The Canterbury Tales is a collection of tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1475. The Canterbury Tales, as a whole, exhibit different social conventions of the Fourteenth Century and exploit them for being a kind of facade. ... The Canterbury Tales explores and exploits social conventions through different character's perspectives. ... These two tales embody Chaucer's overall purpose for The Canterbury Tales, which states that social hierarchy does not determine a person's morals. ... The critic Conor McCarthy's article; "Love, Marriage, and Law: Three Cante...

• Word Count: 3668
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The stories conveyed in The Canterbury Tales are observations on certain facets of the Church described by Chaucer. He transmits a vibe that he believes the Church is an institution organized as a business indicating greed and where money is more important than religion. His concept of the Church...

• Word Count: 676
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Of these qualities, chivalry is essential and shown often throughout "Sir Galahad", The Canterbury Tales, and Sir Torre's short quest in John Steinbeck's "The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights.... Sir Torre, the Knight featured in The Canterbury Tales, and Sir Galahad all exemplify traits of chivalry. ... In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer introduces the Knight as a man of chivalry and experience practiced throughout his illustrious career as a knight. ... The three Knights discussed, Sir Torre, the Knight from the Canterbury Tales, and Sir Galahad, all engage in...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (MacKaye) introduces readers to a diverse group of travelers making the annual pilgrimage to Canterbury, seeking blessings from St Thomas á Becket. ... His opinions are solidified throughout the tales by many examples of these traits. ...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Canterbury tales is influenced by the Decameron in that they are both a collection of stories told by different people of different status and sex. The Canterbury tales however are more interesting due to the fact that they are told by a diverse and broader variety of people each with a different personality appearance and gender this creates contrast. ...

• Word Count: 785
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her guests are five remarkable women from the past: Isabella Bird (1831- 1904) - the adventurous world traveller; Lady Nijo (b1258) - the mediaeval, Japanese courtesan who became a Buddhist nun and travelled on foot through Japan; Dull Gret, who as Dulle Griet in a Bruegel painting, who was well-known for her quick tongue and who led a crowd of women on a charge through hell; Pope Joan - the transvestite early female pope who sacrifized her womanhood and having a family for her career and last but not least Griselda, an obedient wife out of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. ...

• Word Count: 283
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In The Knight's Tale many of the characters are affected by outside forces beyond human control. ... Language in The Knight's Tale plays an instrumental role in illustrating the behavior of exterior forces on the characters. ...

• Word Count: 651
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When the knowledge of this young, outstanding gentleman reached the Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury, he was immediately taken into his service and household in 1142 as a clerk. ... It was this constant and loyal friend whom Henry appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... William worked closely with Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was in himself the strongest Archbishop since Dunstan. Using his rank as William's religious envoy, Lanfranc set to work on centralizing Canterbury as far as the regional churches. ... In 1162, Henry, according to Foliot, threatened ever...

• Word Count: 2829
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The God father is an epic tale of Mafia life in America during the 1940s and '50s. ... Staring Richard Burton as the character of Becket and Peter O'Toole as Henry II the film is a bout the lifelong friendship of Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. ...

• Word Count: 768
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Chaucer (1340-1400) used the word in Troilus and Criseyde, and in The Canterbury Tales it is applied to a series of stories in the medieval style of de casibus virorum illustrium, meaning "the downfalls" (more or less inevitable) "of princes." ...

• Word Count: 1396
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I. The Burial of The Dead "April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnber...

• Word Count: 1365
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To begin with, Henry comes across as almost a "boy" in a man's job as others easily sway him when the church (Canterbury and Ely) persuades him to go to war. When Canterbury says "A thousand pounds by th" year. ... He is one who took the throne unrightfully, but kept the throne safe and had no threats to his reign, the only King in Shakespeare's tales. ...

• Word Count: 3298
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is evident in Top Girls, where Marlene has thrown a dinner party to celebrate her promotion and has invited Isabella Bird (1831-1904), Lady Nijo (b.1258), Dull Gret (1562), Pope Joan (854-856) and Griselda (Canterbury Tales). ...

• Word Count: 3095
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate