One of the few works of the English Middle Ages written by Chaucer that is still being published today is The Canterbury Tales (classicnotes. ... The Canterbury Tales is said to have presented Chaucer at his best (Hooper XI). Chaucer never finished The Canterbury Tales as he had originally planned. ... The Canterbury Tales is a collection of a variety of stories told by traveling pilgrims from all classes of society while on their way to visit the shrine of St. ... This unique col- lection of stories is what makes Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales one of the land- ma...

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Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately 1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England. ... In this prologue, Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are involved in this imaginary journey and who will tell the tales. ... "The Knight's Tale" is one of chivalry and upstanding moral behavior. ... Even the structure of the tale obeys the structure and hierarchy within society. The Knight's Tale adheres to traditional values of honor in w...

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Using that definition, I think that all the Pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales have some sort of satire in them to some extent. ... It's this voice that puts the satire in Canterbury Tales. Satire is used very well and effectively through out Canterbury Tales. ...

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The Knight The pilgrim I found to be most interesting in The Canterbury Tales was the Knight. ... The Knight shows up in four parts of The Canterbury Tales, and every time he is mentioned it reveals more about what he is like as a person. ... The Knight's tale is also a love story. His tale establishes rules of honor and chivalric conduct . ... The other pilgrims in The Canterbury tales respected and admired the Knight's commitment to modeling his life with the qualities of truth, honor, freedom, and courtesy....

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Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of "The Canterbury Tales," presents six components of chivalry in 'The Knight's Tale"." ... In the beginning of the tale, Chaucer introduces Theseus as a conqueror. ... By fulfilling the promise, Theseus represents chivalry in the tale. ... After all, Chaucer tries to show six different components of chivalry throughout the tale. ...

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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. ... One of the main ironies in The Canterbury Tales is how most of the people from the church are dishonest and unfair. ...

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This is exactly the premise of the quarrel between the Miller and the Knight in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. ... The two narrators of the tales, the Knight and the Miller, are strongly contrasted in their introduction. ... His character is exaggerated even further when the narrator says, "He had never spoken ignobly all his days/To any man by even a rude inflection."" (55) Using that sort of superior tone, the narrator tries to show the Knight's belief that he is also superior to the rest of the travelers on the pilgrimage to Canterbury. ... After the Knight finishes ...

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There also is a concealed or disguised identity in many of the tales written of this time period. ... "Bisclavret," by Marie de France was one such tale. ... In this tale, they both started out as fellow knights. ... "The Canterbury Tales" were written in 1380s-90s. ... This is crucial because it is the reason for the entire tale. ...

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