General Prologue

In the frame narrative of The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses the pilgrims to contrast the hypocrisy of ecclesiastics and the greed of the tradesman against the simpleness of the brothers, the Persoun and the Plowman, and the humility of the Knight (and, to an extent, his company). There are some pilgrims that could be considered neutrally described, but receive little more than what their capacities are. And thus, the majority of the text hinges upon the descriptions of the aforementioned…

and action through the use of his "Prologue" to the Canterbury Tales. His work shows his many artistic qualities of storytelling, making him the second greatest poet in English history. Through Chaucer’s “Prologue” there is insight into life through the pilgrims in the fourteenth century England, most especially in the courts, the common people, and the Church. Chaucer reveals human insight through the characters he uses from the court system in the “Prologue” to the Canterbury Tales. The…

In Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" he uses various comedic devices to create comedy; most noticeably melodrama and farce. These devices are used excessively in order to repeatedly address serious matters in a light-hearted manner; Wilde does this to create humour as opposed to offending his audience. Wilde deliberately wrote the play in this manner as he was fully conscious that his audience consisted of upper class Victorians. Throughout the play, Oscar Wilde articulately…

The Canterbury Tales' are full of lust, greed, and all other manner of sins. But in the last of the tale, we hear the true message of the story and finally meet a character who is moral and upstanding in the Parson. The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, is an unfinished collection of stories. The overall plot is that a group of pilgrims who are visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury are having a contest to see who can tell the best story. 'The Parson's Tale', which is thought…

Older women, whom he dismissed as unacceptable, are presented as equivalent to the leftovers after the harvest, useful only as food and bedding for animals.This further emphasises not only January’s concept of marriage but also his views on women in general, adding to his characterization. These thoughts also highlight the themes of marriage and…

Chaucer is no stranger to writing parodies of his own stories in The Canterbury Tales, as seen in the Reeve’s Tale working off of and following immediately after The Miller’s Tale. Similarly, The Friar’s Tale closely parallels and also follows right after The Wife of Bath’s Tale. Chaucer aligns these two tales to enforce the point that they should not be interpreted separately, but rather they should be accepted as an entire unit. And by implementing textual similarities, Chaucer blurs the lines…

Pedro Paramo was written in 1955 in Mexico, a deeply Catholic country. The influence of this Catholicism, along with Juan Rulfo’s disillusionment with the politics of the church, is evident throughout his novella. Through Pedro Paramo, Juan Rulfo criticises the opportunistic nature of the church, portraying the greed of the church elites and their willingness to sell salvation to cater to their own desires while also portraying the elites as an extension of God, thus implicating Him in their…

Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature and the author of The Canterbury Tales, uses two contradicting characters to help satirize the corruption within the Catholic Church. The Canterbury Tales is about thirty pilgrims who are traveling to the shrine in Canterbury for vacation or religious reasons. Chancer’s intention is for each pilgrim to tell a total of four tales. Sadly, Chaucer dies before completing the story. The purpose of The Canterbury Tales is to satirize the corruption…

The Canterbury Tales is one of Chaucer's most famous writing. He wrote this in Middle English. The characters in the story were to tell two stories when they were heading to Thomas A Becket’s shrine and when returning home. During this period, we are faced with various characters who represent a person or degree in society during Medieval Times. The Canterbury Tales in the Age of Chivalry shows how women are in power and control of their own lives by displaying how each character in the story…

In the Canterbury Tales, the reader is quickly introduced to the game of the host. The Host’s game takes place during the pilgrims’ journey to see the shrine of Thomas A. Becket, and involves each pilgrim telling their own tale in any manner they would like to give. The first tale presented to the host is the Knight’s tale. A noble tale about a wise king. Another tale offered to the host is the Pardoner’s tale. This tale was much more obscure and would require the listener to pay a much closer…