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    classic, The Canterbury Tales, the author satirizes the lack of authenticity of certain peoples in his society. In order to share his views on the corruption of society, Chaucer creates characters that highlight the issues of different groups, including nobility and the church. Traditionally, the rich and powerful in a medieval society were considered the pinnacle of chivalry and piety. The nobility and the Catholic Church, however, began to diverge from their customary values. The Canterbury…

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    or celebrities often live two different lifestyles. When in the public eye, they portray themselves as someone that would appeal to the people. Behind closed doors, however, they are someone completely different. This is especially evident in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer uses ironic characteristics of the Friar and Merchant from “The Prologue” and the Knight from “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” to criticize the deceptive nature of the people during The Middle Ages. The author…

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    In the prologue of The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, the Friar is the most corrupt pilgrim among all of the travelers. The travelers are all members of the English society. The narrator of the prologue, Chaucer, along with the other travelers are on a pilgrimage to the shrine at Canterbury. While on this pilgrimage each traveler is to tell two stories going and two stories coming back, to keep everyone entertained. Before the travelers began telling their stories, the narrator…

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    25 short stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer, a 13th century writer. The combined 25 stories make up the book titled The Canterbury Tales, which takes place in medieval England during the late 1300s to the early 1400s. The Canterbury Tales is about twenty-nine people that gather at the Tabard Inn in southwark for a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas á Becket in Canterbury England. The host of the Inn, the narrator, proposes a story-telling contest to pass the time while traveling. Among…

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    Wife of Bath” were poems based off of similar themes but there are also significant differences. The poems “The Pardoner’s Tale” and “The wife of bath” were both handwritten by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. These poems were apart of the “Canterbury Tales,” never getting finished because of his death in late October, 1400. His plans were to write over one hundred poems but he had only gotten to twenty-four. There were over 80 copies…

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    In the story The Canterbury Tales the General Prologue it basicly is talking about how all these people or characters in the story are all going on a pilgrimage. I think that the social classes of this story can be thought of as corrupt in chaucer's eyes during the time. Chaucer i feel like only saw people that only cared about themselves and did as they please whether it was right or wrong. Chaucer was telling how society was so corrupt and how everything was never done correctly and people…

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    The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is known as a mock-heroic poem and is considered one of Chaucer’s best works. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale uses elevated language, moral lessons, and stories within a story, devices that authors implement to add richness, detail, and depth to a story. Mock-heroic poems include all these devices as well. A mock-heroic poem describes the accomplishments of great warriors or characters with great talents by using fictional characters and literary devices to describe the hero’s…

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    Geoffrey Chaucer a crater on the moon named after Geoffrey Chaucer? Here on Earth he is most famous for his frame story The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer know as the father of English literature , is still considerably known as one of the greatest English poet in the middle ages. The most popular of these stories is “The Pardoners’ Tale”. Geoffrey Chaucer uses personification and irony throughout the story. The character of death is personified many times in the story. Personification is giving…

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    One of the most well-known stories of all time, The Canterbury Tales, is not only known for it’s plot, but also for the deeper messages behind each character’s tale. The problem is, people do not always see the more sophisticated meanings behind the stories told. In the Franklin’s Tale, the franklin’s main point is that honesty prevails over all. In some cases, a reader might only see that this is what Chaucer was trying to say when he wrote this story, however it is not. The real significance…

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    Sam Burton Mrs. Tarpey English 3 14 October 2015 Parson Power Many clergy fail to practice the very standards they teach. In the story "The Canterbury Tales," Chaucer clearly displays this lack of respect for religious duty through the monk and friar. On the other hand Chaucer uses the parson to exemplify a priest who does practice what he preaches. Though the parson is a static character, his immutable morals reinforce his constant reputation as a Christ-like figure. Throughout the story…

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