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    The idea of respect and control in marriage in The Wife of Bath prologue and The Book of Margery Kempe. (Rough Draft) The lives of medieval women figures such as Wife of Bath and Margery Kempe gives us a great knowledge about the marriage life in that time. These women gave us an insight in their lives and we were able to know more about their marriages and how they were the same yet very different as we will further see. The Wife of Bath‚ a strong woman who have been married five times tell

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    presents the love each of their strong female characters feel. The Wife of Bath‚ for example‚ is shown as thinking of love from a more lustful and necessary point of view. This can be determined when she states “But wel I woot‚ expres‚ withoute lye‚/God bad us for to wexe and multiplye” (Chaucer 273. 27-28). These lines‚ that roughly translate to the Wife’s belief that God wishes for her to love and‚ in turn‚ reproduce‚ express the way the Wife thinks of love. While it is her duty to marry‚ she does so with

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    Fairy Tales as Moral Lessons When most people think of fairy tales‚ they usually imagine a beautiful princess that needs to be rescued‚ a valiant prince that rescues her and a happily ever after involving a wedding between the prince and princess. People imagine monsters and witches‚ but sometimes‚ when they read a fairy tale they may notice an underlying moral to the story that teaches us to do good deeds rather than bad. I read The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen several

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    Expressive Criticism Expressive criticism is how the author conveys his thoughts‚ perceptions‚ feelings‚ and experiences in his work. In this tale‚ there are many instances where Chaucer includes mythical creatures and people to bring a more vivid image to the readers. The Wife of Bath’s Tale is an ‘AABB’ rhyming scheme tale‚ the author has just intrigue the audience with a different kind of story. In the beginning‚ Chaucer had not yet spoken of religion or figurative folk‚ but he has brought

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    women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the genders. In the Fourteenth Century‚ most of the feminists showed the idea of feminism via literature. Based on the Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ which is one of the stories in the “Canterbury Tales” written by the famous English poet‚ Geoffrey Chaucer‚ Chaucer can be regarded

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    The Knights in the story “ The Wife of Bath’s Tale” written by Chaucer Geoffrey and the movie “A Knight’s Tale”directed by Brian Helgeland has many similarities and differences. Both Knights were great jousts‚ but have committed a crime somehow. Both knights also ended up falling in love‚ and also ended up getting married. Both men were very brave but had to overcome challenges to have their life saved. The character William Thatcher in the story committed a serious crime. Thatcher comes

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    |The Bath – Janet Frame | | | | | |The story centres on the routines of an old woman’s life and the | | |annual preparation for‚ and visit to‚ the

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    “The Franklin’s Tale” is a tale from the collection of stories in The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer tells the heartwarming story of Dorigen and her love for her husband‚ Arveragus. The tale is not just an entertaining story‚ but it teaches the lesson that putting the needs of others before your own not only affects one person but it affects a variety of different people. It demonstrates nobility and kindness which allows the reader to want to be more like the characters in the story. The characters in

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    comparison between the tales they belong to‚ the settlements‚ the contemporary society and the way they were supposed to behave. The Wife of Bath’s tale shows a very peculiar female character whose name is Alisoun. Her actions seem to be a rebellion against the male-domination inside the medieval society‚ but actually‚ not all of her acts meant to be revolutionary or intended to empower the other contemporary women. That story belongs to Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales and has a prologue which

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    The stories “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” and “Beowulf” both display examples of heroism. In the time of Beowulf‚ heroism was thought to have been strictly based on pure strength and the ability to defeat opponents. As time progresses‚ the definition of a hero has become more open. In the time of “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”‚ wisdom and the ability to make important decisions are becoming qualities for defining a hero. Heroes are very important within a society‚ they give people hope and someone to look

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