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    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 France which last until 1369 (Hirsh, 2008). He was a philosopher, astronomer and an author also being a bureaucrat, diplomat and a courtier. Chaucer is known for his works as he wrote The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women…

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    The Father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer, was born around the year 1340 in London, England. He was born into a wealthy family who acquired their money from the wine industry. In his early life, Chaucer attended the St. Paul’s Cathedral School as a student where he became familiarized with writing. His first position was when he was hired a public servant in the year 1357 to Countess Elizabeth of Ulster. During this time of his young childhood, he went off to fight in the Hundred…

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    In The Wife of Bath Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer portrays the Wife as a woman who contradicts with certain commands told by her husband. Her character and her beliefs correlate with the tale she tells through marriage, sovereignty, and virginity. In the Middle Ages, men were thought to have control over their wives from the sense of God. God made Adam and Eve so they could explore the perfection of Earth, love one another, and obey God’s teachings. However, they rebelled against God’s word when they…

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    in literature and characterized the medieval period. In the renowned British literature classic, The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 1300s, Chaucer follows a diverse group of pilgrims heading from London to Canterbury on a pilgrimage. Chaucer’s Knight is the first pilgrim listed and described as a highly admired figure in society.…

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    Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer uses thoughts and actions, to characterization of the Friar and the Monk to emphasize corruption in the Catholic Church. The monk is a religious character who is corrupt. Instead of reading on his cell, he prefers to go hunting. He also decides to wear decorative clothes instead of dressing in simple clothes. The Friar is another church member, who doesn’t follow the rules. The Friar seduces women, and tricks the wealthy into giving him their money. Instead of…

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    Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer tells of the journey of twenty-nine pilgrims to St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury’s shrine, in order to be healed. To pass the time, they all decide to have a competition and tell two stories on the way to and on the way back from Canterbury. Before telling their tale, the reader is introduced to each and every character and learn of the character’s background, social status, and overall appearance. Geoffrey Chaucer does the prior in order to give the reader an…

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    Humanity is defined as human beings or human beings collectively. It is also defined as humbleness or benevolence. How a person acts around others is dependant on their views of humanity. Looking at humanity as a whole, Geoffrey Chaucer asks “If gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.” Chaucer is juxtaposing the status of a priest, which is considered as a holy man devoted to upholding the word of God, compared to…

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    as a concept, then, could only be explored through writing. Geoffrey Chaucer was one of many writers who wrestled with the opposition between free will and Fortune in their writing. He incorporated Fortune as a force controlling his characters into many of his poems, and this decision is one that still baffles people to this day. Some take the extreme stance of believing that this inclusion of Fortune means…

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    Some people believe that money and greed seem to be the root of all evil. This in fact may be true, but, what causes people to behave in such a manner to where money controls their behavior? Manipulating and deceiving people out of their hard earned money is very frowned upon but somehow people get away with it and it still happens like nothing. Money and greed bring out the darkest part out of people’s souls and make them think in such an evil devilish way that they have never thought before.…

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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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