There are so many different ways to interpret and analyze all of the stories in "The Canterbury Tales." ... The Pardoner's true character comes out and is put on full display for not only the audience in the story but the actual readers of "The Canterbury Tales," as well when he tells his story. When we are first introduced to the Pardoner in the General Prologue, it is fairly obvious that the narrator is not a huge fan of him. ... When it comes to "The Pardoner's Tale," the dynamic between the teller and the tale is unlike any other tale in "The Canterbury Tales." ... Based on what...

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Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales contains stories told by people whose characters and personalities come from every side of the spectrum. ... Since all the tales end with some sort of moral or lesson, many people take The Canterbury Tales for simple children's fables. ... Chaucer first introduces us to his feelings of man's morality in the Prologue. Within the Prologue, Chaucer introduces the story along with the twenty-nine pilgrims and the host. ... In conclusion, the pilgrims and the tales of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, shine a light onto Chaucer's attempt to...

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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. ... Two female characters in Canterbury Tales are not quite typical of their class and status. ... The first one is experience; it is the first word in her prologue. ... Her prologue and her tale are two versions of one story: both Jankyn and the rapist knight treat women with violence, and both are taught to do better than that; they win the woman's kindness an...

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Chaucer's masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, reflects a very opinionated view of manners and the behaviors of medieval women. ... To look more closely at the differences we must not go to far, let us look at the " General Prologue." ... We must also note that by being able to travel up the social class from a peasant to a sort of merchant she must also be not without intelligence. ... Chaucer does a great job in depicting these women as though they are from two different ends of the spectrum. ... That he is doing so to educate women through his tale that there are times that women shou...

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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. ... In The Prologue, Chaucer doesn't make the Nun seem like a sad person. ... If we all lived the life of the Plowman or Parson we would greatly benefit from it. ...

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Alex Jerome November 9, 2002 Characterization of the Squire In The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer constructs a portrait of the main characters. The Squire is one that Chaucer describes in the Prologue. ... One of the main ironies in The Canterbury Tales is how most of the people from the church are dishonest and unfair. ... Chaucer stated that the Knight, "from the day on which he first began / to ride abroad, had followed chivalry"(119). ...

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In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales he explains the medieval way of an ideal marriage In "The Wife's and Bath's Tale" and "The Franklin's Tale" suggest there own opinion on how a ideal marriage should be. ... In her prologue she explains her beliefs and actions towards her many husbands. ... The Wife's of Baths tales and prologue come to a conclusion that in order to have a wonderful marriage her wife must have or win mastery over her husbands and or lovers. ... However it is a different aspect of ideal marriage from the Wife's of Bath's Tale. ....

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Chaucer's main target of his satire and criticism throughout his Canterbury Tales is the Anglo-Saxon church. Even though in this tale he focuses more on the gender debate, his contempt of the corrupt church and its disciples is embodied in the Wife's prologue. ... Chaucer does it through the Wife of Bath as a medium to reach the hopelessly ignorant women of the time should they hear of the tale. ... The complexity and uniqueness of Dame Alice, which is her real name, is symbolized by having a prologue practically twice as long as her tale. ... In this quote from the prologue, t...

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Although the stories in the Canterbury tales are fictional, they represent many social issues and provide an intimate view of life in Medieval Europe. ... Throughout the Wife of Bath's Tale and Prologue we as readers acknowledge the fact that this character Chaucer has created is not like the average woman of her time. ... Her independent behaviour and individual beliefs undoubtedly make her stand out from the rest. ... The Wife of Bath opens this passage with "Now, sire, now wol I telle forth my tale" She is introducing her tale in a classic story-telling manner. ... From this, some can ...

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In The Canterbury Tales, a story about the flaws of Medieval English society, Chaucer proves otherwise. ... Hubert- in The Canterbury Tales is well known for flattering the rich, deceiving the poor, and especially for seducing women in outright disregard for his vow of celibacy. ... Ideally, after buying necessities, friars were supposed to donate to the poor and sick any leftover money from begging. ... Chaucer reveals many flaws of medieval society in his "Prologue". ... Consequently, the Renaissance was born from the brilliance of such people as Geoffrey Chaucer. ...

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