Chaucer. “The Canterbury Tales” ranks one of the best poetic works in English literature. It depicts the stories of some thirty pilgrims who are going on a spring day in April to the shrine of the martyr, St, Thomas Becket. Chaucer was so amused by their stories. Those 30 pilgrims were a prioress, a Knight, a monk, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and a widow. In the general prologue, there are some 24 short stories which depicts as the incomplete work of Chaucer. The tales are diverse in different
Nhattien Nguyen Ms. Haggerty Senior English 9 April 2015 Moral Analysis of the Canterbury Tales Temptation is an invisible hand that guides humanity towards its own demise. It lures people in by disguising its fangs and claws as their wants and needs. Many religions urged its followers to resist their temptations because they drive them to act uncontrollably and harm others. In the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, three lovers chase after one girl they use evil tricks on each other
Lili Kleinberg The Miller’s Tale Absalon (wishes he) Got Screwed The Miller’s tale is a humorous story of jealousy, desire, wit, and sex. Chaucer does a brilliant job of satirizing the popular “courtly love” trope of his time. The classic love story would begin with secret admirations from afar, stealing glances here and there at the object of their affections. The man would then begin to woo, using song, poetry, or art in order to win the love of their heart’s desire. The maiden would politely
influence. Dante, whose “realism and tangibility of the world” and Chaucer’s satirical edge in telling of corruption stimulate the reader’s senses and imagery (Puchner 1051). Needless to say both of their works, specifically the Inferno and Canterbury Tales, have effected and will still continue to motivate