Category: Geoffrey Chaucer

Table of contents Introduction Discussion Chaucer’s Contemporary Writers’ Contribution in English Literature Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The name ‘Chaucer’ is closely related to English literature. If one considers English Literature as the body, then Chaucer is the soul without whom English literature would be a corpse. Chaucer’s literary career only has fifty years but these…

Chaucer’s Tales of Canterbury has proven to be a loved book in , while in the early 1400’s the tales only existed as a manuscript they were later subjected to printing and redistribution in the 1500’s as they rose in popularity. Here, the manufacturing of 1400’s and woodblock printing will be discussed in relation to…

Written by Chaucer in the 14th century, The Canterbury Tales is an incredibly cogent piece that analyzes Middle Age English society. From the hypocritical to the horrifying, the tales are told by Chaucer himself, as well as several exaggerated character. One notable aspect of The Canterbury Tale is how humorous it can be. The deeply…

Geoffrey Chaucer is known by name and his fame to the world as the greatest soul and was regarded as the father of English Literature; he became outstanding of the antique period. Chaucer was born in circa 1340 in London to father John Chaucer and mother Agnes sCopton. He was a famed writer, bureaucrat, noblewoman`s…

The Canterbury Tales were Chaucer’s way of showing what he saw during his lifetime. The middle ages were a terrifying time in history and the tales show a bit of an understanding of the times. Hypocrisy is a common theme in the Canterbury tales and more specifically in the religious figures of the Canterbury tales…

One of the finest examples of medieval humor is deployed in “The Reeve’s Tale,” part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. “The Reeve’s Tale” excellently displays the bawdy sexual humor that was popular in medieval culture and featured in other works of the period, such as Boccacio’s The Decameron, which might’ve had an influence…

The pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales exhibit human characteristics ranging from righteousness to corruption. Two of the pilgrims, the Clerk and Frere (Friar) demonstrate traits on opposite ends of the spectrum of human nature. The Clerk, wishing to educate himself and others, strove to reach a higher understanding of philosophy. The Friar used his…

In the varied group of pilgrims assembled by Chaucer, the Wife of Bath most simply represents a woman of the time. Unlike the Prioress and her nun companion, who are the only other women on the pilgrimage and who represent other things, her sole purpose is to just be a woman. Chaucer says of her,…

In today’s day and age, topics such as rape, revenge, and the Church critique are viewed scandalously and shockingly. As for Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales these matters are apparent and acknowledged. In the novel, some tales address and illustrate these vulgar subjects and how different it was hundreds of years ago. Chaucer applies uncensored…

In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer documented the social and political climate of fourteenth-century England. Using stock characters, these tales show just how turbulent this era in history was. During the 1340s, the bubonic plague decimated England’s population. During medieval times and in Canterbury tales, the social classes are royalty, nobility, clergy, merchants, and skilled artisans,…