Anselm of Canterbury

Each of Margaret Frazer’s tales have taken title inspiration from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The tales include a quote in each story from Chaucer. The Frevisse series, which includes The Boy’s Tale, is Frazer’s medieval, mystery masterpiece. In 1436, at the St. Fridewides convent, the majority of the story takes place. In the introduction, we learn that the characters start their story in a midsummers June. The story’s start to end is about a two week adventure. Dame Frevisse is the…

As the story unfolds, the motley crew of pilgrims is on their way to Canterbury. Along the way, the pilgrims are convinced to share their stories in a contest to determine the best story and storyteller. The Host recommends the characters tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and then two stories on the return trip. The winner of the best storytelling contest will receive a free dinner at the Inn at the conclusion of their journey. The telling of the tales could be symbolic for admitting…

Death, an ominous and dark subject, is very frequent in medieval literature. In the passages read so far this semester, each have had some mention of death literal and figurative, which is a dismal subject, but still brings about celebration. What an author emphasizes and how he delivers the message of death in his work shows what he celebrates in his work. Different writers focus on different aspects of death to convey and reveal to the reader what he celebrates in death. Some praise the…

Those of Importance (An Addition to Canterbury Tales) Around the year 1300, Chaucer wrote “The Canterbury Tales”. In this story, he begins to describe the people that he takes on his adventure to Canterbury. As he begins to describe each person who embarks on this journey alongside him, he tells of who they are and the kind of affect they might have on other people. After he tells of who these people are, he then makes the effort to tell of personal stories from each of the characters. Through…

The “Father of English Literature” Geoffrey Chaucer, born in London around 1343, was the first poet to be buried in the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey and largely influenced literature since he was the first to introduce English in his work while other court poetry was still written in Latin or French. Geoffrey Chaucer was the son of John Chaucer, a London wine merchant, who grew up in an able and wealthy family. He began to write poetry in the 1360s, when England had a peace treaty with…

As said in an article by the Biography Staff “ Despite its erratic qualities, The Canterbury Tales continues to be acknowledged for the beautiful rhythm of Chaucer’s language and his characteristic use of clever, satirical wit.”(Bio Staff) When Chaucer addresses the church, he addresses them with an unforgiving and biting satire, knowing…

The Canterbury tales clearly illustrates that the institutional church was still a very prominent and established symbol of importance in England around the 1400’s. However, a more prominent theme in the Canterbury Tales is that the Church was in a corrupt state. The Institutional church is well represented in the Canterbury tales. The book, in its entirety, is based around religion because the book is a tale of 29 pilgrims, and the stories they tell to entertain one another on their journey to…

In The Canterbury Tales, the narrator introduces the audience to a handful of pilgrims going on a pilgrimage. The pilgrims are introduced and they meet the Host of the hotel. The Host creates a story telling game and explains the rules. He wants two stories on the way there and two on the way back home from each pilgrim. Furthermore, the stories are judged based on their moral education and entertainment value. Comparing “The Knight’s Tale” and “The Pardoner’s Tale” considering the rules, “The…

“Every age is a Canterbury pilgrimage; we all pass on, each sustaining one or other of these characters” (Blake), said William Blake, celebrated 18th century English poet. In reference to the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer’s most celebrated writing, The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer develops a mental model about all of the characters in the literature and describes each character in detail. Three centuries later, Blake’s statement still stands true. Characters from The Canterbury…

In The Canterbury Tales, a quite diverse group of people gather together in the Tabard Inn, waiting to embark on a journey to Canterbury. Each pilgrim has a unique personality and aura, which the reader discovers in the prologue of the story. The journey to Canterbury is fairly lengthy, ergo the Host decides to ask the pilgrims to play a game. The game consists of each pilgrim telling four stories: two on the voyage to Canterbury, and two on the way back. The Host also determines two categories…