Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately 1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories apparently told by various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England. Beside the actual tales, however, Chaucer offers the reader a glimpse of fourteenth century life by way of what he refers to as a General Prologue. In this prologue, Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are involved in this imaginary journey and who will tell the tales. ...

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It is the "Fairy Tale" Romance Courtly love is a fairy tale idea displayed during the medieval times. ... The movie, "The Knight's Tale" is a strong example of courtly love. ... "The Knight's Tale" also displays courtly love because the lady is of higher social status than the knight is. ... In Geoffrey Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales the "Wife of Bath's" tale exhibits courtly love in more of a female's perspective. ... Every lady dreams of this fairy tale love that makes her sigh. ...

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In reading Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," I found that of the Wife of Bath, including her prologue, to be the most thought-provoking. The pilgrim who narrates this tale, Alison, is a gap-toothed, partially deaf seamstress and widow who has been married five times. ... The tale Bath's Wife weaves exposes that Chaucer was aware of both forms of the medieval soldier. ... The tale itself raises another religious discussion of the time: Who should have the upper hand within a marriage? ... "Literal and Symbolic in The Canterbury Tales." ...

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One example of this is "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The culture presented in the "Canterbury Tales" differs from that presented in "Beowulf" because society has become more humanistic. ... For example, the characters in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" call to our attention the fact that something has changed. ...

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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. The Knight's Tale exquisitely contains enriching language, beautiful imagery, and a "wealth of description of characterization (Fowler14)." ... The Knight's Tale tells of two noble cousins that fall deeply in love with the same woman and deeply in hatred of each other. ... As "various as they are, the tales often suit their teller; although this aptness need not be dramatized physiologically. Sometime the match of the ta...

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Although the stories in the Canterbury tales are fictional, they represent many social issues and provide an intimate view of life in Medieval Europe. ... Throughout the Wife of Bath's Tale and Prologue we as readers acknowledge the fact that this character Chaucer has created is not like the average woman of her time. ... The Wife of Bath opens this passage with "Now, sire, now wol I telle forth my tale" She is introducing her tale in a classic story-telling manner. ... We can assume that due to her negative attitude towards men, her tale is not aimed at an audience of the opposite sex b...

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