- written documents were rare
- most people were illiterate
- characterized many cities, castles, long days
- Latin- the unifying language at the time
- a series of stories that make up a larger story
- about a pilgrimage to Canterbury
- each story is told through a different characters perspective
- characters vary from all social statuses (aristocracy to peasants)
- tales filled with contradicting personalities with roles in the society
- his son was very much like him
- the Knight- honorable and heroic
- the monk was ironically fat (supposed to live in poverty)
- the merchant was knowledgeable but in debt; portrayed as a very honorable man
- the cook- arrogant, pompous, selfish man
- the lower class- mostly described with indirect characterization.
- the doctor- knowledgeable but in it for the money; wasn't religious as the bible frowned upon science
- these stories told the irony in society in the way that societies expectations were lived down through the dark side of human nature
- very complex characters throughout
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Canterbury Tales 1
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