1. Comparison of 3 Characters in the Canterbury Tales
... XII). His original idea was to have each pilgrim tell four tales, but he ended up not even completing one tale for each pilgrim (classicnotes.com). The Canterbury Tales is a collection of a variety of stories told by traveling pilgrims from all classes of society while on their way to visit ... tale because it was unfavorable to the Reeve's profession, carpentry (Glencoe 73). He vowed to repay the Miller's tale with a tale of his own (classicnotes.com). The Reeve's tale is a vulgar comic tale intended to humiliate the Miller. Symkyn, the central character of the tale, is meant to represe...
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