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…devised the scheme of the tales, proposing that each tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, and he frequently mediates arguments between pilgrims and suggests who shall tell the next story. The Knight: A noble fighter who served in the Crusades, he travels…

…description. “When the muscle of his own heart Kicked him back into his chair so hard its wood snapped.” This passage tells bluntly that the father fell victim to a quick, but violent cardiac arrest. Levis could have chosen to give a likeness to the father’s…

…and fine white bread. But sore she'd weep if one of them were dead, Or if men smote it with a rod to smart: For pity ruled her, and her tender heart. Right decorous her pleated wimple was; Her nose was fine; her eyes were blue as glass; Her mouth…

…to be the very tale itself, as when I was living them in happiness and sorrow,” made by Black Elk is the heart of the story. Black Elk presents the tale of his life in this historical narrative. He tells us about the challenges, heartache, and despair that he and his…

…as the mariner begins to wonder at the marvels of nature. In book VI the mariner at last anticipates with intense joy final redemption and purification. The mariner is destined to wander the land telling his tale to who he must. In The Ancient Mariner, Coleridge…

…of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume include: the world's finest two detective stories - "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter"; and three stories sure to make a reader's hair stand on end - "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale…

…Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" engages the reader by telling the tale of a beauteous young woman who has been terribly wronged when an amorous suitor purloins a lock of hair. He begins his tale with an introduction, an apology of sorts, to one…

…Lord Of The Flies: A Shocking Tale Of The Darkness Of Man's Heart At first, William Golding's novel, The Lord Of The Flies, seems little more than a tale of a group of boys, the sole survivors of a plane crash, and their adventures on a deserted…

…are my idols. Perhaps having these two, demented madmen as my personal mentors sounds sick, but I tend to think as they do. Most of my writings are short stories of horror (usually about the length of Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and 'The Masque of the Red…

…Throughout history there have been many tales passed down from generation to generation. Arabian Nights has been one of them. Arabian Nights contains an outer and inner framework. The outer consists of Scherazade telling stories to the Sultan…