The paper concludes that this tension between human disorder and spiritual order resolves itself in the recognition that God's plan is worked out in each human being. Bibliography lists 2 sources. A 5 page overview of the various tales with descriptive analysis of Chaucer's characterization and his depiction of society. An 8 page paper analyzing the puzzling issue of women's active role in Chaucer's 'The Knight's Tale'. The paper points out that while on the surface it would seem women have no active role in the story at all, their importance lies in their symbolic meaning to the male characters.
Bibliography lists five sources.
The Canterbury Tales. While both tales appear on the surface to deal with religious issues, it is also possible to see alternative meanings within both stories. Some critics have speculated that Chaucer couched subtle criticism of both the church and political authorities of his day within a context that appeared on the surface to be dogmatically correct according to the accepted beliefs of the time. Bibliography lists 6 sources. A 6 page paper providing a chronicle of women's social and legal status during the period of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.