In Canterbury Tales, Chaucer includes and exploits individuals from all walks of medieval society. ... Unfortunately Chaucer delegated only two of his tales to be told by women, the tales of the Wife of Bath and the Prioress. The way that the Wife of Bath dresses and behaves suggests the directness of her character. ... The Prioress is a peculiar character. ... Two female characters in Canterbury Tales are not quite typical of their class and status. ...

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Canterbury tales: Narrative Personae A persona is used as an image that a writer presents of (mostly) himself but with certain differences. The author uses one or more characteristics in a created character and explores this characteristic in this person. ... Because the narrator writes down his impressions of the pilgrims from memory, whom he does and does not like, and what he chooses and chooses not to remember about the characters, tells us as much about the narrator's own prejudice as it does about the characters themselves. ... The Miller's tale is a short sometimes hilarious...

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"The Franklin's Tale," from Canterbury Tales, by William Faulkner, is perhaps the most moral of all the tales. ... In this, he is the perfect man to tell such a tale. The Franklin is a perfect gentleman, so all of his characters are kind, and noble. ... "The Franklin's Tale," is set in Brittany. ... The characters in this tale are unique and dynamic. ...

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This is exactly the premise of the quarrel between the Miller and the Knight in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. ... His character is exaggerated even further when the narrator says, "He had never spoken ignobly all his days/To any man by even a rude inflection."" (55) Using that sort of superior tone, the narrator tries to show the Knight's belief that he is also superior to the rest of the travelers on the pilgrimage to Canterbury. ... After the Knight finishes his tale, the Host hopes to follow with a tale from the Monk, but the drunk Miller bursts in, insisting that he...

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In Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval poem, The Canterbury Tales, the knight is the first pilgrim described in the General Prologue and the first to proclaim his tale. ... The obvious difference of character brings fresh aspects to the knight's story and some suggest that "it was Chaucer's journey as well as the fictional pilgrimage (Strayer296)." ... The Knight's Tale tells of two noble cousins that fall deeply in love with the same woman and deeply in hatred of each other. ... As "various as they are, the tales often suit their teller; although this aptness need not be dramatiz...

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The Franklin's tale The heartwarming ballad called The Franklin's Tale begins with a description of its main characters Arvergus, his wife Dorigen, and Aurelies, lover of Dorigen. It is a ballad about love and integrity. Upon the absence of Arvergus, Aurelies pursues his passionate love Dorigen. ...

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In an essay on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, William Kittredge defined the idea of courtly love that is illustrated in MAAN. ... sily believes others comments about her and even goes so far as saying that "she knows the heat of a luxurious bed" and refusing to marry her based solely on false allegations made by other characters. ... If Claudio and Hero can be accepted as the perfect models of courtly love, than Beatrice and Bene*censored*'s love is easily proven as a flawless example of true love both through an understanding of their characters as well as their interaction. ......

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