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    Reading Medieval Literature. Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Baths Tale. The Wife of Baths Tale is a fantastical tale of magical creatures such as fairies‚ forests‚ romance‚ strong Knights and fair maidens‚ set in the time of King Arthurs counsel in Britain‚ While the tale is seen as a fairy tale set in an ideal world‚ it touches on dark subjects such as rape and using power for evil. A Knight overcome with lust for a fair maiden uses his power for evil and rapes this lady dishonouring her. Instead

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    Elissa Nunnally Ms. Pettijohn English IV- DE 16 September 2014 [Title] The Canterbury Tales is a work written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late fourteenth century about a group of pilgrims‚ of many different occupations and personalities‚ who are on a journey to visit the shrine of Thomas a Becket. Chaucer discloses corruption in the church that was prevalent to society of the time. Within this work‚ Chaucer satirizes the pilgrims in ways to mock the practices of the church during the fourteenth century

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    In both the Pardoner’s Prologue and the Pardoner’s Tale there are various examples of imagery‚ in the Pardoner’s Prologue‚ the host asks the pardoner to tell a funny story to cheer everyone up after the physician’s gloomy tale. The Pardoner describes his lifestyle‚ revealing his true cynical character. He goes on to state that most sermons come from evil intentions‚ therefore‚ he should be able to make money from his audiences even if he is only citing the bible and philosophy to inspire his audience

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    The story‚ “Hansel and Gretel”‚ has been a classic fairy tale for a very long time‚ and has been told over and over again. There are many different versions of this story‚ and it has been altered through many years of retelling it. There has been debate whether fairy tales have underlying meanings between the lines‚ or are just stories to entertain and pass along through generations. It is also wondered if the original tellers of the tales intentionally created meanings in the stories‚ or if that

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    the major themes and characters in the novel‚ The Handmaid’s Tale‚ and consider the effect this language use has on the reader using appropriate terminology (such as theme‚ image‚ point of view‚ tone etc). Explain how tensions in the text are developed‚ illustrating this by close reference to the text. Apply a range of terms relevant to practical criticism (such as psychoanalytic reading‚ Lacanian perspective). The Handmaids Tale is a dystopian novel set in a fascistic future America. The

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    The Tell-Tale Heart: Mental State “ The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe was first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity‚ while describing a murder he committed. The victom is an old man with a filmly “vulture-eye‚” as the narrator calls it. The murder is carefully calculated‚ and the murderer hides the body by dismemberment and hides it under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator’s guilt manifest itself in

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    Literary Analysis: Narrator Directions: The narrator of a story is the character or voice that tells the story to the reader. The narrator often reveals his or her own personality through the telling of the story. In her tale‚ the Wife of Bath offers her views on certain topics. Summarize each plot event in the chart then explain what each reveals about the narrator’s beliefs. Plot Event Narrator’s Beliefs About… (Lines 10-15): Wife of Bath discourages Pardoner from getting married because of

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    As the conscientious reader nears completion of The Canterbury Tales‚ they have seen that Chaucer has written about various types of belief systems such as physiognomy‚ alchemy‚ fairies and spells‚ and pagan mythology. Yet‚ of all the belief systems that Chaucer explores in The Canterbury Tales‚ the two belief systems that are most frequently occurring throughout‚ are Christianity and astrology. This combination may lead to questions why it is that Chaucer explores these two beliefs systems in-depth;

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    the poor people‚ who couldn’t afford a simple meal; the middle class‚ who had a way of making ends meet‚ but only to a certain extent‚ and the upper lords and kings‚ who were seen as better than the people previously stated. Again‚ in “Canterbury Tales‚” Chaucer created a woman‚ known as the wife of bath‚ who explicates the details about her own life‚ along with a long winded story. Firstly‚ within the story she relays‚ the knight must marry an elder woman‚ for she had saved his life. The woman hates

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    Despite being a deeply troubled man‚ Edgar Allen Poe is still considered a trailblazer in the literary community for writing some of the best and earliest short stories. Most stories he wrote were horror stories‚ such as “The Tell Tale Heart.” “The Tell Tale Heart” is a story centered on a narrator who is a seemingly crazed man who kills a man for having an irregular eye. The narrator’s insanity that allows him to murder the man eventually leads him to confess to the police. Poe is renowned for his

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