10/2/12 The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales‚ written by Geoffry Chaucer‚ is known as a Frame tale. A Frame tale is a story that leads up to another story. The Canterbury Tales‚ to me‚ was a very interesting story. A couple of the characters‚ the Knight and the Plowman‚ greatly caught my eye. The Canterbury Tales is about a pilgrimage made to a holy place during the 1300’s for religious reasons. Twenty-nine pilgrims travel to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket. As
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I have chosen the Pardoner to expand on. In the prologue this character is described as having shoulder length‚ thin‚ yellow hair. He had bulging eyes and no facial hair. This might have been part of the reason that Chaucer judged him to be effeminate‚ describing him as “a gelding or a mare.” The pardoner is a member of the church‚ with the job of selling absolutions to the members of the church. This character could be a representation of one of the great controversies of the time regarding the
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The gold coins in The Pardoner’s Tale have multiple roles within the story. At first the coins are not mentioned but end up being a very important part in the plot of the story. The three men in the tale first seek out to find Death and kill him but end up finding the pot of gold coins‚ which leads to trouble. When the three men were off to kill death‚ they met an old man. The old man advised the three men on how to find Death. “To find out Death‚ turn up this crooked way Towards that grove
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Bill Watts Butler University Sept. 15‚ 2010 346IMU‚ Indiana Room Chaucer’s Swyvyng in Context (Slide 1) After declaring that “Chaucer followed Nature everywhere‚” and that God’s plenty can be found in his works‚ John Dryden‚ in his Preface to the Fables‚ Ancient and Modern‚ considers why Chaucer includes “low characters” in the Canterbury Tales‚ such as “the Reeve‚ the Miller‚ the Shipman‚ the Merchant‚ the Sumner‚ and above all‚ the Wife of Bath‚ in the prologue
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In the Pardoner’s prologue and tale‚ by presenting the Pardoner as a professional hypocrite in a situation in which he attempts to justify himself by revealing the full truth‚ Chaucer identifies that the truth in which the Pardoner deals is what makes him such a disturbing and threatening figure. For instance‚ this is most evident in the lines that are often most confusing to readers‚ when the Pardoner states‚ “ –And lo‚ sires‚ thus I preche./ And Jhesu Crist‚ that is oure soules leche‚/ So gruante
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“Aye‚ and well instructed in arithmetic.” This sarcastic quote is from Giles Corey when he was talking to Reverend Parris about his earnings per year in the story The Crucible. Giles Corey was an 83 year old man. He was married to Martha Corey who was accused of witchcraft and was his third wife. When she got accused he tried to help and was later held in contempt of court‚ accused of witchcraft and pressed to death. Giles Corey and I are very similar because we are both sarcastic‚ instigators and
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The Friar‚ Brother Hubert‚ is one of Chaucer’s portrayals of the corrupt clergy. Chaucer terms him “a wantown and a merye” man‚ who seeks pleasure in life (Chaucer 208). His occupation is that of a limiter‚ one who is licensed to solicit alms within an assigned limit. Although limiters are supposed to be humble and modest‚ Hubert possesses an outgoing disposition and plans on leading a comfortable life. Instead of attending to lepers and beggars‚ as friars are expected to do‚ the Friar cultivates
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Several motifs appear throughout the narratives of traditional medieval romantic texts and The Carl of Carlisle is no exception to this. As established the giant character of these texts acts as the foundation on which the rest of the narrative forms around; The Carl of Carlisle reads as a series of tests given to prove the courtesy of the knights in a place where courtesy is stripped from them‚ truly testing their commitment to the chivalric code. At the first test both the Bishop and Key fail as
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Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales centers itself around an eclectic selection of pilgrims who swap stories with one another on their collective journey to visit the relics of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. The Wife of Bath is one such storyteller. An older‚ experienced‚ well-traveled woman‚ she begins her story with a prologue stuffed with sexually explicit personal anecdotes before starting her tale about a knight of King Author’s court raping a young maiden. Some scholars make
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Rustico and Alibech by Giovanni Boccaccio I tried to find a better picture‚ or at least the more decent one. But Rustico and Alibech is just a short story piece of literary by Giovanni Boccaccio‚ and the fact that it was written ages ago‚ it would seem impossible to leastwise find a good cover. Anyway‚ I wouldn’t be doing the reflection about its looks but of course‚ by its content. I am really wondering why my literature professor loves to give us erotic pieces to read. Just like this schtick
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