Write a literary analysis essay, focusing on one of the following topics:
• The imagery of The Canterbury Tales • The use of the first person (and sometimes third person) point-of-view in narrating the story • How Chaucer sets the mood in the poem • An exploration into the theme of greed • Exploration into the theme(s) of the -Wife of Bath's Prologue and/or Tale' • Compare/contrast the "Wife of Bath's Prologue and/or Tale' • Roman Catholicism vs. the secular in The Canterbury Tales • The representation of social classes • The theme of the corruption of the church in The Canterbury Tales • The author's view of women and femininity • The gender double-standard visible through "Wife of Bath's Prologue and/or Tale"
In responding to one of these topics, you should move closer to a deeper understanding of the story's theme and the author's craft. Your essay's thesis (central idea) must clearly indicate which of the topics you have chosen. Cite specifically from the text.
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