The Importance Of Three Modern Day Characters In The Canterbury Tales
Perfect Pilgrimage:
(A Discussion of Three Modern-Day Characters That Would Join The Canterbury Tales)
Geoffrey Chaucer has been known as the father of English poetry since the 1300’s. His works have been considered the greatest alongside Shakespeare. In his work, The Canterbury Tales, He writes about a pilgrimage of many different people in England. Each of those characters introduces themselves, then tells a tale that relates in some way to their introduction. Chaucer was known to be a controversial guy. He criticized the church at that time, the class system that was existent in England, and the patriarchy. If Chaucer were alive today, he would choose these three characters to be in his pilgrimage: Colin Kaepernick, Hillary Clinton, and Tomi Lahren. First of all, Chaucer would choose Colin Kaepernick to be a part of his pilgrimage. This particular person is so significant because of his recent actions. For those who don’t know, Colin Kaepernick made the decision to sit down while the national anthem was being played at his NFL football game. His reasons for this were that he didn’t want to stand for a country that “oppresses black people”. Kaepernick is quite a hypocritical character, as he is half black and makes more money than most white …show more content…
She is an example of one of his admirable characters. Tomi Lahren is a political speaker that has great opinions on current events. She is admirable because she speaks her mind and doesn’t care what others may think of her. She gets lots of hate from those who don’t agree with her, but she keeps doing what she does and doesn’t let that get her down. She doesn’t participate in hypocrisy, like the two others characters mentions. One of Chaucer’s characters that she can be compared to is the Parson. He is someone who is devout and practices what he preaches. Tomi’s qualities are similar to the Parson’s. Tomi would make a good character for Chaucer’s
(A Discussion of Three Modern-Day Characters That Would Join The Canterbury Tales)
Geoffrey Chaucer has been known as the father of English poetry since the 1300’s. His works have been considered the greatest alongside Shakespeare. In his work, The Canterbury Tales, He writes about a pilgrimage of many different people in England. Each of those characters introduces themselves, then tells a tale that relates in some way to their introduction. Chaucer was known to be a controversial guy. He criticized the church at that time, the class system that was existent in England, and the patriarchy. If Chaucer were alive today, he would choose these three characters to be in his pilgrimage: Colin Kaepernick, Hillary Clinton, and Tomi Lahren. First of all, Chaucer would choose Colin Kaepernick to be a part of his pilgrimage. This particular person is so significant because of his recent actions. For those who don’t know, Colin Kaepernick made the decision to sit down while the national anthem was being played at his NFL football game. His reasons for this were that he didn’t want to stand for a country that “oppresses black people”. Kaepernick is quite a hypocritical character, as he is half black and makes more money than most white …show more content…
She is an example of one of his admirable characters. Tomi Lahren is a political speaker that has great opinions on current events. She is admirable because she speaks her mind and doesn’t care what others may think of her. She gets lots of hate from those who don’t agree with her, but she keeps doing what she does and doesn’t let that get her down. She doesn’t participate in hypocrisy, like the two others characters mentions. One of Chaucer’s characters that she can be compared to is the Parson. He is someone who is devout and practices what he preaches. Tomi’s qualities are similar to the Parson’s. Tomi would make a good character for Chaucer’s