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?The Miller?s Tale? and ?The Wife of Bath?s Tale?, 2003.
A look at two views on the fallibility of the standard of medieval prudence in Chaucer?s "Canterbury Tales".
957 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 23.95
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This essay compares and contrasts the nonconformity of both the Wife of Bath and the Miller in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".
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"Chaucer?s Canterbury Tales is, at its very core, a work of social commentary on fourteenth century English society. Every walk of life is represented here, from the inherited nobility of the knight, to the intellectual achievements of the clerk, and the monetarily gained social status of the Merchant. Each of these classes had to answer, however, to the same oppressive governing body: The Church."
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?The Miller?s Tale?, 2005.
An examination of the idea of courtly love in Geoffrey Chaucer?s ?The Miller?s Tale?.
1,354 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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Geoffrey Chaucer?s ?The Miller?s Tale? is the perfect story to demonstrate the characteristics of courtly love by mocking them. The writer discusses how, in this tale, one does not see the traditional chivalric codes that we see in ?The Knight?s Tale.? It shows that, by placing these two tales together, Chaucer?s farce is even more hilarious. ?The Miller?s Tale? consists of unfaithful characters that connive to get what they want. The writer points out that the tale also rewards bad behavior because Alison and Absalom are never reprimanded for what they do. Furthermore, John is humiliated and is never able to redeem himself. It concludes that "The Miller?s Tale? highlights the rituals of courtly love only by disparaging them.
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"Literary critics have observed that ?The Miller?s Tale? is a tabliau, which is described as a ?short story in verse that generally involves bourgeois of lower-class characters in an outrageous, often obscene plot, which is, however, realistically handles by the narrator? (Abrams 116). Abrams also notes that the Miller?s Tale is generally considered the ?best-told fabliau in any language? (116). This is certainly the case when we consider how Chaucer delivers this tale. The character telling the tale is just as important as the characters in the tale."
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"Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale", 2003.
Looks at the portrayal of gender in the "Canterbury Tales General Prologue", Miller's Portrait, and the "Miller's Tale" by Chaucer.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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This paper discusses how the Miller's lack of virtue, as seen in his portrait and unsavory scatological tale, forms an aggregate text that works to disgust the reader.
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Michael Pertschuk states on the topic of gender roles and beauty that, ?the stereotypical male has been depicted as fixated on female bodies while being largely oblivious of his own" (54). This is true of the Miller?s character portrait in the Canterbury Tales. The Miller is described to be a despicable, burly man, who is involved in activities deeply rooted in masculinity. In his tale, the characters that emerge unscathed or victor of the mating competition fit what we could assume to be within his gender role paradigm.
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The Knight's and Miller's Tales in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", 2000.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, £ 39.95
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This paper is fairly theoretical but it uses common close reading techniques on both the primary and secondary texts of "The Canterbury Tales" to exam issues of sexuality and class in the Knight's Tale and the Miller's Tale. The Canterbury tales text used was not translated so the quotations are still in Chaucerian English.
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" In, The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, Michel Foucault writes of the seventeenth century as ?the beginning of an age of repression emblematic of what we call the bourgeois societies (17).? Thus placing Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales decidedly before this ?age of repression,? in a time when ?sexual practices had little need of secrecy; words were said without undue reticence, and things were done without too much concealment,? when, ? one had a tolerant familiarity with the illicit (Foucault 3).? With this historical demarcation in mind I would like to consider the erotic triangles dealt with in the first two stories of The Canterbury Tales and how they relate to expressions of a class-conscious male sexuality. To do this I will be drawing heavily on the introduction and first chapter of Eve Sedgwick?s seminal text, Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, for a theoretical and critical base.Specifically I will be looking at the climactic moments of these first two tales (the Knight?s and the Miller?s) to analyze how the problematic erotic triangles are worked out between the two men involved, and comparing the way class difference makes itself apparent."
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The Miller's Tale, 2005.
This paper analyzes "The Miller's Tale", one of the "Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, £ 24.95
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This is a short analysis of the form, structure and some of the messages inherent in the Miller's Tale, one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The writer describes that The Millers' Tale is the story of a young wife with an older husband, and how he is tricked and cuckolded by the wife's young lover, Nicholas. The writer points out that the tales provide a curious moral message, but are primarily intended as humour or fable.
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"In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, one of the basic premises is that the class, position and character of each pilgrim determines the type of tale that he tells. The miller distinguishes himself by his common, rude and bawdy nature, and his tale is in keeping with this. That having been said, it is also one of the most amusing tales in the collection, involving a hilarious set of coincidences, trickery, rudeness and slapstick humor. Though we can certainly examine the social implications of the tale and the fact that Chaucer seems to blame certain characters while acquitting others, we should also remember that this is a fable, and as such its purpose it to amuse and titillate."
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"The Miller's Tale", 2008.
This paper discusses "The Miller's Tale" in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in terms of Chaucer's focus on gender construction and sexual tone.
1,138 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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This paper discusses how "The Miller's Tale" in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" has occupied serious significance in the world of literature and literary rhetoric. The paper explains that many question the gender construction in the tale and that some have raised queries about Chaucer's focus on private parts and sexual encounters in the tales. The paper further explains that the Miller in the poem is introduced in vivid physical terms and his physical features are explained in bold letters as to set the tone for the tale. This happens because Chaucer wants to introduce a character that is most concerned with the physical side of relationships as we learn in the tale. This paper concentrates on explaining this.
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"Another interesting way of lending decency to the tale was by reversing the role of authors. In Miller's tale it is not the men merely who are authors of dirty jokes, instead Alisoun is as much a part of that as any man. 'Now hust, and thou shalt laughen al thy fille' (3722). Alisoun is not restricted by her gender duties and restrictions. This is one device or method by means of which Chaucer reverses patriarchic system and introduced women liberation. Along with this, it adds art to what could have been a long explicit tale of sexual rendezvous.
"There is one more striking feature of the tale that shows how Miller's tale turns into a work of art. Throughout the tale the author is more interested in showing the preparation for encounters and method of courtly love than in actual sexual scenes. For example Absolon loves Alisoun in the courtly sense. He wants to be her lover not in the bed alone and in fact doesn't try hard to pursue Alisoun for sexual favors. As Kolve puts it, 'What earnest trespasser upon a marriage would go sing to the wife at an hour when the husband lies beside her in their bed?' (187)."
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"The Miller's Tale", 2004.
Summary and review of "The Miller's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales".
1,344 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper uses quotes and examples to summarize "The Miller's Tale" and describe the main characters in the story. The paper points out that "The Miller's Tale" is included simply for entertainment purposes, since we cannot expect much more from a such a rude and obnoxious character as the Miller.
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"Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is about a group of pilgrims traveling together to Canterbury and along the way tell one another stories to pass the time. They are quite a mix of individuals, from all positions in society, and make quite a group. Each of the pilgrims tells a story or tale that clearly reflects the personality of its teller. ?The Miller?s Tale? is, of course, told by a Miller. The Miller is a somewhat crude man with a distinctive appearance, personality, and values, and these are evident in his story. ?The Miller?s Tale? is constructed around cuckoldry and the Miller?s attitudes about it."
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"The Miller's Tale", 2005.
A examination of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale".
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 16.95
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This paper examines Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" as a fable or fabliau and explains why it is a tale that has a moral to it as well as bawdy humor.
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"The Miller's Tale is a little fable or fabliau a medieval verse tale characterized by comic ribald treatment of themes drawn from life and is one of several such stories in The Canterbury Tales Fabliau. Most of the tales are ..."
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"The Miller's Tale", 2002.
Examines the role of irony in respect to punishment in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale".
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 42.95
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This paper discusses the role of irony in "The Miller's Tale", a chapter from Geoffrey Chaucer's work, "The Canterbury Tales". The role of irony is best found in the punishments that befall the three main male characters - those of John, Nicholas, and Absolon - at the conclusion of the story.
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"The Miller's Tale", 2005.
A summary of "The Miller's tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper summarizes the story of "The Miller's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The paper describes the events in the book, as well as analyzing some of the characters who are portrayed in the story.
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"Literature Studies: A Summary of "The Miller's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer "The Miller's Tale" begins with the description of the Miller's (Old John) profession of carpentry, which plays a role in how Chaucer describes his place in society. He is wealthy and of old age. He has taken the young lady, Alison, as his wife. The Miller also runs a boarding house of sorts, and a young man named Nicholas is staying with him. He is an astrologer, but is also called "Fly Nicholas" because he is sexually promiscuous. When the Miller decides to leave town for a business trip, it is Nicholas that seduces Alison to renounce her marital fidelity. The next stage of the tale has Old John returning home, but only after Alison has met Absalon, a young clerk at the local parish. Alison finds Absalon attractive, but remains loyal to her husband."
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Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales., 1991.
This paper examines Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative techniques and philosophy of marriage in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 27.95
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This paper is concerned with an examination of Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative techniques in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales. The Wife of Bath certainly has the qualifications to be an expert on marriage because she has been married five times. Basically, she is the Fool of the company in the traditional manner in which everyday truth is turned upside down. If practice makes perfect, then the Wife of Bath has had considerable training on the subject of matrimony. However, it could be that she needed to commit matrimony until she got it right. And so, the "Prologue" commences: "Experience, though noon auctoritee/Were in this world, is right ynough for me/To speke of wo that is in marriage:/For lordinges, sith I twelf yeer was of age--/Thanked be God that is eterne on live--/Housbondes at chirche dore I have had five/(If I so ofte mighte han wedded ... "
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Fairy Tales and "A Tale of Two Cities", 2008.
A discussion on how Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" contains elements of fairy tales.
1,725 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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This paper examines how "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens and classical fairy tales are very related through the function of oppression, achieving a voice, and the use of stock characters. It looks at how certain ideas and characters, such as Madame Defarge and Lucie in "A Tale of Two Cities", are comparable to ideas and characters like evil stepmothers and princesses in fairy tales. Through the similarities, Dickens' novel is a parallel of fairy tales.
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"Fairy tales contain a manner of oppression as well. Most princesses discussed in fairy tales undergo rejection from a higher authority, similar to the ostracizing of peasants by the nobility. The story of Cinderella addresses the issues of oppression and injustice ("Cinderella" 1). Cinderella faces rejection from her stepmother when coerced to act as a servant in the house by constantly cleaning, attending to the stepsisters' needs, and dressing in rags. The stepmother refuses to allow Cinderella to attend the Prince Charming's ball as well. Her stepsisters', however, are treated properly as a daughter should be with love from the mother. "
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A Comparison of a Buddhist Tale and a British Tale, 2001.
This paper compares a western tale, Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince" and a very ancient non-western tale, "The Biography of the Buddha".
2,865 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 59.95
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This is an in-depth juxtaposition and analysis of Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince" and a Buddhist tale "The Biography of the Buddha". It details the plots and main characters of both tales and tries to compare them, and find similarities between them. The comparison is done by examining the narrative construction of both stories. It compares both main characters: the prince and Buddha and manages to find many similarities between their characters and behaviorisms. It details Buddhism outlook on life as well as the happy Princes' outlook, both optimistic.
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""The Happy Prince? tells the story of a prince, whom, while he was alive, was always happy and lived in a great, walled palace. When he died he was fashioned into a statue of gold and placed where all could see him in the middle of the town square. The story of the Buddha, or Naropa, or Siddartha Gautama, as he is sometimes known, tells the tale of young Brahmin (one step down from the priests in the Indian caste system) who was highly sheltered from the world. One day, he was taken out of the walled confines of his home. There, he witnessed three sights: old age, sickness, and death. Then he sees a holy man and is struck by the obvious ?sincerity? of the man?s bearing. These sights spurred him to renounce the world and enter into a life of contemplation. The results of these years of contemplation was Buddhism, an epiphany he struck upon when a young girl presented him with a bowl of rice after many years of fasting. (Saunders 23; Mitchell 39-40)"
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Marriage in "The Canterbury Tales", 2004.
An examination of the significance of marriage in Geoffrey Chaucer?s "The Canterbury Tales."
1,452 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper looks at how, in Geoffrey Chaucer?s "The Canterbury Tales", many of the stories seem to use the idea of marriage as a symbol of greater moral, as well as religious, themes. In particular, the individual stories of "The Miller?s Tale", "The Wife of Bath?s Prologue", and the "Franklin's Tale" give a fascinating glimpse into the world of marriage in Chaucer?s day; an institution, the reader notes, that is not so different from today in many respects. It also shows that, in addition to the nature of marriage, which, admittedly ,is turned up to the point of parody, the reader also catches a glimpse into the social and religious world and its flaws.
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"In his essay, ?Concepts of Marriage and Pilgrimage,? Morton Andrew notes that the idea of marriage during the time of Chaucer closely mirrored the theological symbolism of the unbreakable ?marriage? bond cemented between the Church and Christ (Andrew, 88). Not only was marriage considered holy, and closely tied to the teachings of English Christianity and moral society, but the varied transgressions possible within the institution were still regarded as spiritually, morally, and symbolically immoral. Although The Canterbury Tales often uses satire to make its point, the harsh immorality of adultery?the ultimate dishonor of the symbol of Christ-centered union, is on full display."
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