The Friar's Tale

In Margaret Atwood 's The Handmaid’s Tale, one is given a look into a society where women are deprived of power and live out lives of enslavement under a very strict and vigilant government. The government uses the Handmaids and other people, such as the commanders, in the society to ensure that everyone in the society is complying with its rules. The methods of Gilead’s government are absolutely archaic, “The Handmaid 's Tale brings together pre-Christian notions of absolute patriarchal…

For many critics, her prologue and tale redeem any negative depiction of women in Chaucer’s other work, using her as the ultimate proof of his empathy with women. On the surface, it is easy to see how the Wife is interpreted this way: she openly speaks of her sexual experiences and constantly…

Throughout the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses different literary devices to develop tone and attitude about his character’s and their actions. Chaucer specifically satirizes the Miller in the General Prologue, Miller’s Prologue, and the Miller’s Tale to present his opposing views on education and religion by developing the Miller’s appearance, ignorance, and immaturity undesirably. Throughout literature, undesirable features are given to characters authors disdain, dislike, and satirize. In this…

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don 't let the bastards grind you down(Atwood, 185).” The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel about the collapse of the United States. There was a large population drop and the new government, known as Gilead, created a caste system to best repopulate the country. Women are seen as less than men and are deprived of individual rights. Women who are fertile and are able to have children become handmaids, often times, against their will. Handmaids are…

Canterbury Tales had a completely different meaning for pilgrims then what comes to mind. The Canterbury Tales is Tales told by Geoffrey Chaucer. They run at least twenty-four stories written in Middle English. The tales were originally published in 1478. Multiple characters play apart in the tales, such as the Pardoner, The Wife of Bath, The Knight, The Miller, and the Narrator. The Canterbury Tales were composed by Chaucer, as to where the Summoner played an important role, and the tale…

Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, and essayist, and her texts explore a range of themes and concepts, including that of the domestic sphere and domesticity; ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ for instance is one such text. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is a dystopian novel, in which the government has been overthrown by religious extremists, who have changed the laws of the United States, and given each member a new role, from Handmaid’s, Martha’s, Wives, Commander’s, Eyes…

When people think of someone being held against their will they associate that with people being treated like property, but that is not the case in the book Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. It is a story about a dystopian society where everything is regulated and people do not have the ability to make free choices. The story takes place from a point of view of a specific handmaid named Offred, a handmaid is a woman who is brought into a household for the sole reason of reproduction. They are…

Anayela: An oasis in the Marrakesh Medina If you get the chance to start a story with a full on fairy tell, you take the chance, right? Once upon a time there was a girl called Yela living in a luxurious Riad in the Marrakesh Medina. As she wasn't allowed to go out by herself, she secretly climbed on the roof of her house every night to look at the stars. That's where she met the neighbour's boy. They became friends and he told her, that the carpet on the roof would fly, if she only gave him a…

Poems of Such… by: Sharise Bailey Apple Blossoms in the spring Apple blossoms in the spring I just got a diamond ring and it is beautiful And has so much beauty Hey look what I see Apple blossoms in the spring and my diamond ring Zona Bond I’m better off dead, ‘cause life was a twisted society That mistreated me Everyone pointed their fingers, even gossiped Why? Well, I’ll tell you why For they feared someone different But I meant no harm,…

For decades, Disney has given its viewers the fantasy of living in a world of castles, princes and the luxury of being a royalty. Recognized classic Disney princesses include Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves), Cinderella (Cinderella), Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Jasmine(Aladdin), Pocahontas (Pocahontas) and Mulan (Mulan). The first three of which were released during the first-wave of feminism while the latter five were all…