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. ... There are some connections between the beliefs and attitudes of each pilgrim and the tale he or she tells. In the Pardoner's tale The hypocrisy he has described in his Prologue becomes evident in his tale, as all the corruption he lists in his criticisms at the beginning "gluttony, drunkenness, gambling, and swearing "are faults that he himself has either displayed to the other pilgrims or proudly clai...

• Word Count: 1605
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales there are an abundance of themes, one of the more evident being marriage. In these tales the views of marriage vary. Each tale offers a different view of marriage; the views are illustrated by the characters in each pilgrim's tale. The tales regarding marriage address the infamous "Marriage Debate" in which each pilgrim gives their say on how marriage should be. ... The Franklin tells an dyllic tale ...

• Word Count: 484
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Often times these tales poked fun and ridiculed another pilgrim's character. ... In the Prologue, the narrator offers a description of each character that is embarking on the pilgrimage to Canterbury. ... The Knight is frequently named as one of the "ideal" pilgrims on the journey to Canterbury. The Wife of Bath is perhaps the most fully realized character in the Canterbury Tales. ...

• Word Count: 899
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Today most feminists commonly depict the Wife of Bath from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, as the ideal model for the feminist literary figure. ... In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses a style of writing that tends to make fun of and point out the inner controversy of each pilgrim. ... (69) In The Wife of Bath's Tale itself Chaucer continues to make fun of women with the question "what it is most desire". ... I nil leve no tales: I knowe you for a trewe wif, dame Alis." ... My answer would be most probably, based mainly on the fact that Chaucer wrote from within a m...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School