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Summary Of The Canterbury Tales
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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories set within a
framing story of a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, the shrine of Saint
Thomas à Becket. The poet joins a band of pilgrims, vividly described in
the General Prologue, who assemble .... Middle of Term Paper
... blocks of one or more tales with links introducing and joining
stories within a block.
The tales represent nearly every variety of medieval story at its
best. The special genius of Chaucer's work, however, lies in the dramatic
interaction between the tales and the framing story. After the Knight's
courtly and philosophical romance about noble love, the Miller interrupts
with a deliciously bawdy story of seduction aimed at the Reeve (an
officer or steward of a manor); the Reeve takes revenge with a tale about
the seduction of a miller's wife and daughter. Thus, the tales develop the
personalities, quarrels, and diverse opinions of t ... |
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