The Friar's Tale

in fairy tales of ‘being cute but essentially helpless’ (1) or constantly needing to be saved by the knight in shining armour from the beginning of the story, such as when we get an insight on the narrator’s sexual awakening. This challenges traditional literature as women’s sexual desires are not often written about in books or stories. Ultimately, Carter challenges negative…

The Southwestern tales, which are also known as Hispanic folktales, were first told around the early nineteenth century and are still told today. Presently, the folktales are used to instill moral lessons and the meanings of religions to people of different ages, especially young children. Jose Griego y Maestas collected and presented the tales “Los tres hermanos (The Three Brothers)” and “La comadre Sebastiana (Dona Sebastiana)” in Tales from the Hispanic Southwest. The tale of “Los tres…

Saxon time period was a time that included many compositions of middle and old English. Many of which were tales of King Arthur and the like. An author that stands out among the many through the Anglo Saxon era is Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer has forever gone down in history for his outstanding work using Middle English in Canterbury Tales. Canterbury Tales is a collection of twenty-four tales in which were collected, composed, and written by Chaucer. “Chaucer had all these incentives to write in…

The tale of Little Red Riding Hood (categorized as tale type 333--Little Red Riding Hood, or The Glutton) is one known to most children growing up; it is a narrative that has evolved epically throughout its incarnations, but at the center of the story is a story of sexual maturation which cannot be erased. By giving a young girl responsibility, we are able to see what she does with it--that is, by all logic, she squanders it on her own personal gain. The selfishness of the child, as contrasted…

irregularity of this fairytale funny and effective. Although the fairy tale is an unconventional one its opens like a traditional fairytale film. There is a big book with elaborate text and the words are being narrated to the audience, like it would if the story was actually being read out loud. This small part of the film is rudely stopped by a character who rips the page of this book…

battle that one is fighting can be accomplished with God and the determination like Beowulf. We all have to overcome our own Grendel’s in our lives. One has to adopt Beowulf’s courage and strength to overcome one’s challenges. Similarly, in Canterbury Tales, we can learn a lesson through the experience that the knight faced and his marriage to the elderly lady. After his marriage, even though his life was saved, it was evident that he was unhappy. His wife notices and makes a remark, “Then why,…

is sentenced to death. But instead of losing his life, he is rewarded with the “most loveable among women” – the ideal wife, who is both beautiful and faithful. At the end of the tale, his power and freedom are restored. But this transformation is accomplished through the knight’s submission. At the beginning of the tale, the knight is mortally ignorant of what women want. Rape not only shocks that interest, but represents a tyrannical assault on one of modern civilization's most cherished…

“At any rate as they appeared to me;/Tell who they were, their status and profession,/What they looked like, what kind of clothes they dressed in” (Chaucer 2). In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, nothing speaks louder or stronger than clothing. Right from the start, Chaucer uses physical appearance and clothing to characterize social hierarchy. During the 14th century, appearance and clothing categorized people into different social classes and the type of clothing someone wore…

The Squire: Beyond The Appearance “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” (Aristotle) Although The Canterbury Tales is not the distinct type of art that Aristotle was referring to, his words still apply to the story, particularly when it comes to the Squire. (Chaucer, 199) Chaucer describes the Squire as “embroidered like a meadow bright, and full of freshest flowers, red and white” also pointing out that his hair had “locks as curly…

Chaucer and The Church In Geoggrey Chaucer’s, The Canterbury Tales, 29 people are on a pilgrimage to Canterbury to worship the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas Becket. One of these pilgrims is a Wife of Bath. She has a unique story; she has wedded five different men. During this time, (The Medieval Times) The Church was one of the most powerful institutions in Europe. The Church had an immense influence on people and governments all across Europe. In the Medieval times, The Church looked…