Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400)‚ known as the Father of English literature‚ is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author‚ philosopher‚ alchemist and astronomer‚ composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis‚ Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat‚ courtier
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Let’s talk ab!t Canterbury... Vatel Nîmes School - Year 2011 We are going to present the City of Canterbury district. I. Canterbury overview 1) Geography Welcome to the fabulous district of Canterbury‚ including Herne Bay and Whitstable coastal resorts‚ with their beautiful beach fronts and the surrounding Countryside. Canterbury has the perfect blend of city‚ coast and countryside‚ ensuring that however varied your interests are you will be spoilt for choice. We could actually
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Blood libel stories‚ tales that propagated the claim that Jews used the blood of Christian children in their religious rituals‚ were very common throughout the Middle Ages. Even literary masterpieces such as Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales were not exempt from this popular practice. In his 14th century collection of short stories‚ Chaucer writes the Prioress’s Tale‚ a story about a Christian child martyr who is kidnapped and slaughtered by a community of Jews (Chaucer‚ 170-176). Blatantly
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Chaucer ’s opinion of women and his views on love are very prominently featured in his poetry. Focusing on women‚ one must first examine the popular views concerning women during Chaucer ’s time. Arlyn Diamond writes of Chaucer that‚ ". . . he accepts uneasily the medieval view of women as either better or worse than men‚ but never quite the same." (Green 3) This is evident in Chaucer ’s portrayal of women in such poems as "The Wife of Bath" and "The Clerk ’s Tale" which assault the reader with
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Mary Preavy The Canterbury Tales Essay Mrs. Vance 29 November‚ 2011 The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer was the greatest English poet of his time period. Geoffrey Chaucer was the greatest English poet of his time period because he was extremely intelligent and he had a wide knowledge of the people around him. I chose Geoffrey Chaucer’s work because when I read The Canterbury Tales it automatically caught my attention. I feel that he did a great job depicting the types of people that lived
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Shayne White Chaucer and the Seven Deadly Sins In the catholic religion the seven deadly sins: envy‚ pride‚ lust‚ anger‚ sloth‚ greed‚ and gluttony are themes that Catholics should stay away from and not abide to. In the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer the tales expose a common‚ universal truth which is the seven deadly sins. In the Tales the characters in the stories struggle with the temptation of not obeying the sins which incorporates and suggest why the pilgrims telling the stories
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People can interpret humor in many different ways. Some people may find a joke hilarious while other may find it offensive. People must be careful of how they use humor. Some may find it offensive because the joke makes fun of their culture or their personality. We experience comedy in our everyday lives‚ or when we sit down to watch a funny movie. In modern day most comedy targets a certain group of people or race. Humor is the quality or being amusing‚ however it is funny only to some extent
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Satires in Medieval Times. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales‚ he uses satire to poke fun in order to show flaws and encourage change. The Squire‚ a military fool‚ the Friar‚ a church shame‚ and the Merchant‚ the town idiot‚ are all being satarized in his work. In society there are models in which we all want to be like‚ from long ago even in our modern societies. The Squire‚ the son of a knight‚ does not possess the traits of a knight. He does not uphold the
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N.S. Thompson‚ Chaucer‚ Boccaccio‚ and the Debate of Love: A Comparative Study of The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales. Oxford: Clarendon‚ 1996; 354pp.; Nigel Thompson’s book resists alignment with current concerns in late-medieval studies: he has little or nothing to say about manuscripts and their dissemination; about the audiences‚ reception‚ and imitation of the works he treats; about gender and its representation; about contemporary social and political developments and how these works
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Colin Roy English 2401-001 Close Reading Assignment #1 2.10.2013 The poem “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue‚” by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ is a very unique and interesting piece of dramatic poetry. It is certainly considered dramatic poetry due to its lack of focus on God‚ nature‚ and the universe‚ which would classify it as epic poetry‚ and its lack of musical or emotional connection to the reader‚ which would classify it as lyric poetry. Instead‚ it is a narrative piece with both rhythm and imagery
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