Document Type
Honors
Department
English
Abstract
Analyzes the themes of grief and consolation in the Middle English poem, Pearl, and compares this work to Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy and Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess. Applies the five psychological stages of grieving identified by Kubler-Ross to the poem's Dreamer and concludes that, at the poem's end, the Dreamer has failed to finish the grieving process.
Recommended Citation
Sylvia, Karen A., "Living with Dying: Grief and Consolation in the Middle English Pearl" (2007). Honors Projects. 45.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/honors_projects/45
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