Chauntecleer And The Motif Of Dreams In The Canterbury Tales

Dreams have been important in much of Arthurian literature, from the Historia of Geoffrey of Monmouth to Wace's Brut and the alliterative and stanzaic Morte Arthures. In those works, a vivid dream came to Arthur at some crucial point or points, whether on the way to Gaul, in his camp at Rome, or in England before his battle with Mordred. In That Hideous Strength, dreams appear not just at important moments, but regularly. Jane Studdock discovers herself to be a seer, able to dream of real events either happening or about to happen, and thus supplies important information to the Pendragon and his companions. Her dreams are more realistic and informative than

‘...now we are in a place more beautiful than creation.’ (p.202) At the end of ‘Trash’, Raphael, Gardo and Rat begin a new life. Describe the qualities of each character and how their friendship helped them overcome their hardships.

The Canterbury Tales were written and pieced together in the late 1380's, early 1390's.  The author of the book is Geoffrey Chaucer.  When considering the structure of the tales, one can deduce that they were put together using Framework Narrative, a very unique style of writing.  The opening prologue speaks of 29 pilgrims, including Chaucer, who are all on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. All of them are seeking a certain shrine for spiritual cleansing, and relief.  The journey was to be long, but in the end it would all be worth it.  Chaucer's social views and prejudices are revealed through his description of the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.

And in this state she gallops night by night through lovers' brains, and; then, they dream of love; on courtiers' knees that dream on curtsies straight; o'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; o'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream, which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier’s nose, and then dreams he of smelling out a suit. And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig’s tail tickling a parson’s nose as he lies asleep, then he dreams of another benefice. Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier’s neck, and then dreams he

Throughout centuries human beings have evolved, but various traits of human nature remain the same. An epic poem named “The Canterbury Tales” written by Geoffrey Chaucer provides examples that demonstrate traits of human nature that are still relevant in our world today even if this piece of literature was written hundreds of years ago.The Canterbury Tales is framed by having multiple people from different social lives and statuses share stories which demonstrates how these pilgrims think and act, in other words their human nature, on their way to the martyr St. Thomas in a pilgrimage. These characters portray different traits of human nature such as having religious aspirations, falling in love, and thinking in an evil way in their stories which are all still lively relevant in today's society.

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a story of a contest who can tell the best tale. The rules of the contest were as follows: Each pilgrim would tell four tales for the trip to Canterbury, two on the journey there and two on the way back.. The tales will be judged by the Host for it’s entertainment and moral lessons. The winner of the contest will enjoy a meal paid for by the remaining pilgrims at the Host's Inn. “The Miller’s Tale” had fulfilled the criteria to win the contest. It was a shorter story, but it was entertaining and had a few lessons that can be learned from hearing or reading it. This story is significant because it does a great job of pointing out of some of the problems in the church during that time as well as how the morals of some people were not strong as well.

Depression, anxiety, and anger; all familiar emotions that constantly win the battle of someone's life. In today's society, mental issues are glorified with alcohol and drug addiction. However, in Anglo-Saxon times, many people didn’t know how to deal or cope with their emotions, which led to the creation of many pieces of literature still utilized today, with the theme of consumption through emotion and its vividness through multiple pieces of writing.

In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer comments on moral corruption within the Roman Catholic Church. He criticizes many high-ranking members of the Church and describes a lack of morality in medieval society; yet in the “Retraction,” Chaucer recants much of his work and pledges to be true to Christianity. Seemingly opposite views exist within the “Retraction” and The Canterbury Tales. However, this contradiction does not weaken Chaucer’s social commentary. Rather, the “Retraction” emphasizes Chaucer’s criticism of the Church and society in The Canterbury Tales by reinforcing the risk inherent in doing so.

Once again old men and women, so old that they use canes when they walk, will be sitting in the city squares. And the streets will again be full of boys and girls playing.(Zechariah 8:4-5)

The entire point of the Friar's tale is to give the message that summoner's true home is hell. Even going as far as to have the summoner meet the devil on his travels. The Friar is trying to sent the message that the summoner is the worst type of person by having him meet the devil and go to hell before he even dies due to a curse.

The woman was fair skinned and her body was slim. She wore a stripped silken

The Canterbury Tales, a masterpiece of English Literature, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, is a collection, with frequent dramatic links, of 24 tales told to pass the time during a spring pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. The General Prologue introduces the pilgrims, 29 "sondry folk" gathered at the Tabard Inn in Southwark (outside of London). Chaucer decides to join them, taking some time to describe each pilgrim.

In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the Franklin presents a tale which deftly examines the tension between ideal vs. reality. In a perfect world the marriage promise between Arveragus and Dorigen sets the tone for the rest of the tale by means of marital equality but in reality no good comes from it. Although “The Franklin’s Tale” is arguably the most equal out of all the Marriage Groups, its repetition of acts of magnanimity overpowers that equality and turns it into a kind of competition. The foundation of marriage between them is decided together and creates this method of balanced responsibility that is almost ideal but realistically unable to occur due to inherent gender and social expectations. The Franklin’s final question regarding who the most “free” at the end of the tale is very debatable because of the different types of “free” in Middle English. The Franklin zero’s in on that question for only the men and leaves out an important character. Because Dorigen and Arveragus both agreed to the terms of their marriage contract, it seems unfair to leave out Dorigen’s impact she has on the overall theme of “free”ness. So given that each character in this tale is in chain of promised service to another, the ambiguity of the final question proposed by the Franklin complicates the ability to judge who is the most “free” when including Dorigen.

There is many similarities through the tales in the Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer. All of the tales can easily be related to another tale through characters, symbolism, the plot, or morals. Some examples of these relations can be found in The Millers Relating to the Knights tales with almost Identical Characters. And The Franklin's Tale is similar to the Pardoner's Tale with Greed. And, The Knights Tale, The Miller’s Tale, and The Pardoners tale are similar in many different aspects. The tales in The Canterbury Tales can all be related to one another, find a unique match, making each tale be a pair or even a triple with another story.

In "The Canterbury Tales" Many themes are presented throughout all the takes in the book. The Merchant's tale was a very interesting and influential story about marriage in which an old man falls in love with a young woman and comes to regret the entire thing in the end. This tale is told also told in a very ironic manner as we learn how much that the Merchant is unhappy with his own personal marriage, while his story is giving the others of the tale marriage advice. The themes of the merchant's tale include marriage, love, and bad decisions. These themes are shown serval times throughout this tale, and are too shown in other tales throughout "The Canterbury Tales".