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‚ a Manciple‚ a Reeve‚ a Summoner‚ a Pardoner‚ the Wife of Bath‚ and Chaucer himself. Congregating at the Tabard Inn‚ the pilgrims decide to tell stories to pass
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SHORT PLOT SUMMARY (Synopsis) The Canterbury Tales consists of the stories related by the 29 pilgrims on their way to Saint Thomas Becket’s shrine in Canterbury. Harry Bailey‚ the Host‚ had proposed a scheme in the General Prologue whereby each pilgrim was to narrate two tales on the way to Canterbury and two more while returning. In the course of the journey the Canon and his Yeoman join the pilgrims. However The Canterbury Tales are incomplete. There should have been a hundred and twenty tales
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mixture of virtuous and villainous characters from Medieval England and 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 sergent of Law‚ a Franklin‚ a Weaver‚ a Dyer‚ a Carpenter‚ a Tapestry-Maker‚ a Haberdasher and his troop‚ a Cook‚ a Shipman‚ a Physician‚ a Parson‚ a Miller‚ a Manciple‚ a Reeve‚ a Summoner‚ a Pardoner‚ the Wife of Bath‚ and Chaucer himself. They each bring a slice of England to the trip with their stories of
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Dunstan considered to be a saint. His father‚ Amasa Dempster is the Baptist parson of Deptford and is considered to be religious. After leaving home‚ Paul joins a travelling circus‚ becomes a magician‚ and is later renamed Magnus Eisengrim by Lisel. Along with the idea of magic‚ Eisengrim’s show Soiree of Illusions incorporated themes of myth including Dream of Midas‚ Vision of Dr. Faust and the Brazen Head of Friar Bacon and wants himself and his illusions "to be marveled at". Eisengrim is later
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tale. Still‚ all human life is here: characters of both sexes‚ and from walks of life from lordly knight‚ or godly parson down to oft-divorced wife or grimy cook. Each pilgrim portrait within the prologue might be considered as an archetypal description. Many of the ’types’ of characters featured would have been familiar stock characters to a medieval audience: the hypocritical friar‚ the rotund‚ food-loving monk‚ the rapacious miller are all familiar types from medieval estates satire (see Jill
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* Knight * Leader of pilgrimage * Wore tunic stained with dark marks from his armor * Possessed fine horses but not gaily dressed * Most distinguished one‚ leader * Man of chivalry‚ truth‚ honor‚ generosity‚ courtesy * Noble hero‚ honored for noble graces * Was there when they took Alexandria (city in Egypt) * Traveled to North America * Lost at Granada * Visited Russia‚ Prussia‚ Lithuania * Traveled along Mediterranean
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Nun-Prioress=Madame Eglantine‚ awful accent in French and a nasal voice‚ eats like a vaccum‚ small dogs‚ worldy tastes and social pretensionnot very nunly. Monk=doesn’t follow poverty vow—hunts with good equipment and disagrees with “old fashion” rules Friar=Hubert=hears confessions with easy penance for money‚ finds husbands for girls he gets pregnant to avoid
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prioress named Madame Englantine. She was a polite‚ well-mannered friendly woman. She loved her dogs and would be very upset if anything happened to one of them. She had a big heart. Also described was a monk‚ who loved to hunt‚ a smooth talking‚ happy friar named Hubert‚ a wealthy and successful merchant‚ a quiet but insightful clerk from Oxford‚ a wise‚ respected sergeant of law‚ and a food-loving franklin who traveled with the sergeant of law. After them‚ came the guild. The guild was made up of a
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would be the pardoner. There are other characters that are just as interesting as the pardoner‚ but the pardoner is one that has a personality that many would not suspect someone like him to have. There are characters like the reeve‚ the miller‚ the friar‚ the skipper‚ and many more but the most important is the pardoner. The pardoner is one who sells indulgences to those who have sinned and explained that if bought the indulgence will erase any sin that person has done and then they will have a permanent
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The Canterbury Tales; Embodiment of the Middle Ages. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales" is more than just an entertaining collection of stories and characters; it is a representation of the society Chaucer lived in. In the late 14th century England the traditional feudal system was changing as the church was losing its importance and more people were becoming part of the emerging middle class. Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales" is a microcosm of this society because it demonstrates the social
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