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In Chaucer’s day women were thought of in lesser regard than men. Their positions in the community were less noble and often displeasing. The , written by Chaucer, is about a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Along with the narrator (Chaucer), there ar ....

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... portrays how women easily lead men to their downfall. This is most evident in the tales told by the Knight, the Miller, the Franklin, and the Nun’s Priest. In the Knight’s Tale, two cousins fall for the fair Emelye. They are both in love with her after glancing at her from a prison tower. Not only has Emelye’s beauty made Arcite and Palamon love her, but it has made them become hostile towards each other. "We strive as did the houndes for the boon: - they fought all day, and yet, hir part was noon; there came a kite, while that they were so wrothe that bare away the bone bitwix hem bothe. And therefore, at the kings court, my brot ...