of Judeo-Christian readers. For instance, traditional Christian, especially Protestant, teaching suggests that prayer and faith alone can deliver a believer from any trial. The Book of Job portrays a faithful follower of God as never straying from his belief in the mercy of God and is justly rewarded. Kieu, however, follows her own heart and, instead of surrounding herself with earnest prayers, decides to assist her father practically by becoming a prostitute, also condemned in the Bible. The fact that, even after Vuong's release, Kieu continues to work as a prostitute could also be construed as immoral, despite her regrets. One could easily ask the question, "If she is so guilty, why does she still whore herself," similar to the doubts of modern Westerners to the sincerity of murderers who claim that they hated themselves for their acts but continued to commit them. Kieu's decision to end her own life, a clear sin in Christian theology, also appears to be a cowardly, immoral solution to her fallen life. Hence, although Kieu's acts stem from good intentions, the common American proverb, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" might certainly spring to mind when readers discover Kieu's immoral solutions to the dilemmas that life, and her own acts, deliver to her.
"In contrast, I believe that adherents to this accusation of the tale's immorality are only concentrating on the surface of the story and not gleaming the tale's true message, that a pure soul, despite the inevitability of sin, can still repent and be redeemed. Kieu embodies the Judeo-Christian commandment of "Honor thy father and mother," as she demonstrates complete fidelity to her father. She even might be compared to Biblical Isaac, who willingly accompanies Abraham to be slaughtered when God tests Abraham's faith. Furthermore, she readily accepts the consequences of her action, freely relinquishing her relationship with Kim and even trying to atone by arranging for Van to serve as his companion. Although Kieu continues to sin as a prostitute, the tale of her suicide attempt and rescue could be perceived as an analogy for a wayward Christian who reaches 'rock bottom,' the true depth of despair and only then is willing to be redeemed by God, becoming whole again. As Christian morality teaches that only God, through Christ, can rescue sinners and eradicate their sins, Kieu serves as a Vietnamese Mary Magdalene, the fallen woman saved by Christ. Even after her redemption, Kieu continues to demonstrate her strong moral fiber by continuing to repent for her former sinful lifestyle, not consenting to marriage with Kim out of commitment to her honor and virtue."
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"Tale of Kieu", 2004.
This paper analyzes the Vietnamese epic poem by Nguyen Du, "The Tale of Kieu".
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper relates that epic poem, "The Tale of Kieu," which dates from the 17th century and is a classic in Vietnamese literature, is the story of Thuy Kieu, a Vietnamese middle-class teenager, both gifted and beautiful, whose life is turned upside-down when she is forced to break a vow to marry her betrothed and turns to a life of prostitution to save her impoverished father. The author points out that this work explores the conflicting virtues imposed on women by an authoritative and male-dominated Confucian society and the way these constraints adversely affected Kieu's life over the years. The paper concludes that this poem is a framework for understanding how people from another culture view many of the same issues, despite the vast distances and differences in culture, when women must turn to prostitution in order to earn a living.
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"During her 15-year employment in this immoral capacity, Kieu manages to meet one "client" with whom she is able to establish something of a rapport and pleasure, despite the fact that she recognizes that this man is most likely married and consequently unavailable to her. Kieu says of the relationship, "But if the lady lords over you, I shall be tossed to her, your lioness" (71). After 15 years of this ordeal, Kieu is finally reunited with her original fiance, when "the waning moon shines more than at its full" (161); however, her former betrothed, Kim, has already married Kieu's younger sister. "But I believe/ that to her man a bride should bring the scent of a close bud, and the shape of a full moon./ Its priceless chastity by nuptial torch, / am I to blush for what I'll offer you?" (lines 3092-3096)."
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Nguyen Du's "The Tale of Kieu", 2004.
An introduction to Nguyen Du's epic poem, "The Tale of Kieu".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses the Vietnamese epic poem by Nguyen Du, "The Tale of Kieu," that depicts the similarities and differences between its two lovers, Kieu and Kim. The paper examines and analyzes the theme of the poem about the meeting of kindred spirits.
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"Nguyet Cam maintains if Shakespeare's work represents the greatest literary achievement in the English language then, Nguyen Du's line masterpiece, "The Tale of Kieu" can be considered the pinnacle of classical Vietnamese literature. The opening of Nguyen Du's "The Tale of Kieu" offers an introductory saying: "Of course when two kin spirits meet one tie soon binds them in a knot none can yank loose". Such kin spirits are Kieu and Kim. Through upheaval of dynasties, murder, kidnapping prostitution and..."
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?The Tale of Kieu", 2006.
This paper reviews and analyzes the 18th century Vietnamese poem "The Tale of Kieu" written by Nguyen Du.
1,257 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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The writer of this paper clearly illustrates the plot of Du's epic poem which revolves around family obligations, love and morality while focusing on the title character of Kieu. This paper details the characteristics of Kieu who is a beautiful and educated young woman struggling to conform to societal demands. This paper examines the impact of Confucian philosophy as well as the traditions of Buddhism in 18th century Vietnam, particularly as it pertained to women during this era. This paper also delves into the tragic love story between Kieu and Kim.
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"The heavenly significance of Kieu's story, which extends beyond her family, is highlighted by the persistent existence of the Vuong family's deceased muse and former servant Dam Tien. As a spirit voice, Dam Tien counsels, guides, and provides some much-needed comfort to Kieu during critical junctures of the girl's struggle. Dam Tien's presence underlines the persistence and necessity of filial obligations and the connection between the individual self and the collective, ancestral past-but the 'lower' nature of the living status of Dam Tien also shows a greater affection and respect for members of the poor serving classes and social order than is evident in some Confucian ideas about the need for deference in the social hierarchy. Of course, the primary interest for many readers is the romantic relationship between the star-crossed and originally betrothed lovers Van and Kieu. But the morality of the tale denies the pair full happiness and the full delights of marital bliss."
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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.
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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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A Comparison of a Buddhist Tale and a British Tale, 2001.
This paper compares a western tale, Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince" and a very ancient non-western tale, "The Biography of the Buddha".
2,865 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This is an in-depth juxtaposition and analysis of Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince" and a Buddhist tale "The Biography of the Buddha". It details the plots and main characters of both tales and tries to compare them, and find similarities between them. The comparison is done by examining the narrative construction of both stories. It compares both main characters: the prince and Buddha and manages to find many similarities between their characters and behaviorisms. It details Buddhism outlook on life as well as the happy Princes' outlook, both optimistic.
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""The Happy Prince? tells the story of a prince, whom, while he was alive, was always happy and lived in a great, walled palace. When he died he was fashioned into a statue of gold and placed where all could see him in the middle of the town square. The story of the Buddha, or Naropa, or Siddartha Gautama, as he is sometimes known, tells the tale of young Brahmin (one step down from the priests in the Indian caste system) who was highly sheltered from the world. One day, he was taken out of the walled confines of his home. There, he witnessed three sights: old age, sickness, and death. Then he sees a holy man and is struck by the obvious ?sincerity? of the man?s bearing. These sights spurred him to renounce the world and enter into a life of contemplation. The results of these years of contemplation was Buddhism, an epiphany he struck upon when a young girl presented him with a bowl of rice after many years of fasting. (Saunders 23; Mitchell 39-40)"
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"Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale", 2003.
Looks at the portrayal of gender in the "Canterbury Tales General Prologue", Miller's Portrait, and the "Miller's Tale" by Chaucer.
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This paper discusses how the Miller's lack of virtue, as seen in his portrait and unsavory scatological tale, forms an aggregate text that works to disgust the reader.
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Michael Pertschuk states on the topic of gender roles and beauty that, ?the stereotypical male has been depicted as fixated on female bodies while being largely oblivious of his own" (54). This is true of the Miller?s character portrait in the Canterbury Tales. The Miller is described to be a despicable, burly man, who is involved in activities deeply rooted in masculinity. In his tale, the characters that emerge unscathed or victor of the mating competition fit what we could assume to be within his gender role paradigm.
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The Knight's and Miller's Tales in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", 2000.
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This paper is fairly theoretical but it uses common close reading techniques on both the primary and secondary texts of "The Canterbury Tales" to exam issues of sexuality and class in the Knight's Tale and the Miller's Tale. The Canterbury tales text used was not translated so the quotations are still in Chaucerian English.
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" In, The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, Michel Foucault writes of the seventeenth century as ?the beginning of an age of repression emblematic of what we call the bourgeois societies (17).? Thus placing Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales decidedly before this ?age of repression,? in a time when ?sexual practices had little need of secrecy; words were said without undue reticence, and things were done without too much concealment,? when, ? one had a tolerant familiarity with the illicit (Foucault 3).? With this historical demarcation in mind I would like to consider the erotic triangles dealt with in the first two stories of The Canterbury Tales and how they relate to expressions of a class-conscious male sexuality. To do this I will be drawing heavily on the introduction and first chapter of Eve Sedgwick?s seminal text, Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, for a theoretical and critical base.Specifically I will be looking at the climactic moments of these first two tales (the Knight?s and the Miller?s) to analyze how the problematic erotic triangles are worked out between the two men involved, and comparing the way class difference makes itself apparent."
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?The Miller?s Tale? and ?The Wife of Bath?s Tale?, 2003.
A look at two views on the fallibility of the standard of medieval prudence in Chaucer?s "Canterbury Tales".
957 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This essay compares and contrasts the nonconformity of both the Wife of Bath and the Miller in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".
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"Chaucer?s Canterbury Tales is, at its very core, a work of social commentary on fourteenth century English society. Every walk of life is represented here, from the inherited nobility of the knight, to the intellectual achievements of the clerk, and the monetarily gained social status of the Merchant. Each of these classes had to answer, however, to the same oppressive governing body: The Church."
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Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", 2005.
This paper compares "The Pardoner's Tale" and "The Parson's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".
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This paper explains that "The Pardoner's Tale" and "The Parson's Tale", from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", both make sin the focus of their tales but in vastly different ways. The author points out that the Pardoner appears to revel in the baser qualities of both himself and others, enjoying the discomfort he causes his audience, in no small measure due to the qualities of sterility and death without the hope of life that he represents. The paper relates that "The Parson", which contrasts with "The Pardoner" in the personality of the character, the story content and the structure, is a much simpler a man than the Pardoner, in that there are no contradictions in his personality; furthermore there are no contradictions between the Parson's actions and his words because he believes in the Christian principles in his sermon to the point of Puritanism.
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"The Parson thus abandons all attempts at narrative, and puritanically focuses only on purely Christian principles. His is then the only tale that lacks any narrative element. The Parson thus expects his morality to be sufficient food for thought offered to his audience. Of course, the contrasts of this tale with that of the Pardoner are more than the points of comparison. The length and content are the most obvious differences. The Parson tells a lengthy moral tale in the form of a sermon, while the Pardoner brings across his moral by means of an entertaining story. The Parson's moral is concretely told by means of his sermon. In comparison, the Parson, like the Pardoner, offers forgiveness of sins. The Parson's forgiveness however is driven by the penitent him- or herself, and not by the clergyman."
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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.
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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.
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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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Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", 2006.
Compares and contrast the "Priest's Tale" and the "Manciple's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's work, "The Canterbury Tales."
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This paper explores the "Priest's Tale" and the "Manciple's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's classic work, "The Canterbury Tales." Through comparing and contrasting the two distinctive beast fables that are presented in these stories, this paper demonstrates that the beast fable can be used to demonstrate extremely distinctive views of human nature and the capacity for human actions and behaviors.
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"The use of the beast fable has traditionally been to illustrate some aspect of humanity in a manner that is both accessible to the audience and helps communicate the concept that humanity can act in an animalistic fashion. Through using the beast fable as a teaching tool, the audience can identify that the actions of human beings are at times animalistic, and thus basic human nature needs to be seen not as beyond the capacity of engaging in foolish or otherwise base actions."
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The Miller's Tale, 2005.
This paper analyzes "The Miller's Tale", one of the "Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer.
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This is a short analysis of the form, structure and some of the messages inherent in the Miller's Tale, one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The writer describes that The Millers' Tale is the story of a young wife with an older husband, and how he is tricked and cuckolded by the wife's young lover, Nicholas. The writer points out that the tales provide a curious moral message, but are primarily intended as humour or fable.
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"In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, one of the basic premises is that the class, position and character of each pilgrim determines the type of tale that he tells. The miller distinguishes himself by his common, rude and bawdy nature, and his tale is in keeping with this. That having been said, it is also one of the most amusing tales in the collection, involving a hilarious set of coincidences, trickery, rudeness and slapstick humor. Though we can certainly examine the social implications of the tale and the fact that Chaucer seems to blame certain characters while acquitting others, we should also remember that this is a fable, and as such its purpose it to amuse and titillate."
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Edgar Allan Poe?s ?Tales of Terror?, 2002.
This paper explores the role of madness in three of Edgar Allan Poe?s ?Tales of Terror?: ?The Tell-Tale Heart,? ?The Cask of Amontillado,? and ?The Fall of the House of Usher?.
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This paper discusses that, through the words and actions of the unknown narrators in ?The Tell-Tale Heart,? ?The Fall of the House of Usher? and the vengeful Montresor in ?The Cask of Amontillado?, readers can understand Poe?s psychological madness. This paper discusses that within these deranged minds is the portrait of this psychosis: An individual perceives he is trapped in a hostile environment beyond his control, which produces great apprehension despite the lack of specific causes for his dread. The paper author believes that Poe?s characters or narrators feel remorse for their actions and are moved emotionally to atone for their guilt.
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"However, in reality, many individuals are frequently at the mercy of some unexplained anxiety brought about by circumstances which are difficult, if not impossible, to deal with in a logical manner. As seen with a quick reading of any of the tales mentioned, the origin of the madness is described graphically, as in the beating of a dead man's heart, the devious yet unexplained treachery of Fortunato and the foreboding atmosphere of the decrepit House of Usher."
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Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale", 2002.
An introduction to and discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" from his well-known "Canterbury Tales".
895 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper provides an introduction to "The Knight's Tale". Points of literary analysis are discussed, as well as mention of previous work that may have influenced Chaucer in his writing of this story. Theories of understanding the intended meaning of the story are offered.
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"?The Knight?s Tale? is one of the most memorable in Chaucer?s ?Canterbury Tales". It tells the story of two young knights, Palamon and Arcite, who are imprisoned together in a tower, and both fall in love with the same girl, Emelye. Chaucer wrote it in Middle English, which, unlike Old English, is fairly easy to read and understand by modern readers. For example, at the end of the story, Chaucer has the lines, ?The Firste Moevere of the cause above,/ Whan he first made the faire cheyne of love,/ Greet was th'effect, and heigh was his entente./? For with that faire cheyne of love he bond/ The fyr, the eyr, the water, and the lond/ In certeyn boundes, that they may nat flee? (The Knight's Tale, 2987?2993). They show Emelye why she must marry Palamon, and they are extremely poetic in their talk of ?air, water, and land, and the fair chain of love.? The meaning is not lost, even though the words may look unusual."
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