Geoffrey Robertson

Life since the fourteenth century has changed tremendously in almost every aspect, but perhaps one of the best changes was that of the Church. In Geoffrey Chaucer's day, the Church was viciously corrupt and most clergy members were not as holy and sinless as they should have been or led on to be. Although Chaucer did not blatantly state his feelings about the corrupted Church, one can clearly see his position by simply reading the "General Prologue" of one of his now famous books, "The…

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…

provocative English pilgrim that ever existed in the land of literature make-believe, I couldn’t help but pondered the question of what precisely was the inspiration behind this powerful and dynamic creature that came to life before me like none other. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a beautifully written fourteenth century novel containing over 20 captivating stories, all recorded from the different perspectives of various and fascinating pilgrims. The individual pilgrims come from a…

Geoffrey Chaucer is widely acknowledged as the greatest English Poet of the middle ages. His best-known works are: The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde. What is revealed in the analysis of Geoffrey Chaucer’s works? An analysis of Geoffrey Chaucer literary works reveals that they are based on his characteristic use of clever sarcastically wit. Chaucer uses satire in the descriptions of the pilgrims in the “General Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales to reveal corruption in the Church that…

The Canterbury Tales was written in the 1400s by a man named Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer’s work was written in Middle English, was considered the “father” of English poetry, along with this work being considered his masterpiece. The work tells about the pilgrimage of different pilgrims on their way from their home town known as Southwark to Canterbury. In this time Saint Thomas was murdered at the Canterbury Cathedral, and it established a major landmark for the pilgrims to visit the shrine. Each…

Compare and contrast the ways that McEwan, Shakespeare and Chaucer present central female characters in Atonement, The Taming of the Shrew and The Miller’s Prologue and Tale. Miller’s Tale The Miller’s tale is one of 24 selected stories from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The Tales are primarily written in verse, with the author telling tales through observation in which he creates an image of what English society was at the time. This is done through description of stock characters,…

The Canterbury Tales is a story that shows the society of Medieval England. The story is a frame story, which means there are stories within the overlying story. The outer frame, or larger story, is about pilgrims preparing to travel to Canterbury. The inner frame, or smaller stories, are the tales told by the pilgrims on their journey. The Canterbury Tales is actually about the different stories set within the overarching tale of the pilgrimage. The Wife of Bath’s Tale tells a story which tries…

Beowulf has many life threatening battles but he is not frightened because he puts his trust and physical ability in God and believes that whatever the outcome is that it is in God’s plan. Grendel is viewed as a character associated with the devil and always trying to cause trouble. “To feud with Almighty God: Grendel saw that his strength was deserting him, his claws bound fast… (49).This expresses the societies’ belief in God and that there was a devil. In ones own life, their will always be…

Jacqueline Murray, the professor of Department of History at University of Windsor, shows how women emerge in the thirteenth-century manuals as a ’marked’ category defined by their reproductive and sexual functions, viewed above all in terms of how their own sexual status (widow, wife, virgin, prostitute) contributes to the evaluation of males who commit sexual sin with them. ( 13) The Wife thinks that the virginity is not very important because our bodies were given us to use. She despises…

unique stories from nearly thin air. Many stories fade into nothingness after a period of time, but some stories are timeless and still are prevalent in media today. A good portion of the most popular stories are based off of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The stories are so broad and unique that one may not even realize certain stories are inspired by Chaucer. Anything from a noble tale of romance to a dirty bar story could be found within his timeless tales. From reading his…