In Canterbury Tales, Chaucer includes and exploits individuals from all walks of medieval society. ... Unfortunately Chaucer delegated only two of his tales to be told by women, the tales of the Wife of Bath and the Prioress. ... Two female characters in Canterbury Tales are not quite typical of their class and status. ... Chaucer developed two basic traits of her. ... Her prologue and her tale are two versions of one story: both Jankyn and the rapist knight treat women with violence, and both are taught to do better than that; they win the woman's kindness and affection once they co...

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Two major events shaped the feelings of Anderson about life. ... Second, after marrying and moving to Elyria, Ohio, Anderson had a mental breakdown due to two things. ... The size of the city overwhelmed him at times, which gave him a feeling of isolation. ... In Adventure, Alice Hindman is destroyed by industrialization and the city. ... In some of the tales, there is a prevalent sexual atmosphere. ...

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The writer portrays Pip through two threads. ... It seems that "Hard Times"(1854) and "A Tale of Two Cities" are most famous among them. In "Hard Times" sharp contradiction in the society in England is reflected and "A Tale of Two Cities" is a novel of which the background is great revolution of France. ... Some are written about people's living state under a very grim background of the revolution, such as "A Tale of Two cities". ... Some give people advice in the form of fairy tales, such as "A Christmas Carol". ...

• Word Count: 1502
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• Grade Level: High School

A comparative study of Sydney Carton in Dickens" novel, A Tale of Two Cities, and Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, requires the reader to analyze various aspects that the transforming effect love can have on a personality. ... Romeo is no less affected by love, if in a more juvenile way when he states, "If I profane with my unworthiest hand / this holy shrine / the gentle sin is this; / My lips, two blushing pilgrims / ready stand / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss" (1.5.104-107). ...

• Word Count: 1281
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These books are The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, St. ... The Canterbury Tales was a book that was written by Geoffrey Chaucer. ... Their were different view's you see with the knight's tale also. ... There was another strong view we read in the Canterbury Tales. ... These two worlds confused and disturbed Augustine as a child. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It can almost be said that the two perspectives are "similarly different." ... Francesca and Paolo are shown reading the tale of Lancelot and Guinevere. ... They read of the demise of these two ill-fated lovers, yet continued with their own adulterous affair, to ultimately meet a similar fate. ... After wounded while hunting, Guigemar is taken in by the Lady of the Lord of the city he manages to reach. ... Petrarch's Quest for True Love and Spiritual Fulfillment The poems contained within The Canzoniere are spellbinding tales of love. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Shakespeare's" tragedy is the tale of two lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding families. ... The people of the city become outraged by the constant violence between the two families, causing the ruler of Verona, Prince Escalus, to interfere. ... And were these two really in love? ... Romeo and Juliet were two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction. ... These two young people did nothing except fall in love. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The two love stories intersect in the body of the "English patient". ... Kip, born in a family of tradition and values, also had two brothers. ... "He is a doctor, has two children and a laughing wife. He is permanently busy in this city" (p.299). ... In "The English Patient", he contrasts two characters that lose control with two who do not. ...

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In this tale, when love is most apparent, the most crucial events occur to develop this "tragedy." ... The forbidden love of Romeo and Juliet is spawned from the feud between the two households; Capulet and Montague and throughout Juliet's "supposed" soliloquy, she ponders over the prospect of the two families" names: "What's in a name?" ... Similarly with Frost's poem, the persona is presented with two choices to make. ... The Trojan War story, which is based upon the events leading up to, and including the fall of the City of Troy. ... It just took two teenagers to show them...

• Word Count: 1689
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• Grade Level: High School