The Merchant's Tale

The Thousand and One Nights, is a frame tale. A frame tale means that there are stories within stories, and all the tales included have a connection in one way or another. Some of the en-framed stories in The Thousand and One Nights portray women as being submissive to their men and always eager to please what their men desire of them. Also, in some of the tales they are looked at as simply mere objects, having near no value, and having no rights. However, the narrator, Shahrazad, differs from these

THE CANTERBURY TALES Geoffrey Chaucer THE MERCHANT’S TALE Once there was, dwelling in Lombardy, a worthy knight, January, who had lived nobly for sixty years without a wife. January one day sent for all of his friends, telling them of his intent to marry, explaining that he was ill and old, and wanted a wife no older than twenty. Placebo advice January that it would be excellent to marry a young wife, and telling him to do exactly as he pleased. Justinus argued that he should be more careful

main characters. In the story of Canterbury tales the frame narrative is used to pass the time of a long journey

The Canterbury Tales, writes these stories to express a variety of themes and lessons. One of these themes is the fidelity or loyalty in marriages during the late thirteen hundreds. Chaucer uses a collection of pilgrims and their tales to portray the main types of marriage during this time. These views are narrowed down to three main types and they are the feminine view, the courtly view, and the common or fabliaux view. These main types are seen in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, The Franklin’s

anecdotes. The tales, as presented by Sharazade, do little to advocate for the feminist cause. Instead, the women are consistently portrayed as conniving, evil and even fatal to those around them or as simply lesser beings. The stories told not only lower the worth

In Susan Whitfield’s Life Along the Silk Road, there is no central argument pushing the book in one specific direction. There is, however, a slice into the daily lives of ten different characters. By dividing the story into characters rather than chapters in a book, the author gains the ability to tell what daily life would have actually looked like, from multiple perspectives. A story that would transcend different social classes, ranks, genders, and ethnic groups. The book covers lifestyles from

Spain and to the treasure. Making the pipe dream linked, then, with the theme of fate, since dreams are the way in which people come to know their destiny. Another major point in the Alchemist is love. When the tale of The Alchemist begins, we find Santiago looking forward to seeing a merchant's daughter he met the previous year. As soon as he is convinced to go in search of his gem, however, Santiago forgets all about the girl in the village. On his journey, however, he meets someone new. Fatima how

Whether to entertain or to educate the listener, every tale or story has a unique narrator that structures the plot to his or her taste. Through the molding and shaping of fictional characters, their actions and behaviors can end up defining the outcome of the story and the morality or virtue that is intended to influence the reader or listener. How then does a narrator interweave the themes? What elements become significant in the structure of a story? The eight recurring executions that occur in

the case of married couples, some secrets would destroy a marriage. Many stories of this period revolve around actions of revenge resulting from forbidden affairs or betrayal. Today, the concept of love has changed and it is described like a fairy tale. The man has to get a girl after the completion of an almost impossible task (Glendinning 101). Some aspects in the middle ages have continue into the present time although with a bit of modification. For instance, one individual in the relationship

Chaucer uses satirization in the descriptions of the characters in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales to reveal the corruption in the Church that was widespread in society during the 14th century. Manny members of the church used their positions for the personal gain of themselves. This can be seen in the Prologue when he describes these characters. Chaucer shows us through the satirization of several characters, the corruptness of the church of England and the lust/sexual corruption