... people, the reality is that Chaucer was a middle class man. Therefore he used his life experiences and the beauty of his words to skillfully make his characters come to life. In the "General Prologue" of the Canterbury Tales, the Prioress, Monk, and Friar are specifically used to represent the clergy of Chaucer's time. Each character had defied the church; they differ only at ... the level of their defiance. Chaucer utilized these characters and their portraits to prove that rebellion existed on many levels, including commoners and shockingly members of the ... a genuine Christian man ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... members of modern society are much the same today as they were in Chaucer's time. Therefore, since one learns from his mistakes, studying The Canterbury Tales should provide positive change. Three of the wayward characteristics shown in The Canterbury Tales are: sexual immorality (the Friar), gluttony (the Prioress), and lastly there is hypocrisy (the Yeoman.) The Friar in Chaucer's story is a womanizer. Even though ... the case. They even cheat on their wives, like the Friar cheats on God, just because they can. If these men were handed Chaucer's beginning pages, where he describes his...

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... , thy works how marvelous are given as gifts through Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. For not alone thy praise so glorious is given by several characters traveling to the Cathedral at Canterbury. Wherefore in praise, as best he can or may, Chaucer tries to tell over one-hundred of these tales. O Mother-Maid! O Maiden-Mother free! Chaucer's bush has burnt and he has died ... before finishing twenty-four tales. His virtue, which was thy soul's delight, conceived in Thee ... still exist today so a modern day pilgrim would have to be a nun such a Mother Teresa. She, however, has fo...

• Word Count: 1006
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• Grade Level: High School