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Best Trout Fishing Streams in Northeast Connecticut

April 19 marks the opening fishing season for all Connecticut rivers and streams, with trout the primary objective for most at that time of year. In northern Connecticut, there are many options available for those interested in trout, as there are several rivers, streams and creeks that offer trout action. Most of these trout are […]

Chaucer’s Criticism of the Catholic Church in The Canterbury Tales

When Geoffrey Chaucer sat down to begin writing his famous and widely revered work, The Canterbury Tales, it is unlikely that he was merely trying to write a novel set of short stories to entertain those educated enough to read them. With the vast number of scholars who currently spend their lives studying the unfinished […]

The Prioress of ‘The Canterbury Tales’

In “The Canterbury Tales,” Beauty and looks define some of the characters in the general prologue. The Prioress is classified as attractive by medieval standards. This character is attractive for certain reasons. Some of these attributes would be attractive in modern society and some have fallen by the wayside as the definition of beauty has […]