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Literary Beasts: Use Of Animal Imagery In The Canterbury Tales, Morgan Kentsbeer May 2018

Literary Beasts: Use Of Animal Imagery In The Canterbury Tales, Morgan Kentsbeer

English Independent Study Projects

Through this paper I am going to argue that animals from the Middle Ages held more worth and were often considered to be more important than their modern counterparts. This gets shown through the three types of ways that animals are used within The Canterbury Tales. First, they are used as allegorical shorthands that imply more meaning with a fewer amount of words; this concept is primarily shown in “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.” Secondly, animals are crafted into characters but still end up being used as tools by other characters or Chaucer himself. For this, …


Program For The Stage Production Canterbury Tales, Protheatre Club Oct 1981

Program For The Stage Production Canterbury Tales, Protheatre Club

Theater Production Programs

This four-page program details the ProTheatre of Ursinus College's production of "Canterbury Tales", held October 29 through 31, 1981, in the Ritter Center. It includes information regarding casting, musical ensemble, and production staff.