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. ... His original idea was to have each pilgrim tell four tales, but he ended up not even completing one tale for each pilgrim (classicnotes.com). 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. ... He played the bagpipes as the pilgrims left town. ...

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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. ... The Knight is one of the pilgrims that Chaucer used more subtle satire with in the Prologue. ... 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 was one of the few pilgrims depicted as entirely good and honorable. ... 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. ... All of the pilgrims, except the Knight, began their tale with a prologue which tells about themselves. ... 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 c...

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