Chaucer's masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, reflects a very opinionated view of manners and the behaviors of medieval women. ... Chaucer describes her as an unattractive woman with her distinguished red face. ... We must also note that by being able to travel up the social class from a peasant to a sort of merchant she must also be not without intelligence. ... Chaucer does a great job in depicting these women as though they are from two different ends of the spectrum. ... Chaucer reflects these two women more specifically to bring up a more interesting topic. ...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... As we shall see, Chaucer does not portray two typical women, but rather the opposite poles of woman's nature. ... Chaucer developed two basic traits of her. ... It is interesting to note the way Chaucer manipulates with the mode of medieval romance in characterization of his heroines: while the Prioress physically resembles a romance heroine, the Wife of Bat...

• Word Count: 1688
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O'Connor describes the appearance of Grandmother's "leathery thin face " and the trousers of Red Sam whose "stomach hung over them like a sack of meal swaying under his shirt " ("A Good Man..."" 34, 37).The characters appear this way to foster the shock that O'Connor intends, and Enjolras notes it as the hallmark of her writing (8-9). ... O'Connor has also been compared to Geoffrey Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales. Di Renzo remarks that Chaucer describes the humor found within the turmoil, suffering, and sin of the earthly world. ... Some stories of Chaucer's seem cru...

• Word Count: 2129
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

(Lecture Notes N. ... While modern English speakers can read with difficulty of cause the works of Chaucer, the pronunciation of Chaucer's works would have been completely unintelligible to the modern speaker. ...

• Word Count: 2103
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School