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Chaucer’s Powerful “Ending”: An In Depth Look At the Conclusion to The House of Fame

Chaucer wrote The House of Fame on a very intellectual level, in that he paid greater attention to sentence than craft or elegance in this particular work. He strongly believed that including a deeper meaning was more important than a flashy, flamboyant poem that did not fulfill the reader's expectations or anticipations. It seems as though Chaucer knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote The House of Fame, deliberately making the story appear incomplete and confusing. He purposely wrote the story to seem incomplete and confusing, so as to challenge the readers and push them to achieve an in-depth understanding on their own. Not only is the House of Fame complete, but it also brings forth the idea this is the readers, not the writers who create Fame. The story takes place in three main places: The Temple of Venus, the House of Fame, and the House of Twigs. Each house is presented in a very confusing way, but every house tells a story or represents an intangible. Chaucer de...

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