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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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Fairy Tales and "A Tale of Two Cities", 2008.
A discussion on how Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" contains elements of fairy tales.
1,725 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines how "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens and classical fairy tales are very related through the function of oppression, achieving a voice, and the use of stock characters. It looks at how certain ideas and characters, such as Madame Defarge and Lucie in "A Tale of Two Cities", are comparable to ideas and characters like evil stepmothers and princesses in fairy tales. Through the similarities, Dickens' novel is a parallel of fairy tales.
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"Fairy tales contain a manner of oppression as well. Most princesses discussed in fairy tales undergo rejection from a higher authority, similar to the ostracizing of peasants by the nobility. The story of Cinderella addresses the issues of oppression and injustice ("Cinderella" 1). Cinderella faces rejection from her stepmother when coerced to act as a servant in the house by constantly cleaning, attending to the stepsisters' needs, and dressing in rags. The stepmother refuses to allow Cinderella to attend the Prince Charming's ball as well. Her stepsisters', however, are treated properly as a daughter should be with love from the mother. "
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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.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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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.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 57.95
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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".
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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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 Pardoner: Decadence
The Pardoner's Tale
The Parson
The Parson's Sermon
Conclusion
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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.
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.
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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."
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 89.95
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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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Justice in "The Canterbury Tales", 2006.
An analysis of the theme of justice in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Reeve's Tale" and "The Miller's Tale".
2,465 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 75.95
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This paper looks at how Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" are narrated by a group of pilgrims on a pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury and how the themes of these stories fluctuate between chivalric knight-hood and sexual deceit. In particular, it examines the theme of one's desire for justice and looks at how two of the stories,, "The Reeve's Tale" and "The Miller's Tale," are under constant debate as to whether or not the deceitful acts taken place are balanced out. The paper attempts to show that one may find ample evidence within these texts that justice is achieved through a series of comically unfortunate events.
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"The "Miller's Tale," the second tale told, is a story that exemplifies the meaning of fidelity and how poorly we perceive it. How one acquires these euphoric satisfactions comes in many different forms. The severity of vengeful acts vacillates with the seriousness of the situation. It also depends on the gender of those who are seeking justice. In most cases, men resort to their masculinity and strength; while women often resort to a more subtle retribution. Although men and women differ in many ways, they are all driven primarily by hormones and libidos. Henceforth, the attainment of reprisal through devious sexual activities. Chaucer understood that the ideal marriage was a concept that was taken lightly amongst all those who wedded in his time. One of the most significant motives behind infidelity in Chaucer's era was due to an arranged marriage. In the 14th century, many women, at a young age, were married off against their consent."
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The Miller's Tale, 2005.
This paper analyzes "The Miller's Tale", one of the "Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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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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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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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?.
1,390 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 46.95
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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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Canterbury Tales, 1996.
Examines pilgrims as individuals, satirical tools, symbols of vice & virtue, focusing on 'Reeve's Tale' & 'Franklin's Tale.'
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 1 source, $ 87.95
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"Geoffrey Chaucer presents a broad portrait of life in his Canterbury Tales both in the depiction of the pilgrims themselves and in the characters in the stories the pilgrims tell one another to pass the time. One of his problems in shaping this lengthy project was a perceived need to achieve variety within a coherent and unified framework. He achieved unity first by means of his central premise--that these varied pilgrims were united on the road by their intention to reach Canterbury in the prescribed time and for a religious purpose. He achieved variety through his selection of the people to be on this trip, reflecting members of those segments of society which would be represented on such a journey, leavened at times with additional characters such as innkeepers and the like they would encounter on their..."
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"The Parson's Tale", 2002.
Analyzes Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Parson's Tale" in relation to the other stories that appear in "The Canterbury Tales".
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper examines the way in which "The Parson's Tale" changes the way we read "The Canterbury Tales". In comparison to "The Wife of Bath", "The Pardoner's Tale" and "The Monk's Tale", this becomes quite obvious in the context of how the Church is portrayed. "The Parson's Tale" reminds us that Chaucer is not against the Church, as might be implied in his many tales, but only against the human corruption within it.
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