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    The Prioress‚ the Friar‚ and the Miller in the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales provide exceptional examples of what H.S. Bennett meant when he asserted that ‘no detail was too small” for Chaucer to see. ➢ Chaucer is a careful and astute observer. o Detailed descriptions of each characters • Exposes character’s flaws/weaknesses • Social/political ➢ Uses satire to deliver a message o Prioress and friar: Criticizes the church – revealing the corruption of the actions of some characters ➢ Chaucer uses

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    Over the course of the Canterbury Tales Prologue‚ Chaucer describes a pilgrimage of 29 characters on a journey to Canterbury. All 29 characters are on a ship where each agree to past their time by sharing their past and present experiences. Using their physical appearance to reveal their inner natures‚ Chaucer outlines each pilgrim to portray their personal view towards life. The vocabulary he utilizes allows the readers to vividly piece together the identity of the pilgrims. Chaucer uses his master

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    In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales‚ the pilgrims on their journey rarely do their jobs correctly. Only three of the pilgrims‚ the Knight‚ the Parson‚ and the Plowman‚ do what they are supposed to do. The rest of the pilgrims vary from slightly bad to morally apprehensible. The Pardoner‚ a pilgrim from the Ecclesiastical group‚ falls under the latter category. Chaucer uses each pilgrims appearance to symbolize their personal qualities. The Pardoner‚ as one of the morally apprehensible pilgrims

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    English 3318 2 December 2013 The Teller and the Tale Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a collection of tales from a pilgrimage of travelers. The Host is an innkeeper who asked of these travelers to tell stories along the way to pass the time and whoever could tell the best their meal would be taken care of. The General Prologue is a description of these travelers. The tales these pilgrims provide to the rest of the group fit with the type of person they are described as. The Knight‚ the

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    In Chaucer’s "The Canterbury Tales‚" two young men of the Middle Ages‚ stand in sharp contrast to each other. The clerk and the squire are of similar ages but are very different. The clerk is a member of the middle class‚ has attended Oxford and studied Aristotle‚ while the squire‚ a member of the upper class‚ has been educated in the arts of chivalry. In appearance wise the clerk is a "grave" or somber individual. He is thin "hollow-cheeked" and dresses poorly ("outer cloak threadbare"). On the

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    Canterbury Tales Paper: The Wife of Bath- In Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ the description of the Wife of Bath in the “General Prologue” seems to contradict her tale and prologue. In the “General Prologue”‚ The Wife of Bath is described as a very confident woman who is superior‚ socially speaking. But this portrayal is contradicted by her tale and prologue due to the fact that her independence results from other people‚ more specifically men. From this it can be derived that it is not

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    My Preference of The Doctor’s Tale The tale that I selected to read was the astronomy practicing Physician. This story of love‚ in hatred and bigotry was extremely interesting to read however‚ on the same note the wording was tremendously derived in Middle English tone which made a few sections difficult to understand and comprehend. The non-bible reading doctor’s tale is interesting from beginning to end‚ he paints a vivid picture of all his characters and there attributes using immense direct

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    As the conscientious reader nears completion of The Canterbury Tales‚ they have seen that Chaucer has written about various types of belief systems such as physiognomy‚ alchemy‚ fairies and spells‚ and pagan mythology. Yet‚ of all the belief systems that Chaucer explores in The Canterbury Tales‚ the two belief systems that are most frequently occurring throughout‚ are Christianity and astrology. This combination may lead to questions why it is that Chaucer explores these two beliefs systems in-depth;

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    The Canterbury Tales Summary by Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Summary The Canterbury Tales begins with the introduction of each of the pilgrims making their journey to Canterbury to the shrine of Thomas a Becket. These pilgrims include a Knight‚ his son the Squire‚ the Knight’s Yeoman‚ a Prioress‚ a Second Nun‚ a Monk‚ a Friar‚ a Merchant‚ a Clerk‚ a Man of Law‚ a Franklin‚ a Weaver‚ a Dyer‚ a Carpenter‚ a Tapestry-Maker‚ a Haberdasher‚ a Cook‚ a Shipman‚ a Physician‚ a Parson‚ a Miller

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    THE CANTERBURY TALES (The Man of Law’s Tale)  The Man of Law’s Tale (also called The Lawyer’s Tale) is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ written around 1387. ------------------------------------------------- Summary The Man of Law‚ also known as The Sergeant at Law‚ tells a Romance tale of a Christian princess named Custance (the modern form would be Constance) who is betrothed to the Syrian Sultan on condition that he convert to Christianity. The Sultan’s mother connives

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