The writer argues that the Prioresse is hypocritical about her love of earthly pleasures while the Wife of Bath is open and honest. A 12 page paper examining the importance of the ability to recognize evil in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, specifically The Prioress' Tale and The Pardoner's Tale. Bibliography lists 7 sources. An 8 page paper looking at these two vignettes from the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer in terms of their use of irony. The paper shows that the irony developed in the Nun's Priest's Tale is light and fun because of its subject matter and treatment, while in the Pardoner's Tale the irony is darkened by the odious character of the storyteller himself.
Bibliography lists eleven sources.
A 5 page paper showing how Chaucer illustrates the themes of spiritual order and disorder in the first section of the Canterbury Tales. 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'.