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. ... Because the narrator writes down his impressions of the pilgrims from memory, whom he does and does not like, and what he chooses and chooses not to remember about the characters, tells us as much about the narrator's own prejudice as it does about the characters themselves. ... The Miller's tale is a short sometime...

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In Canterbury Tales, Chaucer includes and exploits individuals from all walks of medieval society. He uses irony and satire in varying types of narratives to reveal the problematic components of virtually each pilgrim. Unfortunately Chaucer delegated only two of his tales to be told by women, the tales of the Wife of Bath and the Prioress. ... The Prioress is one of the most fully described pilgrims, and it is with her that we first notice the narrator's refusal to judge the value of what he sees. ... Two female characters in Canterbury Tales are not quite typical of their class and...

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In Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval poem, The Canterbury Tales, the knight is the first pilgrim described in the General Prologue and the first to proclaim his tale. ... Every pilgrim was honored to be in the presence of the knight, for they valued so much his humble and wise example. ... The knight's portrait "contrasts to the other pilgrims, as his focus was on morality, rather than physical appearance (Rossignol198)." ... As "various as they are, the tales often suit their teller; although this aptness need not be dramatized physiologically. Sometime the match of the tale and their te...

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It is in the way Chaucer presents these tales, as well as through the tales not cited, that the reader can gain an understanding about love and the correctness of its vast gaze, according to Chaucer. ... However, it is the underlying cry for social change that is deeply imbedded in his writing, namely The Canterbury Tales, that is his most admirable accomplishment. ... (Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales; 135-143.) ... Chaucer certainly understood this point and illustrated it through many of the other pilgrims' tales. ... Although ...

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