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…The Wife of Bath, in my opinion, is one of Chaucer's wisest characters. I am somewhat surprised that he made up such a character, as he was writing these tales in the early fourteenth century. She took what she did have, which was wit and wisdom…

…, starting from THE PILOT (1824), a genuine American sea tale about the exploits of John Paul Jones. It was followed by THE RED ROVER (1827), THE WING-AND-WING (1842), THE TWO ADMIRALS (1842), AFLOAT AND ASHORE (1844), MILES WALLINGFORD (1844), and THE SEA LIONS…

…. In “The General Prologue” from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the Knight and his son the Squire are related by blood, but have little in common. Although genetically similar, the Knight and the Squire are essentially two characters who have very diverse characteristics…

…or interpret a given idea or item. Numerology, the study of numbers, delves into the deeper meanings of numbers and their hidden significance (Crystal). In the two tales, “Repunzel” and “Little Snow-White”, the author places emphasis on numbers and repetition…

…Edgar Allan Poe Ssshhh! What’s that noise beneath the floor? Sound familiar, maybe you have heard this revised phrase from shows like, The Simpsons or Friends. That phrase came from The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, who was a write ahead…

…Many have grown fond of the tale involving the noble, former French aristocrat, who had virtually unmatched good fortune. It is a story of a character in Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities. A skeptic could easily see this as an unbelievable…

…-sacrifice, passivity and dependency are two virtues not widely portrayed in fairy tales. Self-sacrifice can be found throughout fairy tales. The tale of Donkeyskin has a young girl who gives up her rich life to be able to leave her incestuous father. She also…

…of literature have been passed down to tell the story of birth and creation. These two stories not only portray the beginning of life as we know it, but the beginning of something else, the beginning of companionship. The two tales told are those from Gilgamesh…

…Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was the greatest American teller of mystery and suspense tales in the 19th century. Edgar Poe was born in Boston, Mass, on Jan. 19, 1809. His parents were touring actors. Orphaned at age 3, he was taken…

…of his father in 1847, Twain joined his brother Orion's newspaper, the Hannibal Journal. During this time he became accustomed with much of the frontier humor of the time. From 1853 to 1857, Twain worked in many cities as a printer, and wrote articles…