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Tobias Wolff is an American author who is known for his memoirs and short stories. Wolff wrote many short stories, notably "The Rich Brother." The Rich Brother is a story about two brothers with two completely different lifestyles. Pete, the oldest, is a financially successful business owner with a family and nice house. Donald, the youngest, is a free-flowing soul searching for the right religion, with not much in his name. The story is about how Pete goes to pick up Donald from a religious…

“Confessions of a Pilgrim Shopaholic” Analysis Paul Rudnick’s humorous narrative Confessions of a Pilgrim Shopaholic which was published in March 16, 2009, lampoons American consumerism by satirizing the Puritan beliefs in lavish lifestyle and exorcism, implying that consumerism is inevitable in any society. Hyperbole is used throughout the article as a prime strategy of satire. For instance, the fact that Rebecca, the wife of Mister Harnsill, travelled to Boston only to “purchase a thimbleful…

In the book, The Canterbury Tales, the author, Geoffrey Chaucer, demonstrates his negative perspective on love and institution of marriage. “The Knight’s Tale” and “The Miller’s Tale” enhance the sense that Chaucer does not appreciate the idea of love and marriage. Both stories contain a love triangle and neither marriage was dependent on true love or treated with the appropriate respect. In “The Knight’s Tale”, two imprisoned, sworn brothers, Palamon and Arcita, are in love with the same…

In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer creates tales that are told within the story as a whole. A group of thirty people go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral. The Host decides to have a competition of who can tell the best story. Each person is suppose to tell four tales total, two on the way there and two on the way back. There were also rules, the tale had to be morally sound and entertaining. Whoever the Host chose as the winner would receive the prize of a free meal. Readers will…

In the story, “The Pardoner’s Tale’’ By Geoffrey Chaucer, wrote symbolic meanings in it. This symbolic meaning mocks the Medieval British Society. He criticizes hypocrisy, the treatment of women, and people can be so greedy when it comes to money. The Pardoner’s tale shows all these characteristics that happened commonly in the medieval times. In the Pardoner’s talk show, the aspect how were women were treated at that time. Women in medieval times were not really taken seriously. Common women…

Erick QuintanillaMs. SoardEnglish Literature 31 March 2018The Shipman’s Tale: Archetypal TheoryIn The Canterbury Tales, archetypal theory for the characters in the Shipman’s tale are; for the merchant, he’s known as the Innocent for being very generous to other people, the wife whose an outcast and also a greedy fool for all wanting money and lust, and finally a young monk, Don John, a Caregiver to the people, a Lover for the lust of the merchant’s wife, and a greedy Magician toward the merchant…

The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims who are heading to Canterbury Cathedral. The Millers tale could be considered one of the most intriguing tales due to the sexual relationships intertwined in the story. His tale focuses on lying and cheating along with love and sex, showing how women can easily betray their marriages. Alisoun is the main female present in the Millers tale, she betrays her husband without a second thought and…

In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chaucer presents a variety of characters from the three dominant groups that made up Medieval society: the Church group, the Noble’s group, and the Merchant/Commoner group. Chaucer pays special attention to those individuals from the Church group. He presents the Parson as a kind, generous, and diligent shepherd to his parishioners and, in contrast, he presents the Friar as a greedy, lecherous, and corrupt member of the clergy. The Parson is one of…

When you think of a fairy tale, most people think of fairies and talking magical animals. However, not many people would think of "The Wife of Bath's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The "Wife of Bath's Tale" was written long ago in the 1380's. One of Geoffrey Chaucer's most famous works was The Canterbury Tales, which was a collection of stories told by pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. The pilgrims were to tell two stories, on the way there and on the way back. A free feast was to go to the…

In the intro of “The Canterbury Tales” the setting and mood of the town of Canterbury is set. The time period is around spring, I can identify this from lines 1-4 in the introduction. It states that rain in April ended the drought in March,and “generated” the flowers. These lines sound like a modern nursery rhyme “ April showers, bring May flowers”. Englishmen that traveled to Canterbury can be described as loyal or pure at heart. I believe that this foreshadows the personalities of the…