1. Social Structures in Middle English Literature
Even though Chaucer used the Anglo-Saxon 14th-century dialect, the words he chooses to use for the different travelers stories tells much about their social station. ... He states, "my heart was never so heavy as it is now for my good knight's loss than for the loss of my fair queen" (Greenblatt, 2012, p.494). ... Each story has its own unique format, "The Canterbury Tales" being several stories in one as told from the perspective of different characters. ... Life for those under the feudal system was challenging, with peasants doing the brunt of the work and having a short...
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- Grade Level: High School