Southwark

century writer. The combined 25 stories make up the book titled The Canterbury Tales, which takes place in medieval England during the late 1300s to the early 1400s. The Canterbury Tales is about twenty-nine people that gather at the Tabard Inn in southwark for a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas á Becket in Canterbury England. The host of the Inn, the narrator, proposes a story-telling contest to pass the time while traveling. Among the stories, the two stories told by the Miller and…

different aspects.First, I will discuss the background of the map Snow had concluded that the disease was waterborne and sought to find evidence. After connecting the public water pump with the epidemic, Dr. John Snow used this information to link the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company of getting polluted water from the Thames river and giving it to homes (“Dr. John Snow’s Map..”). Afterward, Snow inferred that the epidemic had originated from a mother washing her ill infant’s diaper by…

Some of the famous theatres like the menier , the bunker they have exclusively showcased some of the best season’s plays and people have flocked to see them at these theaters then there is the southwark play house which also happens to be along this stretch. The Shakespeare Globe is one of the best treasures of the London’s artists and when this too is at a walkable distance the place is liked by the general public…

Design Brief: History of London Bridge Station – 500 London Bridge Station is one of the busiest stations in London and it is always changing. The first station was opened on 14 December 1836 at Tooley Street, which is currently the first and oldest station in London. It was opened by the London and Greenwich Railway (LGR). To make money they decided to lease its line and terminus to other railway companies from the south east that wanted access to London. The London and Croydon Railway…

Assessment of another living thing occurs within the first few moments of interaction, giving one just enough time to look at the physical being before them; not nearly enough time to assess its nature. Geoffrey Chaucer encourages readers of The Canterbury Tales to communicate with a person before passing judgement, as looks can shield deception. Two characters address the connection between persona and personality. Appearance portrays the Miller as vulgar and bawdy, and one could describe his…

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 on their way told a tale to help pass time as they traveled. Although Chaucer…

Nuisance can be separated into private, public and statutory nuisance. Private nuisance is “ the unreasonable use of man of his land to the detriment of his neighbour (Miller v. Jackson [1977] QB 966 (CA); 3 All ER 338) and can only be claimed by the individual affected that has an interest in the land . The potential defendants can be the creators of the nuisance, regardless of whether they are also the occupiers of the property . However, if the occupier or landlord are not the creators…

In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer based each character off all the various kinds of people from the Middle Ages. He makes most of the pilgrims very true to what they were stereotyped as at the time, but he also gave each one of them very distinct personalities and idiosyncrasies, such as the knight having a rust stain on his undergarment. Chaucer’s version of a Middle-Age innkeeper, Harry Bailly, was very accurate to what a good innkeeper would have been like at the time, as was his inn,…

class system, embodied through protagonist William Thornhill’s development amidst his time in London. The English social hierarchy condemned people like Thornhill to a life of steal or starve. Forced to live an impoverished childhood in the slums of Southwark and plagued with constant hunger and ailments fostered through their poverty, Grenville invites the reader to understand that these people were not inherently bad or corrupt people, but forced to play the cards they are dealt by a…

is overcome”, but the Miller completely ignores the last stitch comment to try to stop him answering with, “Now Hearken” (Pg.94). Ironically, the Miller admits his drunkenness, “knowing it by [his] sound”, but merely “blame[s] that on the ale of Southwark” as if it wasn’t his own fault he was drunk (Pg. 94). The action of denying the responsibility of being drunk, he blames it on the ale, which throughout the novel is a strategy in which characters Chaucer doesn’t like deal with their problems. …