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    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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    The Canterbury Tales: Review Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is considered as one of the major beginning marks in English Literature. The Canterbury Tales‚ written in 14th century is a collection of short stories mainly in verse form. The stories in The Canterbury Tales are told by a group of 24 pilgrims on pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. A Prologue to The Canterbury Tales introduces the major characters of the

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    The Canterbury Tales Essay Planner Thesis: Chaucer uses ironic descriptions of the characters in the "Prologue to the Canterbury Tales" to voice his opinion on social problems that are on the rise in the mid 1300’s. Implications include greed‚ the loss of chivalry and the lack of loyalty to the church. These implications are easily illustrated by Chaucer using what you would expect from these certain characters and twisting those expectations to form a completely opposite person. Greed:

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    THE CANTERBURY TALES STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS Prologue 1. In lines 1-18 (which are all one sentence)‚ identify the time and the author’s main point. April; the main point is that according to the poet‚ people long to go on a pilgrimage in the Spring. 2. Why does the urge to go on pilgrimage hit people in the spring? Winter is over; it’s time for renewal. 3. Who is at the inn? Who arrives at the inn? What is the central idea? (Look in ll. 19-28). The narrator is at the inn; twenty-nine pilgrims

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    Katie Paschal After reading the Canterbury Tales and the General Prologue‚ I learned a lot about all of the Pilgrims. The pilgrim that I found the most interesting was the Pardoner‚ which is why I chose to use him for my project. The Pardoner worked for the Church and was despised by many churchgoers. In return for making donations to charitable enterprises‚ the Pardoner was licensed by the Pope to sell papal indulgences. People would give money in exchange for pardons and the Pardoner would

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    The Canterbury Tales is a piece written by Geoffrey Chaucer sought out to accomplish various goals. Chaucer wrote his tales during the late 1300’s.  This puts him right at the beginning of the decline of the Middle Ages.  Historically‚ we know that a middle class was just starting to take shape at this time‚ due to the emerging commerce industry. Chaucer was able to see the importance and future success of the middle class‚ and wrote his work with them in mind.  Knowing that the middle class was

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    The Canterbury Tales Comparative Essay Task: You are to write a 5-paragraph essay on one of the topics below. The essay needs to be written using formal language‚ and needs to include a minimum of SIX quotations. The suggested length is 2 ½ - 3 pages typed‚ double-spaced (approximately 750 words). Your essay does not require extra research. You will have all of the information you will need from: The medieval times Internet Search‚ “The Prologue” character notes‚ “The Pardoner’s Tale”‚

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    The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims. The Canterbury Tales‚ the work stands as a historical and sociological introduction to the life and times of the late Middle Ages. he was familiar with and was accepted by the lower classes as well as by the higher classes; thus‚ throughout his life‚ he was able to observe both the highest

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    Brooke Schweitzer Dr. O’Callaghan Eng 402 April 11‚ 2010 Springtime in The Canterbury Tales _See how the lilies of the field grow. …Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.-Matthew 6:28-29_ Springtime and beauty is inevitably linked in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Chaucer uses the images of springtime from the very beginning of the prologue to promote the idea of renewal and overall joyfulness. Not only is it used to establish tone or

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    In The Canterbury Tales‚ the narrator‚ Geoffrey Chaucer‚ warns of unmannerly conduct and begs for forgiving and non-judgmental readers in any instance of offense throughout the stories. Chaucer makes it clear that the stories told were not of his own views or words and were strictly re-written for the purpose of the book. The warning was necessary because the book itself contains many controversial events that may seem wretched to the reader. In the Miller’s tale‚ the narrator once again warns

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