place created by Dante Alighieri; The Inferno is exactly the type of Hell where no person would want to be. Even those who acted upon the lightest of sins suffered greatly. While each realm contained a different sinner‚ the punishment that each were forced to face was cruel‚ repulsive‚ and sometimes rather disgusting. Through grieving tears without an exit‚ unbearably itchy scabs‚ and a putrid‚ slushy ground‚ Dante uses vivid imagery to describe the various realms of Hell. As Dante passes through
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Cited: Chaucer‚ Geoffrey. "The Canterbury Tales". The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F.N. Robinson. Cambridge: Riverside Press‚ 1933. 19-314. Huppe‚ Bernard F. A Reading of the Canterbury Tales. Albany: State University of New York‚ 1964. Robertson‚ D.W. (1962). "Concepts of Pilgrimage and Marriage". Critical Essays on Chaucer ’s Canterbury Tales. Ed. M. Andrew. 1st ed. Buckingham: Open University Press‚ 1991.
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In The Inferno‚ Dante descends through the nine circles of Hell‚ encountering increasingly serious sins‚ most of which are crimes. The levels of Hell can be interpreted as a gradation of crimes‚ with penalties in proportion to their relative gravity of sin. While crimes are transgressions against human law‚ Dante’s Christian orthodox ambitions translate the treatment of these seemingly earthly crimes as sins‚ transgressions against divine law. For the purposes of this paper‚ the two terms can be
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said; “In matters of conscience‚ the law of the majority has no place.”. As an individual Chaucer proves this to be true in his dismissal of the common sexist notion of the people at the time. Although sexism exists and in certain eras it can be far more predominant than others‚ individuals can and have resisted the majority view of the time and have transcended the normal thought process. Geoffrey Chaucer is an example of an individual who transcended the prevalent point of view of generalized sexism
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Corruption is authority plus monopoly minus transparency. The Canterbury Tales is a book containing a compendium of frame stories told by different characters written by Geoffrey Chaucer throughout the late 1300s. Throughout the novel‚ Chaucer criticizes the injustices that take place in the real world by using characters and their stories as exemplum for the realities of the world. The Pardoner and Summoner are Chaucer’s two most intriguing male characters in The Canterbury Tales. Both characters
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participate in “riot‚ hazard‚ stywes‚ and tavernes” (465). Basically‚ the men like to enjoy parties‚ gambling‚ prostitutes‚ and drinking. Chaucer makes note of their activities as a sacrifice to the devil and that the tavern represents the devils temple. Right off the bat‚ Chaucer explains the personality of these men and wastes no time showing their worldly actions. Chaucer explains that the three men‚ while carrying on with their foolish living‚ took claim to God as their savior. “Hir othes been so grete
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Geoffrey Chaucer (born 1340/44‚ died 1400) is remembered as the author of The Canterbury Tales‚ which ranks as one of the greatest epic works of world literature. Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin. The known facts of Chaucer’s life are fragmentary and are based almost entirely on official records. He was born in London between 1340 and 1344‚ the son of John Chaucer‚ a vintner. In
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most strongly‚ the writings of England’s three literary geniuses; Chaucer‚ Shakespeare‚ and Austin. It is therefore the intent of this paper to touch upon these influences and to get a glimpse at the importance of British Literature in the shaping of Western Christianity. The Canterbury Tales was Chaucer’s flagship work‚ and covered such a variety of subjects that one could veritably quote him on any topic. The first way that Chaucer affected religious views is in the very backdrop of his poem. The
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In “The Man of Law’s Tale‚” Geoffrey Chaucer writes about a series of misadventures visited upon a woman. Over the course of her travels‚ the protagonist‚ Constance‚ attains a status usually reserved for her male counterparts‚ the heroes of medieval romance. This does not mean‚ however‚ that the author merely inserts a female protagonist into a male-centered genre. Rather‚ Chaucer takes the typical structure of medieval romance and manipulates it so that Constance’s character progression fits the
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virtues. Here‚ Dante sees many prominent people from classical antiquity such as Homer‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ Cicero‚ Hippocrates and Julius Caesar. Circle 2: Lust In the Second Circle of Hell‚ Dante and his companion Virgil find people who were overcome by lust. They are punished by being blown violently back and forth by strong winds‚ preventing them to find peace and rest. Strong winds symbolize the restlessness of a person who is led by desire for fleshly pleasures. Again‚ Dante sees many notable
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