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Chaucer's
'Canterbury Tales' / The Status Of Women In
Chaucerian Times
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A 6 page paper providing a chronicle of women's
social and legal status during the period of
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The paper looks at two
of Chaucer's women in particular -- the Prioress
and the Wife of Bath -- examining both their
social roles and the way those roles were
perceived in their own day. Bibliography lists 7
sources.
Filename: Chaucy6.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Corruption In
The Catholic Church
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A 6 page paper that describes corruption in the
religious base of the time. The writer argues that
Chaucer intended to show his characters as ironic
figures-- ones who illustrate greed and dishonesty
despite their social status. The Prioress, the
Nun, the Monk and the Pardoner are religious
figures in Chaucer's work, and by creating ironies
between their characterizations and their duties,
Chaucer expresses this corruption. Bibliography
lists 5 sources.
Filename: Chaucer2.wps
Form And Function In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Chaucer's Canterbury tales are said to be a
collection of folktales that are told in the form
of poetry. The writing was Chaucer's, the tales
were collected along his travels throughout
England and Italy. This 11 page paper explores the
ways in which Chaucer brought form and variety to
a unified work. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTfrmtle.wps
Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” and
Courtly Love
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This 14 page report with a sentence outline of its
points discusses “The Knight’s Tale” of
Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”
and the subject of courtly love. Chaucer’s
nderstanding of society as a divinely ordained
hierarchy is often a stumbling point for the
reader in understanding the deeper connections and
interpretations of the characters who populate
Chaucer’s work. However, in “The Knight’s
Tale,” the reader understands that chivalry and
courtly love are the ultimate experiences to which
a nobleman can (or should) aspire. Bibliography
lists 12 sources.
Filename: BWchaucr.wps
The Canterbury Tales in Cinema
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A 6 page research paper that examines the way in
which Chaucer's masterpiece has been dramatized in
film. Surprisingly, the wealth of characterization
encompassed on Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval
masterpiece The Canterbury Tales has not been
extensively addressed by filmmakers. Of the two
films that have been based on the Chaucer's work,
the writer argues that it is the film that does
not deal directly with Chaucer's subject material
that is closer to the intentions of the original
work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Cantcin.wps
Religion and Chaucer's Wife of Bath
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A 6 page look at this larger-than-life character
from Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales,' in
terms of her unorthodox views on religion. The
paper holds that the Wife's theology is of this
world as opposed to the next, earthly as opposed
to celestial, material as opposed to spiritual. It
is not the officially-sanctioned faith of the late
middle ages, and yet, Chaucer implies, it is
shared by more people than the Church would care
to think. No additional sources.
Filename: KBwife.wps
Chaucer’s “Knight’s Tale” and the Cult
of Courtly Love
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A five page paper analyzing Chaucer’s use of the
Knight’s Tale to illustrate the courtly love
genre so popular in the era immediately preceding
his own. The paper defines courtly love and shows
how it is manifested in Chaucer’s story.
Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBchau12.wps
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Csitehaucer's
Society
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An attribute of an exceptional writer has always been the
ability to incorporate the norms and peculiarities that
are inherent within the society that is the setting or
subject of the writing. Chaucer is an exceptional writer
of the Medieval era of history. He writes within the
context of the society that was known to him. Medieval
Europe is the setting for The Canterbury Tales and other
of his writings. He is also able to incorporate the
standards, or norms, as well as the characterization of
the belief systems and the existing institutions of that
society into the action of the Tales. This 12 page paper
asserts that the writings of Chaucer, specifically the
Canterbury Tales, reflect the society in which he lived.
Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KTchacer.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / The Physician's Tale vs.
The Clerk's Tale
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A 10 page research paper that examines two of the
narratives in Chaucer's masterpiece The Canterbury Tales.
While both tales appear on the surface to deal with
religious issues, it is also possible to see alternative
meanings within both stories. Some critics have speculated
that Chaucer couched subtle criticism of both the church
and political authorities of his day within a context that
appearedóon the surfaceóto be dogmatically correct
according to the accepted beliefs of the time.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Phyclerk.wps
Is Chaucer Outdated?
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A five page paper looking at Chaucer's "Miller's
Tale" from the "Canterbury Tales" in terms
of its relevance to today's world. The paper argues that a
joke that requires too much explanation is no longer
funny, and because six hundred years has passed between
Chaucer's day and our own, this has happened to him.
Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: KBchau16.wps
Chaucer -- Lovers and Love in “The Knight’s
Tale,” “The Merchant’s Tale,” and “The Wife of
Bath’s Tale”
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This 5 page report discusses Geoffrey Chaucer’s views on
love and lovers as presented in three of “The Canterbury
Tales.” Each of these three Tales clearly speak to much
of the romance Chaucer saw around, him both in terms of
love and passion, as well as in the sense of the adventure
and lyricism of “romanticism.” They also demonstrate
darker sides of human love in a way that presents a
character but makes no particular judgment on him or her.
No secondary sources.
Filename: BWchau.wps
Chaucer: Compassionate towards Human Frailty?
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5 pages in length. The question we shall seek to answer
herein is whether Chaucer was tolerant of human frailty.
By examining several of his works in general, it is easy
to see that Chaucer not only was not tolerant of human
shortcomings, but he actually preyed upon them, making
light of them in his works. He played up the image of man
as a bumbling fool, and the tragedy and trouble that many
took upon himself foolishly. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JGAchcer.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' A Portrait of Two Pilgrims
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In 5 pages the author discusses a portrait of two of the
pilgrims from Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales."
In Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" the Parson
and the Plowman are related. They have many things in
common, such as religion, poverty, honesty, contentedness
with their lot in life, diligence in their professions,
plainness, and simplicity. They were committed. Both lived
lives that were strong examples to others. The details of
the pair compliment one another."
Filename: Cantpil.wps
Giovanni Boccaccio's Tenth Tale, Tenth Day And
Chaucer's The Wife Of Bath: Analysis
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5 pages in length. Giovanni Boccaccio's Tenth Tale, Tenth
Day tells his story of Griselda as an answer to Chaucer's
The Wife of Bath tale and philosophy. When one ponders the
opposition of The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale as it
relates to Boccaccio's tale of Griselda, it is easy to see
how they represent completely divergent personalities.
Chaucer's Alisoun, on the one hand, is a strong and
defiant woman who lets no one stand in her way. Griselda,
by contrast, is the victim of spousal brutality and has
absolutely no way to escape it, either mentally or
physically. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCwfbth.wps
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Geoffrey
Chaucer's 'Troilus & Criseyde'
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Medieval Europe in the 1500's was a bastion of
Christian incipience. The times were such that the
rewriting of pagan tales to include the Christian
thought of the day were common, even unconscious.
Geoffrey Chaucer's tragic poem 'Troilus and
Criseyde' is no exception, though written with
more subtlety and understanding of human
interaction with divine meaning than most. This 4
page paper seeks to argue that Chaucer rewrites
the classic pagan tale of the fall of Troy to
include the Christian thought of his day.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Criseyde.wps
Chaucer's 'House of Fame' / Geoffrey's Ego
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A 6 page paper on the protagonist of this
little-known work by Geoffrey Chaucer. The paper
observes that not only is the work a gentle parody
of Dante's Divine Comedy, but Chaucer also
parodies himself through the persona of the
egotistical narrator Geffrey. Bibliography lists 3
sources.
Filename: Geffego.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Wife Of Bath -
Physical Descriptions
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A 5 page essay which examines how Chaucer's expert
use of physical description contributed to his
characterization of the Wife of Bath. The writer
shows how Chaucer's description laid the basis for
the Wife's characterization and helped establish
her as a cultural icon which has endured for over
600 years. Quotations from the source.
Filename: Wifeba2.wps
The Subject of Love, Considered in "The
Knight's Tale," "The Miller's Tale"
& "The Wife of Bath's Tale" in
Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury
Tales"
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A 5 page paper which examines the attitudes of
love revealed in a trilogy of stories from
Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury
Tales," "The Knight's Tale,"
"The Miller's Tale," and "The Wife
of Bath's Tale" to determine what each
reveals about the nature of love, as well as what
can be surmised about Chaucer's own view of love.
Filename: TGgclove.wps
Women in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
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A five page paper looking at the difference
between the way Geoffrey Chaucer's female pilgrims
are portrayed in this medieval work from the
depictions of the female characters in the tales
themselves. The paper concludes that while Chaucer
portrayed women without stereotyping them, his
storytellers reflected the prejudice of their
times. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBchau18.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Attitudes
Towards Women
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A 3 page essay that points out that Chaucer used
the characters of the Prioress and the Wife of
Bath to say a great many things about how medieval
society viewed women. The writer demonstrates how
Chaucer contrasted the character of the chaste
Prioress against that of the lusty Wife to
satirize the Church's characterization of women in
particular. Quotations only from the source.
Filename: Chawom.wps
Chaucer's "Doctour of Phisik" in
"The Canterbury Tales"
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A five page paper looking at the way Geoffrey
Chaucer characterized his Tales' Doctor, as well
as the entire medical profession. The paper
concludes that Chaucer felt that doctors are
greedy souls who bilk the public while doing no
good; but looking back into his era, we recognize
that doctors in the middle ages actually had few
tools and little knowledge with which to work.
Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBphisik.wps
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Chaucer's
'Canterbury Tales' / ‘Who Was Chaucer ?'
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A 5 page paper analyzing the characteristics of
the author of this fourteenth-century work, using
a combination of historical records and an
intuitive reading of his most well-known book.
Seven sources cited.
Filename: Chauc.wps
Geoffrey Chaucer/"Man of Law's Tale"
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A 5 page research paper that examines Chaucer's
"Man of Law's Tale" in relation to the
rest of the Canterbury Tales and also to Chaucer's
era, its literary traditions and Chaucer himself.
Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: khmolaw.wps
Morality and Immorality in Chaucer’s
“Canterbury Tales”
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An 8 page paper looking at Geoffrey Chaucer’s
most famous work in terms of its treatment of
morality. The paper concludes that although many
of the tales are wholesome and many are bawdy, the
most inherently immoral are those, told by
representatives of the Church, which are hurtful
to one’s fellow human beings. Specific tales
discussed in depth include the Pardoner’s, the
Prioress’, and the Friar’s. Bibliography lists
6 sources.
Filename: KBchau11.wps
Explication of “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
From Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury
Tales”
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A 5 page paper which provides an overview and
detailed literary analysis of the story, “The
Wife of Bath’s Tale” from Geoffrey Chaucer’s
'The Canterbury Tales,' examining language,
imagery, tone and symbolism.
Filename: TGwifbat.rtf
Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales": The
Pardoner's Tale
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5 pages in length. Each of Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales harbors its own personality that comes
through loud and clear via the teller's character.
How is it that one can readily see the teller's
personality through the mere words of the tale?
The task is rather simple when one dissects it
into smaller, more digestible pieces of the most
significant characteristics, such as physical
features and direct/indirect characterization.
Clearly, the Pardoner is a man of the cloth whose
physical features reflect a benevolence quite
befitting of such a character. His hands are not
especially large, however, they hold in them a
great deal of responsibility, inasmuch as the task
of absolution is no small act, indeed. His eyes
are soulful yet sorrowing in light of the grave
moral depravity he routinely witnesses; his smile
is warm and inviting in spite of his intrinsic
desire to frown upon humanity's impertinence. The
writer discusses various characteristics of the
Pardoner. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCcantr.wps
Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' / Love
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In 5 pages, the author discusses the concept of
love in Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale.' In
contemporary society, one assumes that love should
be the basis for relationships between a man and a
woman to initiate marriage. The two manage a
household, maintain a public union, procreate,
etc. Even in a large society, the family unit is
based in some sense on love. Bibliography lists 5
sources.
Filename: PCcwob.doc
Chaucer’s “Shipman’s,” “Cook’s,”
and “Miller’s” Tales
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A six page paper looking at three of the stories
in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: The Shipman’s
Tale, The Cook’s Tale, and The Miller’s Tale.
Each story is shown to be a ribald story which is
told at the expense of a lower-class tradesperson
or rural bumpkin from an implicitly upper-class,
educated point of view. Bibliography lists six
sources.
Filename: KBchau14.wps
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Chaucer’s
Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath, The Friar, & The
Summoner / Unity of Fragment
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In 11 pages, the author discusses unity of fragment in the
tales and prologues of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales of The
Wife of Bath, The Friar, and The Summoner. Bibliography
lists 5 sources.
Filename: Pcufct.doc
Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath” and the Struggle for
Female Equality
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This 5 page report discusses “Wife of Bath” and the
ways in which Chaucer uses this overbearing and patently
obnoxious woman to challenge a number of the most common
beliefs about a woman’s appropriate subservience.
Moralists and theologians have given themselves the
authority to create a definition of women that keeps her
in her “appropriate” place in the world. The Wife of
Bath puts those definitions and assumptions where they
belong. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWbath.rtf
How the Theme of Feminism is Expressed in Geoffrey
Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale"
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A 5 page paper which analyzes how the theme of feminism is
expressed in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's
Tale," by considering the literary devices of
language, tone and symbolism used to convey this message.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGgcbath.wps
Wasserman and Blanch/ "Chaucer in the
Eighties"
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A 5 page (+ a one page outline) analysis of an anthology
of essays, edited by Julian Wasserman and Robert Blanch,
that offers essays that outline the parameters of
Chaucerian scholarship in the first half of the 1980's
decade. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99wa&bl.wps
Authority and Control in Chaucer's The Wife of Bath and
the World of Margery Kempe
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This 12 page paper considers the notion of authority and
control in Chaucer's The Wife of Bath and Margery Kempe's
autobiography The World of Margery Kempe. This paper
recognizes the social, religious and legal limitations
that were imposed on women, but also suggests that both
Alison, Wife of Bath, and Margery Kempe took a limitation,
their gender-status and turned it into an advantage that
was then recorded in the information presented by both
characters. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHwifeba.wps
Satire in Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale"
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An eight page paper looking at the role satire plays in
this fabliau by Geoffrey Chaucer. The paper notes that the
tale is generally considered to be farce, but the serious
themes which emerge on analysis of the text are much more
indicative of satire. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: KBsatir4.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Character Creation and
Credibility
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An 8 page paper on Chaucer's use of language to create
credibility and character development. The writer details
this through examples from each of five of the pilgrim's
stories in Canterbury Tales. Bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: Chaucercc.wps
The
Intelligence of Chaucer's Pardoner
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A five-page paper looking at this unsavory character from
Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in terms
of his intellect and skills. The paper concludes that he
is a masterful salesman, highly skilled at using a variety
of sales techniques to win "customers" over to
his side. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBpardon.wps
Various Approaches to Analysis of Chaucer's "The
Pardoner's Prologue and Tale"
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An 11 page paper discussing the approaches used to analyze
this work, giving less attention to the work itself than
the four approaches found through literature review to
have been used to analyze it in the past. The methods of
analysis approaches discovered through this review apply
not only to this specific Chaucer work but is applicable
to most forms of literature. While all good writing can be
enjoyed in its own right without the need of being
elevated to the status of "literature," analysis
of that which has persisted for generations can serve to
demonstrate the difference and instruct in construction of
new efforts. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: KSpardoner.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Order & Disorder In
The General Prologue
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A 5 page paper showing how Chaucer illustrates the themes
of spiritual order and disorder in the first section of
the Canterbury Tales. The paper concludes that this
tension between human disorder and spiritual order
resolves itself in the recognition that God's plan is
worked out in each human being. Bibliography lists 2
sources.
Filename: Orderd.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Character Of The
Prioresse
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A 5 page essay which analyzes the description of the
Prioresse given by Geoffrey Chaucer in the General
Prologue to his historic work The Canterbury Tales. The
writer argues that the Prioresse is hypocritical about her
love of earthly pleasures while the Wife of Bath is open
and honest.
Filename: Prioress.wps
Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales,” Voltaire’s
“Candide” And Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”: Greed
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5 pages in length. The issue of greed has a stronghold in
myriad literary pieces, effectively demonstrating the
value humanity places upon materialistic commodities.
Money is, indeed, one of the most significant of all
desires in a greedy person; however, there are also other
entities that represent the concept of greed that have
little to do with financial gain. These notions are
readily presented in Chaucer’s “The Canterbury
Tales,” Voltaire’s “Candide” and Ibsen’s
“Hedda Gabler.” The writer discusses that within the
literary framework of these stories lies humanity’s
quest for more, a concept that appears to be both inherent
and learned depending upon one’s moral education. No
additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCgreed.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / The Merchant's Tale
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9 pages in length. A complete review of the Merchant's
Tale (from the Canterbury Tales) -- covering an overview
of the story, the character of the merchant himself,
wording, Chaucer's use of sarcasm, and the Tale's
religious implications as well. No Bibliography.
Filename: Merchtal.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Wife of Bath
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A 6 page paper on the character of the Wife of Bath in
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The paper particularly centers
around her feminist arguments justifying both her
aggressiveness and her sexuality. Bibliography cites
sources.
Filename: Wifebath.wps
Two
Perspectives on Marriage/Chaucer’s Prologue
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A five page paper which looks at two aspects of British
literature. The first section compares and contrasts the
views of Margery Kempe and Mary Astell on the institution
of marriage. The second section demonstrates how Chaucer
uses the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales to give an
overview of the society of the time, and his opinions of
the ethical standards of the pilgrims. Bibliography lists
5 sources
Filename: JLkempeastell.wps
Chaucer's 'Merchant' and 'Wife of Bath' / Marriage
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An 8 page comparison of these two stories from Chaucer's
'Canterbury Tales', in terms of the respective
storyteller's views on marriage. The paper argues that the
tales chosen by each storyteller perfectly embody their
own situations in regard to marriage; and both deviate
substantially from the cultural norm of the times.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Mercbath.wps
Male/Female Relationships in Chaucer's 'Canterbury
Tales'
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A five page paper looking at the way Chaucer depicts the
relationships between the sexes in the Knight's,
Merchant's, Miller's, and Wife of Bath's Tales. The paper
concludes that of all these, the only one which accurately
replicates a reciprocal relationship is the Wife of Bath,
because the others see women only as objects or
stereotypes. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBchau15.wps
Religious Hypocrisy in Chaucer’s “The Monk’s
Tale”
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A 6 page paper analyzing the personality of the Monk in
this excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. The paper
concludes that to Chaucer, the sin which the Monk commits
by breaking his religious vows is somewhat mediated by the
fact that the dogma on which the vows were based was
flawed to begin with. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KBmonks.wps
Man And Woman In 'To the Lighthouse' By Virginia Woolf
And 'Wife of Bath's Tale' By Geoffrey Chaucer
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A 5 page paper which compares the relations between man
and woman depicted in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse
and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath's Tale' from The
Canterbury Tales. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Litebath.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Role Of Women In The
Knight's Tale
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An 8 page paper analyzing the puzzling issue of women's
active role in Chaucer's 'The Knight's Tale'. The paper
points out that while on the surface it would seem women
have no active role in the story at all, their importance
lies in their symbolic meaning to the male characters.
Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Knightwo.wps
Medieval Concepts of Women's Roles, Marriage and the
Character of Griselda in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The
Clerk's Tale"
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An 8 page paper which examines the how Medieval concepts
of women's roles and marriage are revealed through the
character of Griselda in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The
Clerk's Tale." Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGclerk.wps
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Chaucer's
'Canterbury Tales' / Irony in The Nun's Priest's
and Pardoner's Tales
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An 8 page paper looking at these two vignettes
from the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer in
terms of their use of irony. The paper shows that
the irony developed in the Nun's Priest's Tale is
light and fun because of its subject matter and
treatment, while in the Pardoner's Tale the irony
is darkened by the odious character of the
storyteller himself. Bibliography lists eleven
sources. Kbchau~1.wps
Filename: Kbchau~1.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Overview
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A 5 page overview of the various tales with
descriptive analysis of Chaucer's characterization
and his depiction of society. Writer uses various
critical sources to support ideas; Bibliography
lists two collective entries.
Filename: Canterbu.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' / Evil In The
Tales
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A 12 page paper examining the importance of the
ability to recognize evil in Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales, specifically The Prioress' Tale and The
Pardoner's Tale. The paper argues first that
anti-Semitism is a significant issue in the
Prioress' Tale, and that her anti-Semitism is just
as dangerous as the amoral avarice of the Pardoner
because of the fact that she is not perceived as
evil at all. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Cantevil.wps
Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Tale' and Malory's
'Every Man'
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In this 6 page essay, the writer describes how we
can infer much about an author's society & era
from the stories they wrote and the way they were
presented. The two examples cited are 'The
Pardoner's Tale' from Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'
and 'Every man' by Malory. Issues concerning
wealth, social class, etc;-- are discussed with
relevance to characters in each of these two
classic stories. No Bibliography.
Filename: Pardoner.wps
Differing Ideas on What Medieval Women Want in
Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's
Tale"
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A 6 page paper which examines the differing views
of what women want, as expressed in Geoffrey
Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale."
Specifically considered are how what the wife and
other women want differ from Medieval expectations
of what a "true" lady was supposed to
be. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGbath.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' vs. Dante's
'Divine Comedy' / Evil
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An 8 page paper analyzing the way evil is
portrayed in The Canterbury Tales and The Divine
Comedy. The paper concludes that whereas Dante
sees evil as being a catastrophic impediment
toward man's attainment of the divine -- and thus
something to be taken very, very seriously --
Chaucer sees its human manifestations in what we
would actually consider a more 'modern' sense: as
irony. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Evildc.wps
Chaucer’s The Wife Of Bath’s Tale
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Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury tales are known
for their folklore quality and honesty in
representing the medieval social structure as well
as the norms prevalent during that time. This 7
page paper explores the ramifications of the
presentation of ‘what women want’ within the
context of medieval society. Bibliography lists 8
sources.
Filename: KTchawfb.wps
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Concepts
of Honor and Dishonor in Medieval Women, As
Explored by Christine de Pizan and Geoffrey
Chaucer
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A 7 page paper which examines how honor and
dishonor was determined in Medieval women, as
considered in de Pizan's "The Book of the
City of Ladies," "The Writings of
Christine de Pizan," and Chaucer's "The
Franklin's Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's
Tale." Specifically considered are marriage;
widowhood; effects of education, offspring,
politics and religion; convents and widow's
havens; well-known women of honor or dishonor,;
and the impact of nobility or peasantry in shaping
these concepts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGhonor.rtf
“Elements of Parody in The Miller’s Tale by
Chaucer”
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A five page paper which looks at the way in which
Chaucer’s The Miller’s Tale parodies the
traditional romances of courtly love and acts as a
balance to the morality and integrity of the
Knight’s Tale. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JLmiller.wps
Women's Roles in the Wife of Bath's and
Miller's Tales
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A five page paper looking at these two stories
from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury
Tales." The paper enumerates a number of
correspondences between the Wife of Bath, whose
name was Alice, and Alisoun, the subject of the
Miller's Tale. In both these tales, Chaucer shows
that though women may not have had legal rights or
political power, they clearly have the power of
sex over men -- and they know it. Bibliography
lists two sources.
Filename: KBchau17.wps
Chaucer, Dante and "Good Women"
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(8pp). Our challenge in this discussion is to
correlate the work of Chaucer, Dante and "The
Legend of Good Women. Both texts present
interesting clues to a solution. Bibliography
lists 9 sources (1 visual)
Filename: BBchrdte.doc
Geoffrey Chaucer’s Life
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A five page paper looking at the life of this
great author of the fourteenth century. The paper
shows that although he spent his life in
government service, this helped his literary
career through exposing him to different locales
and diverse types of people -- influences which
came together in The Canterbury Tales.
Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBchau13.wps
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' # 2
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A 6 page discussion of setting, theme, and
characterization in several of the tales. No
Bibliography.
Filename: Canter.wps
Chaucer's 'Book of the Duchesse'
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A 7 page paper that discusses the chess game
(Lines 618-678) and chess symbolism in this poem.
This paper focus on the themes of fate, courtly
love and steadfastness that are developed through
the poem utilizing chess symbolism, and
demonstrates that the knights comments regarding
the chess game are developed as statements about
courtly love and fate. Bibliography lists 4
sources.
Filename: Duchesse.wps
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Chaucer's
Life & Works
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An 8 page paper analyzing the characteristics of
this fourteenth-century author, using a
combination of historical records and an intuitive
reading of his most well-known books. Bibliography
lists nine sources.
Filename: Chaucer.wps
The Medieval View of Marriage in Chaucer’s
Canterbury Tales
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This 5 page paper provides a comparative view of
three of the Canterbury Tales: The Prioress’
Tale, the Wife of Bath, and the Nun’s Tale all
describe specific roles for women and the varied
but limited view of women that extended from
medieval society. This paper integrates and
compares the views offered in these three stories.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MHchauce.wps
Comparison of a Chaucer's A Pardoner's Tale and
Shakespeare's Macbeth
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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts these two
infamous works. Common themes are discussed with
an emphasis on death. Bibliography lists 3
sources.
Filename: SA103Cha.wps
Chaucer's Underlying Fear
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This 5 page paper suggests that Chaucer was really
afraid of death. Evidence comes from three
Canterbury Tales that are The Pardoner's Tale, The
Miller's Tale and the Nun's Priest Tale. The
stories are analyzed for common thematic elements,
but each story stands on its own. Bibliography
lists 1 source.
Filename: SA 117Jef.doc
Pandarus In Chaucer's Troilus And Criseyde
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Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde is done in the form
of a romantic tragedy as it was defined and
elaborated upon by Aristotle. In a psychological
drama, the attention of the audience is focused on
the reactions of the characters to the situations
presented. This 6 page paper explores the
character of Pandarus. Bibliography lists 5
sources.
Filename: KTpandus.wps
Gawain, the Green Knight & Chaucer’s
Tales – Courtesy Personified?
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Gawain, the Green Knight & Chaucer’s Tales
– Courtesy Personified?: This 8-page essay
examines ‘courtesy’ as a code of ethics in
Chaucer’s, The Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight. Using these works issues of
courtesy will be evaluated in order to determine
whether or not invoking its precepts is a help or
hindrance in civilized society. Bibliography lists
3 sources. SNCourty.doc
Filename: SNCourty.doc
Love in Geoffrey Chaucer's Poem, "Troilus
and Criseyde"
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A 6 page paper which examines how love differs for
each character, and considers whether the mode of
loving allows for the assessment of merit, or the
fame, of each character. Bibliography lists 6
sources.
Filename: TGtroilc.wps
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Portrayal
of Women in Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury
Tales’ “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” and
“The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
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A 5 page paper which examines the power of women
in each tale, to determine if they can be regarded
as feminist works. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGgcfem.wps
Can Authority Ever Be Entirely Justified?
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A 5 page paper which examines the issue of
authority, and whether or not it can ever be
entirely justified, by specifically considering
the divine authority of kings in William
Shakespeare's "Henry IV," the authority
of God (and man) in John Milton's "Paradise
Lost," the secret wish of female authority in
Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's
Tale," and William Wordsworth's determination
of poetic authority. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGauthry.wps
The Role of Women in Hamlet & Canterbury
Tales
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An 8 page paper examining the way women are
portrayed in Shakespeare's and Chaucer's works.
The paper concludes that both these authors treat
women with singular well-roundedness, exhibiting a
deep understanding of the female psyche.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Hamcan.wps
"Troilus and Criseyde" and the Cult
of Courtly Love
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A ten page paper examining the degree to which
Geoffrey Chaucer's poem reflects the code of
courtly love. The paper concludes that the false
ideals of courtly love prohibit Troilus from
really reaching a personal level with the woman he
loves; and this leaves him without any bargaining
power when he needs to win her back. Bibliography
lists nine sources.
Filename: KBtroils.wps
The Fabliau And 'The Miller's Tale'
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A 5 page paper examining the fabliau genre as it
is developed in Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale.' The
paper gives special attention to the question of
what makes the tale funny, and whether these
effects are still funny today. Bibliography lists
3 sources.
Filename: Milltale.wps
The Characteristic of Masculinity and Its
Problematic Nature
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This 13 page paper considers the characteristics
of masculinity presented in Beowulf, Marie de
France and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and
assesses the implications of these characteristics
in terms of the problematic developments in each
work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHBeowu4.wps
Reason vs. Desire/Examples from Literature
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A 5 page research paper in which the writer
examines four texts in order to determine the way
that the conflict between desire and reason has
been handled by authors across the centuries. The
texts are Swift's "Gulliver's Travels,"
Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale,"
Aristophanes's "The Frogs," and Sir
Thomas More's "Utopia." No additional
sources cited.
Filename: 99revsde.wps
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18th
vs. 19th Century British Literature
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A 9 page essay comparing 18th and 19th century literature.
Writer describes themes, styles, and their relevance to
the changing times. Most works discussed are by English
authors including Chaucer, Defoe, and so forth.
Bibliography lists 4 primary sources.
Filename: 18th19th.wps
"The Clerk's Tale" as a "Traffic in
Women"
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A 10 page essay that analyzes the thesis proposed by
anthropologist Gayle Rubin in her landmark 1975 article
"The Traffic in Women: Notes on the Political Economy
of Sex" that women in primitive cultures are viewed
as objects for exchange between men and compares this
thesis to the narrative related in "The Clerk's
Tale," from Chaucer's medieval masterpiece, "The
Canterbury Tales." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: 99tiw&ct.wps
Sin in British Literature
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A 15 page analysis of the theme of sin as developed in
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and
Milton's Paradise Lost. It examines first the theme as
presented in the Book of Genesis, looks at St. Paul's
explication of it in the book of Romans, then shows how
the three British writers mentioned above either supported
or rejected it. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Sin2.wps
Griselda—a "traffic in women"
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A 15 page research paper that analyzes the Clerk's tale
from Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth century masterpieces,
"The Canterbury Tales." Using Gayle Rubin's 1975
article, "The Traffic in Women," as a framework,
the writer argues that the tale of patient Griselda fits
the model outlined by Rubin. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 99gtiw.wps
The Reeve's Tale
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This 6 page paper presents the argument that The Reeve's
Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, represents that society through
the auspices of ironic detail. No additional sources are
listed.
Filename: KTreeves.wps
The Importance Of Time in Fourteenth - Seventeenth
Century British Literature
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A 5 page paper contrasting the various kinds of
temporality shown in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales; the
morality play Everyman; and Shakespeare's King Lear. No
additional sources cited.
Filename: Time14.wps
The
"Moral" of Three "Canterbury Tales"
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A six page paper looking at three of Geoffrey Chaucer's
"Canterbury Tales" -- specifically, the Wife of
Bath's Tale, the Nun's Priest's Tale, and the Miller's
Tale -- in terms of whether they have a moral. The paper
asserts that they do, and that their morals are reflective
not only of the individual stories but of the storytellers
themselves. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBcantb1.wps
A Theoretical TV Symposium on Women with Barbara
Walters
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A 3 page paper presenting a fictional and theoretical TV
symposium on women, hosted by Barbara Walters; with
guests: St. Augustine, Dante, Chaucer, Marie de France,
Marguerite de Navarre and Cervantes. These famous people
of the past interact and give their thoughts on women in a
theoretical fashion.
Filename: Barbwalt.wps
Knight's Tale Vs. Sir Gawain / Conflicting Obligations
Of Knighthood
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In 5 pages, the writer discusses conflicting and
overlapping obligations of knighthood as present in
Chaucer's The Knight's Tale and Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight.
Filename: Knigconf.wps
Anti-Feminism In Five Tales
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A 5 page paper that reviews Sir Gawain, Wife of Bath
(Chaucer), Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing in light of
the anti-feminine treatment of its women characters. The
writer argues that fear of the feminine in these tales
leads to the necessity for control of the feminine.
Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: Antifem3.wps
Writers Who Influenced Shakespeare
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A 4 page paper that considers the major works that
influenced the writings of Shakespeare. The writer
demonstrates that while there is little documented
evidence of influences, there are considerable textual
similarities between Shakespeare's plays and the writings
of Marlowe, Chaucer, Virgil and Seneca, as well as many
influences noted from the Bible. Bibliography lists 2
sources.
Filename: Shake1.wps
Literature as Education and Entertainment
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A five page paper looking at Geoffrey Chaucer's
"Canterbury Tales," Philip Sidney's "Astrophel
and Stella", and John Milton's "Paradise
Lost" in terms of their ability to both educate and
entertain us -- the poet Horace's criterion for good
literature. The paper concludes that all three works
fulfill this mission due to their strong characterization,
careful attention to form and structure, and vivid
writing. Bibliography lists eight sources.
Filename: KBhorace.wps
Robert Burns' 'Tam o'Shanter'
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A 5 page analysis of the poem which Burns wrote in his
Scottish dialect. It tells the story of the night that a
drunken Tam o'Shanter came face to face with the devil and
a party of witches. The writer demonstrates how Burns'
rollicking poem is reminiscent of Chaucer and also has
elements of satire. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Tamo.wps
The
Theme of Courtly Love in “Beowulf,” “The Romance of
Tristan,” “Troilus and Criseyde,” and “Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight”
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This 6 page report discusses four classic works of the
medieval timeframe and the concept of courtly love.
Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, Beroul’s The Romance
of Tristan, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by the
mysterious “Gawain-Poet,” and Beowulf each shows the
reader that it is important to understand that it was the
subjective presentation of either the lovers’ ardor for
one another and their concern regarding other people in
their lives that essentially reconstructed the code of
courtly love into what ultimately became one of the most
important influences in Western literature. Bibliography
lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWcourt5.wps
“The Wife of Bath”
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A seven page paper which looks at the character of the
Wife of Bath in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, and the way
in which she is portrayed as a complex and realistic
figure in terms of her attitudes, behaviour and perception
of human nature, both in relation to the other pilgrims
and in her interpretation of the role of women in medieval
Christian society. Bibliography lists 3 sources
Filename: JLwifebath.wps
Pier Paolo Pasolini's "The Decameron"
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7 pages in length. Comparing and contrasting the manner by
which women are treated and portrayed within the cinematic
approach of Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron is to
first understand the original motivation of writer
Giovanni Boccaccio, secondly liken this work to others –
such as Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales – that reflect a
similarity in gender treatment and thirdly realize to what
extent Pasolini was attempting to remain true to form.
Clearly, Boccaccio's treatment and portrayal of women in
his fourteenth century composition of The Decameron was
meant to ruffle stiff social feathers by depicting the
female gender as having their own minds, thoughts and
actions apart from their patriarchal counterparts. One can
readily see that while Pasolini does remain mostly on
course with Boccaccio's original objective, he also
interjects his own brand of lighthearted comedy, as well.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCdecam.wps
Chaucerian Comedy
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A 5 page research paper that looks at Geoffrey Chaucer's
use of humor in his comedic, medieval masterpiece The
Canterbury Tales. The writer particularly focuses on the
Miller's Tale as being exemplary of Chaucer's gift for
comedy. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khchcom.wps
Choice and Destiny in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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This 6 page paper considers the way in which both choice
and destiny are portrayed in this fourteenth century work.
The writer uses The Knights Tale and the Wife of Bath's
Tale to examine choice and destiny and how they are seen
and manifested in the tales. The bibliography cites 1
source.
Filename: TEchaucr.wps
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