The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories, which are told by different characters to serve as entertainment on their journey to Canterbury. The characters that arise during the different tale, and those who tell the tales, play an important role in understanding the story, and the structure of the English people living in the 15th century. The Knight, who seems to be one of Chaucer's favorite characters, is a noble, honest, and trustworthy man. ... Even during the journey to Canterbury, at a time when all the others were telling tales of how to live...

• Word Count: 1605
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• Grade Level: High School

In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales there are an abundance of themes, one of the more evident being marriage. In these tales the views of marriage vary. Each tale offers a different view of marriage; the views are illustrated by the characters in each pilgrim's tale. ... "The Franklin's Tale" is said to end the "Marriage Debate." The Franklin tells an dyllic tale ...

• Word Count: 484
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• Grade Level: High School

The Canterbury Tales consists of a narrative Prologue, which introduces the characters and also of a group of tales, told by each of the pilgrims. ... Often times these tales poked fun and ridiculed another pilgrim's character. ... The Woman of Bath contradicted the original thoughts of the Knight's character through her demoralizing tale. In the Prologue, the narrator offers a description of each character that is embarking on the pilgrimage to Canterbury. ... The Wife of Bath is perhaps the most fully realized character in the Canterbury Tales. ...

• Word Count: 899
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• Grade Level: High School

Today most feminists commonly depict the Wife of Bath from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, as the ideal model for the feminist literary figure. ... In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses a style of writing that tends to make fun of and point out the inner controversy of each pilgrim. ... (Diamond 69) However, when we talk about someone like this, we view a fictional character as if she might be real. ... (69) In The Wife of Bath's Tale itself Chaucer continues to make fun of women with the question "what it is most desire". ... I nil leve no tales: I knowe you for a t...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Modern life and the Cleric's Tale have many similarities. ... The Cleric's Tale illustrates the theme that women do not stand up for themselves. Geoffrey Chaucer brings the character Griselda to the Cleric's tale to represent women. ... In the Cleric's tale this is not said to be the case in Griselda and the Kings relationship. ... It is unfortunate many women are still feeling insecure about themselves, as Griselda was in the Cleric's Tale. ...

• Word Count: 738
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• Grade Level: High School

Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue The Wife of Bath's Prologue can be read in two ways. Many critics view her character as one of the first feminist figures of Medieval Literature. ... She emphasizes the negative stereotypes associated with woman but hypocritically argues with her 5th husband when he reads tales of wicked wives. ...

• Word Count: 767
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School