CANTERBURY TALES (I)
This post will simply include any observations or things that I feel should be addressed from the prologue of "CANTERBURY TALES" by Chaucer.
Observations and Notes:
The first part of the prologue focuses on the idea of the pilgrimage. Chaucer is basically setting up his stage and setting for the true interesting tales to begin. I really feel that Chaucer's outline for the tales is written out on lines 36-40 "Before my story takes a further pace, It seems a reasonable thing to say What their condition was, the full array Of each of them, as it appeared to me According to profession and degree..."
Like we discussed in class many of the characters represent both reality and satire. Chaucer notes that the Knight (and his son perhaps) is a very distinguished and honorable man, like we would expect but he also mentions that the son especially is a lover and goes on the occasional "conquest".
Other characters both represent the reality and satire of medieval life. The nun and the friar, despite being people of God and are rich, vain, and proud. Another satire is the cook, who despite being a good cook has ulcers and is completely unsanitary. While the Miller, despite being a strong and potentially hard worker cheats people out of their money.
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