It is in the way Chaucer presents these tales, as well as through the tales not cited, that the reader can gain an understanding about love and the correctness of its vast gaze, according to Chaucer. ... However, it is the underlying cry for social change that is deeply imbedded in his writing, namely The Canterbury Tales, that is his most admirable accomplishment. ... (Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales; 135-143.) ... Chaucer certainly understood this point and illustrated it through many of the other pilgrims' tales. ... Although ...

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Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the era known as the Middle Ages, an era resembling kings, castles, and knights. ... Chaucer takes the woman out of the shadows and into the spotlight in the Canterbury Tales, especially in the case of the outspoken Wife of Bath (WB). ... Jerome in The Canterbury Tales. ... The reader first meets the pilgrims in the General Prologue (GP), where Chaucer provides subtle indications to the type of character he describes. ... We can imagine that WB puts aside the more "lady-like" style of riding at her own convince while traveling the road to Canterbury (Bieb...

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There are also several stories from "The Canterbury Tales" that have Christian themes. The entire book itself is based on a Christian pilgrimage to the tomb of Sir Thomas Becket of Canterbury. ... "The Man of Laws Tale" is one of a saint's legend. ... "The Knights Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales" can also be seen as pagan. ... "The Knights Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales" is also a story of adventure. ...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...

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