Geoffrey Robertson

Salman Rushdie’s Midnight's Children significantly shaped the course of Indian writing in English. This great work of art gave Rushdie a prominent position in the literary canon. He got a definite place in the readers‟ heart. Midnight's Children is a typical example of a postcolonial novel that integrates the elements of magic realism into it. The author‟s intentional use of magic realism helps in bringing out the surreal and unreal dimensions of the Indian subcontinent and thereby making it a…

There were many different elements in The Canterbury Tales that made Chaucer choose the stories he wanted to tell in the book. Originally in the book, there were many characters that decided to go to Canterbury to pray at a grave to ask for forgiveness or say thanks in some sort of way. On the way to Canterbury, the host of the pilgrims came up with a way to make the time pass by faster. He proposed that the pilgrims tell stories on the way, and the person with the best story, would get a prize…

The Different Representations in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a storytelling that belongs to the Middle Ages and the Arthurian tradition. “the romance, like its literary descendant, was often used by writers from the twelfth century on to state in various ways some of the issues that then seemed currently important” (Silverstein 260). This type of literature introduces the romance through the courtly love and the chivalry. The story is based on motifs from…

A Unique Ideal of its Time Throughout Geoffrey Chaucer’s character Allison of his tale “The Wife of Bath” within his famous writings, titled “The Canterbury Tales,” readers are presented with an unusual ideal of its time (Medieval Ages) by the author himself. Chaucer’s personal feministic ideals are shown throughout his advocation for women by The Wife Of Bath herself. The Wife of Bath is unlike any of her fellow pilgrims, especially those of her gender. Allison holds true throughout the…

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…

Changing of the Times The Canterbury Tales were first written in 1392, and published in 1475, was the beginning of many controversial issues that would appear over the next seven centuries. Author and Middle Englishmen Geoffrey Chaucer was a noble man and controller of the customs and the justice of peace in 1386. So much has changed from the then to now that we even use a different calendar system then what they would use! More of a representation of what the times were like and how they’ve…

In The Canterbury Tales the General Prologue, Chaucer use of satire to show how the characters dressed and acted due to the church and the king. Chaucer description of the people made them seem like they were living well but they were living wrong. In The Canterbury Tales there are many examples of satire with the religious figures, starting with the Nun, her name was Madame Eglentyne. For a nun she was very flirtatious to the guys. She dressed herself in a tight veil and wore fancy jewelry.…

The Significance of the Pardoner’s tale The sole purpose of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury tale of the pardoner’s is to voice out to readers about the famous quote “ the root of all evil which is greed”. Throughout this prologue the pardoner's talks about the means one can raise money. He also depict that the only thing he cares about is money and aside from being greedy, he is also an hypocrite who preach nothing but to gain wealth through his religious works. He says “I preach…

Tales such as the Miller’s and Reeve’s tale depict to us not only a sense of humor, but additionally portrays a sense of what medieval society was like during Chaucer’s time as an author. Mainly the way shows the livelihood and depicts the social status of characters, not only in the humorous tales but also in the more somber ones. Humor is Chaucer’s discreet way of showing the environment in medieval society. To begin with, to what extent does the humor in the Canterbury Tales show us about…

The majority of individuals are inevitably phased with the following question at some point in their life: “What do I believe?” Every single human being on the planet has a set of moral values and beliefs that are important to them. They all withhold opinions about what they believe is “right, wrong, good or bad.” Values are an incredibly important aspect of one’s life; these guiding principles dictate the way people perceive the world, the way people act, what decisions they make and what…