In reading Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," I found that of the Wife of Bath, including her prologue, to be the most thought-provoking. The pilgrim who narrates this tale, Alison, is a gap-toothed, partially deaf seamstress and widow who has been married five times. ... The tale Bath's Wife weaves exposes that Chaucer was aware of both forms of the medieval soldier. ... Looking past my personal views which lead me to judge her by current standards, it can be said that despite her personal flaws, Alison's tale is the most original of all the pilgrims' accoun...

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He began work on The Canterbury Tales about 1387. He intended for each of his thirty pilgrims to tell four tales, two while traveling to Canterbury and two while traveling from Canterbury. However, only twenty-three pilgrims received a story before Chaucer's death in 1400. ... He is most famous for Canterbury Tales, which still ranks as one of the greatest works of world literature. ... Scholars feel The Canterbury Tales continue to be successful because of their accurate and vivid portrayal of human nature, which has not changed much for 600 years since Chaucer's time. ...

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• Grade Level: High School