Animal Farm, Pride And Prejudice, And The Wife Of Bath's

In literature, contrasting societal issues, norms, and beliefs are relevant in different time periods. The distinct dissimilarities are demonstrated in the three pieces of literature, Animal Farm, Pride and Prejudice, and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, selected for this research paper. The three pieces of literature from each of the three different time periods help present England from the late 13th century to the early 20th century and speculate the relevance of message to today’s society. The three pieces of work also display the authors’ motivations for writing through the major events of the historical time periods. Through the three pieces of literature, Animal Farm; Pride and Prejudice; and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, Jane Austen; George Orwell; and Geoffrey Chaucer, portray the society of England in three different time periods.
The three pieces of literature, Animal
“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer is written in the historical time period between 1387 and 1400. In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” there is dissatisfaction with the current religious thought. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is written in the historical time period, 1800s. In Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, the major conflict is the extreme difference between the high class and the lower class. “During the decade when Napoleon was transforming Europe, Jane Austen wrote this novel in which the main events are that a man changes his manners and a young lady her mind” (“Pride and Prejudice”). Animal Farm by George Orwell is written in the historical time period in the early 1900s. In Animal Farm’s early 1900s, Orwell presents the Russian Revolution and the struggles of the working peasants under the totalitarian regime. Animal Farm is an allegory of a real political