This statement is valid because in the The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue Chaucer takes all of his characters very seriously but not too seriously. ... Geoffrey Chaucer wrote about a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury. The pilgrims come from all parts of society. ... It is ironic because he may know more than all of the pilgrims but he still doesn't have a job. ... Chaucer describes another pilgrim, the Merchant. ...

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(A) O Lord, Our Lord, thy works how marvelous are given as gifts through Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. For not alone thy praise so glorious is given by several characters traveling to the Cathedral at Canterbury. ... She was so devoted to the Lord that her tale even began with a prayer. ... (H) Nuns still exist today so a modern day pilgrim would have to be a nun such a Mother Teresa. She, however, has found room for true mercy and compassion unlike the Prioress in The Canterbury Tales. ...

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(A)The Canterbury Tales is a poem that was written somewhere between 1386 and 1385 by a man named Geoffrey Chaucer; in which 30 characters on a pilgrimage to Canterbury coincidentally meet at a tavern, where they are challenged to tell the best story during their pilgrimage for the reward of a free dinner at the tavern. ... One of many interesting pilgrims contained within this story is the "man of law", also called the "sergeant of law". ... (I)The Tale the man of law tells is about Constance, the almost unbelievably long-suffering daughter of the Roman Emperor. ...

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