Geoffrey Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales, is known to be a critique of the Medieval Church. In the General Prologue, Chaucer introduces the characters that are participating in the "Canterbury Tales.... Chaucer's description of the Monk in The Canterbury Tales is the complete opposite. ... Chaucer creates himself as a character in The Canterbury Tales. ... In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer is pointing that out. ...

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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...

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In this essay I will be examining the Wife of Baths Prologue and Tale and also the Knights Tale. ... As it has been said that "the conception of The Canterbury Tales involved an inherent conflict, between the pilgrimage, with its goal the martyr's shrine in the cathedral at Canterbury, and the game of storytelling, with its purpose of entertaining the pilgrims throughout their journey"2. ... His tale is also a romance but very different in style to the of the wives tale. ... In contrast to Boccacios story Chaucer's narration works to distance us from the characters and from the...

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