Canterbury Tales
In Chaucer’s day women were thought of in lesser regard than men. Their positions in the community were less noble and often displeasing. The , written by Chaucer, is about a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Along with the narrator (Chaucer), there are 29 other Canterbury pilgrims. Not surprisingly, only three of them are women: the Prioress, the associate of the Prioress, and the Wife of Bath. Each traveler is to tell two tales to make the journey to Canterbury and back more enjoyable. The Host, Harry Bailey, is in charge of the group and will decide what is in the best interest of them all. Thus, the journey begins as do the tales. Even though the times suggest women are weak and powerless over ...
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and Palamon love her, but it has made them become hostile towards each other. "We strive as did the houndes for the boon: - they fought all day, and yet, hir part was noon; there came a kite, while that they were so wrothe that bare away the bone bitwix hem bothe. And therefore, at the kings court, my brother, ech man for himself - there is non other," proclaim both (104). After Arcite is banished from Athens, he mourns his fate of never being able to see Emelye again so much that his appearance drastically changes. He decides to return to Athens, under a pseudonym, where he will be able to see her again. Meanwhile, Palamon grows weak in the prison tower because he fears Arcite will return and capture his love, Emelye. Neither of the men have ever spoken to her or stood near her, yet they insist on fighting and grieving over her. Emelye clearly has mastery over these two men. Arcite states, "...to Athens right now wol I fare! Ne for the drede of deeth shall I not ...
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In order to be alone for a night, Nicholas tells the carpenter that he envisions a flood that threatens Oxford. He then urges the carpenter to fasten some boats to the ceiling of the house so he will be safe when the flood comes. Nicholas instructs him to cut the ropes when the water approaches so the boats will float. The carpenter is so oblivious to what is going on that he obediently does what Nicholas suggests. The "...sely carpenter beginneth quake; him thinketh verailich that he may see Noeh’s flood come wallowing as the see to drenchen Alison, his honey dere. He weepeth, waileth, maketh sorry cheere...and goth and geteth him a kneeding-trough, and after, a tubbe and a ...
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