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The short story “The Palace Thief”, by Ethan Canin, is about William Hundert, a history teacher at St. Benedict’s a prestigious private school, and his interactions with the Bell family. Infact his interactions with the Bells and one of his colleges, develops the central idea that one should not judge a book by it’s cover. This idea is exemplified by the characters Sedgewick Bell, Senator Bell, and Charles Ellerby. Sedgewick Bell, one of Hundert’s most troublesome students, shows that one…

Chaucer introduces January as a “worthy knight” (line 34) this initially gives the reader a good impression of him.The knight in question is old but wealthy and he desires a wife. The ironic relationship between the narrator and protagonist makes the reader’s assessment of January a complex character. However when January speaks the reader is able to suspect his motives. When speaking about the January, the narrator glorifies marriage making the reader understand why such an old man is in want…

Chaucer’s opinion of Dame Alice’s is a very strong one. The women has been married five times, and in the story is currently looking for another man to marry. The Wife of Bath is a very opinionated women. Her point of view in the story is to demonstrate the question in reality. What do women want? He put her character as a very, strong independent women to show readers how women wish to have authority over men. In the story, Chaucer has three main point of views that we see throughout the story…

The Pardoner is a low level Church official selling pardons, papers signed by the church, that can be bought to excuse petty sins. In the prologue of the tale the while taking a drink of wine the Pardoner talks about how the passages he takes from town to town and specifically about how the pardons he sells along with relics that claim to have powers of redemption and salvation are all indeed fake and just for money. The Pardoner cares very little about the lives and spirits of his customers,…

The Wife of Bath’s Tale and A Modest Proposal utilize satirical elements to better convey their message while also approaching similar themes, however A Modest Proposal was a more effective satire than The Wife of Bath’s Tale. They manage to stay authentic in their approach by using the various elements offered such as using humor or harshness to get their point across to the reader. First and foremost, A Modest Proposal is a Juvenalian satire that relies on harshness and realism to get the…

Literary Devices used in The Nun’s Priest Tale “The Nun’s Priest Tale”shows lots of examples using literary devices and how the author uses them very well and effectively. The author uses many literary devices in the tale. Literary devices such as dramatic irony, foreshadowing, and characterization. The main character Chanticleer could be tricked with flattery, which he was tricked by the foxes charm. Unfortunately, the next time the fox tries to trick Chanticleer he learned his lesson,…

“Church of Corruption” “Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be rid of,” Pratibha Patil, former president of India, quotes. In the instance of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, corruption is seen directly in the heart and soul of Salem, Massachusetts: the church. The mutual dislike apparent between John Proctor and Reverend Parris stemmed from Proctor’s view of Parris’s corrupt nature in the church. Is a church of corruption to blame, or rather a man not…

Corruption in the Catholic Church was partially exposed through Geoffrey Chaucer’s tale of irony, The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale. Disapproval of the Church was a major social issue during the medieval period because of it’s contravening actions. Eventually, this led to the Protestant Reformation. Prior to this historical stepping stone, people acted out against the Church. Medieval writers, like Geoffrey Chaucer, incorporated their political views into their literary publications. In one of…

The point of this essay is to compare and contrast the given readings and show how the individuals throughout the text show the value of non­‐attachment in the Monk's Tale, The Nun's Tale & Therigatha through religious practice.The three texts will demonstrate the concept based on non-attachment. The Monk’s Tale is about a monk named Tashi Pasang who becomes a devotional monk whereas the Nun’s Tale is about a Jain woman named Prasannamati Mataji who felt that attachment can lead to suffering…

After the Miller tells his tale the Reeve is personally offended. The Reeve was easily angered from the story and said he would break the Millers neck which establishes his choleric personality. However, the Reeve does not actually commit these actions, he simply tells a tale personally attacking the Miller.In The Reeve’s Tale Chaucer displays women as property; however, he is a product of his environment. In the Middle Ages, women were considered their husband’s or father’s property. In the…