Q.1) Discuss the reasons for the use of the magical, the supernatural
the miraculous, and the exotie in such tales as The Man of Law's Tale,
The Squire's Tale, The Second Nuns Tale and parts of others.
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Discuss the reasons for the use of the magical, the supernatural, the miraculous, and the exotic in such tales as The Man of Law's Tale, The Squire's Tale, The Prioress' Tale, The Second Nun's Tale, and parts of others.
4. "Vanity goeth before a fall" might be applied to Chaunticleer. Illustrate how his vanity almost leads to his death. Are there other characters to whom this might apply?
5. The Friar's Tale about a summoner prompts The Summoner's Tale about a horrible Friar. What similarities and differences are there in these two tales?
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Describing the magical properties of each of the gifts The Squire's Tale -
The horse can fly and transport the King anyplace. The ring gives the owner the ability to converse in bird language. The sword can pierce through armor, and it is the only thing that can heal wounds it has caused. Canace is able to see into any man's heart who pursues her thanks to the mirror.
The element is inserted in The Squire's Tale that is not present in any of the others -
This story has an exotic or Oriental feel to it.
Stories that connect the animal with the lady, Plumwood's "feminine realm," may very well show the "problematic" idea of an exclusive human subjectivity, as we can see in this chapter on Chaucer's Squire's Tale. 1 The focus of the story shifts to comfort and survival, two areas that was formerly defined by gender and are now defined by species. Geoffrey Chaucer shifts in The Canterbury Tales from the overtly dramatic, overtly representational genre(s) of the story within the story to the psychological schema inherent in dream visions. This shift has an impact on Chaucer's experimentation with voice, most intriguingly, once again with the voice of the nonhuman.
With the Squire's Tale, we also make our way into the romance genre, which is characterized by its extremely self-conscious depiction of the "other" world, the foreign world, along with all of its valuable and intact social components. In contrast to the very psychological dream vision with its interior fixation with self, romance necessitates a more externalized viewpoint. The character of Merlin, magician and eagle advisor to King Arthur, has also come from this genre. The merlin is a bird of prey like the falcon in this story, making it the ultimate mediator of magic. Geffrey's eagle at the House of Fame is both like and unlike Arthur's guide.
Hence, Canace is able to see into any man's heart who pursues her thanks to the mirror.
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