“Paradise Lost”, and “The Canterbury Tales.” These influential English works use the struggle between light and darkness to portray the issues of heroism and religion. The battle unfolds on each page of the works as if painted on canvas by war. In a dark, desolate world, onto what savior can mankind cling? Society can never be consumed by a malice world, for there is always the super- eminent to counteract. Canterbury Tales exhibits the religious dichotomy between morality and
Chaucer: Feminist or Not Chaucer is a controversial author who lived during Europe’s Medieval Age. Best known for his work The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer is now recognized for his objections to the societal norms of his time expressed through this work. Within The Canterbury Tales is a story called the “Wife of Bath’s Tale,” where Chaucer expresses his views on the treatment of women. Similar to how Chaucer made points against the medieval caste system in the same collection of stories, he also worked
The Risqué Miller’s Tale Versus the Proper Knight’s Tale In the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the “Millers Tale” is a bawdy look at love while the “Knights Tale” is look at love from an idealistic point of view. The perspective of women and love is shown quite differently through the characters in both of these tales. In the “Miller’s Tale” Chaucer’s characterization of women is consistent with a person such as the miller who drinks too much. In the “Knight’s Tale” the respectful portrayal
Morality in Middle English Breton lays Medieval culture and romance display dualities through paradigms such as those of the sinner or the saint, the virgin or the mistress and the protector or defiler of women. Middle English Breton lays often exploit those paradigms and create one dimensional characters out of them in order to study their function in the plot. While a complex inner world does not prevail in these lays, there are various elements one should take into account in order to draw the