Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the era known as the Middle Ages, an era resembling kings, castles, and knights. ... Chaucer's vehicle to maneuver between the gender roles was the WB caricature. Through means of reversal, Chaucer leads his main female character down the road of maleness. ... I concur with Mann that Chaucer has something to teach us through reading his work today. ... Chaucer further pushes the envelope with the WB's long-winded prologue. ...

• Word Count: 2959
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Was Chaucer reiterating Dante's thoughts on love, or was he mocking them? ... It is interesting to note that the other two instances of the word "falsen- are associated with Troilus and how he will not falsen Criseyde. ... So why would Chaucer include this last section of the poem? ... Secondly, if we look at Chaucer's life and audience, we see that it makes no sense for Chaucer to be mocking Dante. ... Finally, many of Chaucer's works are disconnected. ...

• Word Count: 3564
• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: High School

Three Faces of Aeneas: The Gladiatorial Combat of auctores in Chaucer's House of Fame Dependence on literary tradition established by the textual legacy of prestigious Latin authors characterized the period of the composition of the House of Fame, one of Geoffrey Chaucer's early works. ... The House of Fame reveals Chaucer's awareness of the problem. ... Chaucer places his rendering of the Aeneas and Dido episode within a dream-vision. ... Furthermore, the form may permit Chaucer to fulfil his own dream: to elevate himself from the position of the mere makere' to ...

• Word Count: 4606
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Cheerios and Chaucer? ... In the "Handbook of Children, Media, and Development", authors Dina Borezekowski and Victor Strasburger note that "numerous ecological and personal factors impact an adolescent's decision to experiment with and use these different substances, including the media. ...

• Word Count: 2568
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

1 Let us go then, you and I, 2 When the evening is spread out against the sky 3 Like a patient etherized upon a table; 4 Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, 5 The muttering retreats 6 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels 7 And sawdust restauran...

• Word Count: 6460
• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School

The character of Theseus appears in Greek myth (he was a friend of Hercules and a giant-killer), but Shakespeare more likely got the idea for his character from Chaucer's Knight's Tale, which refers to Theseus and Hippolyta in the larger context of the story of Palamon and Arcite, two men in love with the same woman (a plot that resembles aspects of this play). ...

• Word Count: 10864
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: High School