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. ... Even during the journey to Canterbury, at a time when all the others were telling tales of how to live well and treat others fairly, the Pardoner was still trying to sell his indulgences, which showed how he had learned nothing from his fellow companions. ... The Pardoner is clearly a complex man as revealed in the prologue to his tale. ... The Wife of Bath begins her tale with a prologue that lasts longer than the s...

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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. ... In the general prologue, it is the narrator Chaucer who introduces the pilgrims and tells about what they are going to do. ... At the end of the prologue it is Chaucer the author who makes his presence. ... She gets her income for a good amount from her first three husbands what she invested in textile. ... Her point of the tale is that if a wife dominates her man it is better for both The Franklin's tale is about generosity. ...

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In the satirical comedy The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer introduces Dame Alice (whom is known as "The Wife of Bath") as an obstinate, energetic and opinionated woman. ... Throughout her prologue she is depicted as a determined feminist who continuously argues against the belittling of women and forbidden female sexuality. Chauffer uses her tale to add humor to his works because a feminist of her kind at that period time was highly unlikely. The theme of her tale is not female equality in marriage, but instead the power struggles between husband and wife. ... When she was revived from her concussi...

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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. ... 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. ... She tells a story from a distant time, when King Arthur ruled the nation. ... The knight comes across as a mindless fellow who has no respect for other people, which is entirely opposite from the description of the knight in the P...

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(Based on The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.) In the beginning of the Wife of Bath's Prologue, she expresses that marriage, based on all of her experience, is a misery and a woe. ... She benefited from their wealth and property when they died, but she did not seem to truly love any of them. ...

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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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• Grade Level: High School