gained wide popularity. However‚ greatly influenced by a large number of contributions from poets‚ playwrights‚ novelists and writers of various prose forms of the English language. CHAUCER One of the earliest people to influence the language was Geoffrey Chaucer born in 1342 who was considered a genius. His influence was considerable as he brought a tremendous variety of words in his work. He borrowed words
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clerk of the king’s works (138991). The official date of Chaucer’s death is Oct. 25‚ 1400. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0857256.html Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London‚ the son of a successful wine merchant. After probably spending many of his childhood days in London’s Vintry‚ his father did not send him to apprenticeship school‚ but
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John Gower‚ (born 1330?—died 1408‚ London?)‚ medieval English poet in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory‚ whose reputation once matched that of his contemporary and friend Geoffrey Chaucer‚ and who strongly influenced the writing of other poets of his day. After the 16th century his popularity waned‚ and interest in him did not revive until the middle of the 20th century. It is thought from Gower’s language that he was of Kentish origin‚ though his family may have come from Yorkshire
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The Pardoner’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ both are interesting story by Geoffrey Chaucer. Both tales utilizes irony to showcase problems present within the Medieval era and relate to today‚ such as rape and thievery to the lifelong lessons such as‚ Greed is the root of all evils and content featuring woman’s dominance‚ rights‚ and morality in general. In the Pardoner’s Tale‚ Chaucer writes about a man who preaches to his audience for money. The pardoner speaks of three men that lost their
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Cited: Chaucer‚ Geoffrey. "The Canterbury Tales". The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F.N. Robinson. Cambridge: Riverside Press‚ 1933. 19-314. Huppe‚ Bernard F. A Reading of the Canterbury Tales. Albany: State University of New York‚ 1964. Robertson‚ D.W. (1962). "Concepts of Pilgrimage and
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English 3318 2 December 2013 The Teller and the Tale Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a collection of tales from a pilgrimage of travelers. The Host is an innkeeper who asked of these travelers to tell stories along the way to pass the time and whoever could tell the best their meal would be taken care of. The General Prologue is a description of these travelers. The tales these pilgrims provide to the rest of the group fit with the type of person they are described as. The Knight‚ the
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Geoffrey Chaucer was a learned poet remarkably ahead of his time. In breaching the fragile boundaries of society‚ he was able to create authentic characters whose traits and appearances portrayed more of life’s aspects than ever before. From a piece of his unfinished work‚ The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue‚ he molds for the reader a figure of significant importance during an age ruled by Christianity. The religious devotion expected of a church official and temptations of a secular life meld
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Geoffrey Chaucer portrayed a cross section of medieval society though The Canterbury Tales. "The Prologue" or foreword of this work serves as an introduction to each of the thirty one characters involved in the tales. Two of these characters are the K<br>ght and the Squire‚ who share a father and son relation. These individuals depart on a religious pilgrimage to a cathedral in Canterbury. The Squire‚ opposed to the Knight‚ goes for a vacation instead of religious purposes. His intent is not as genuin<br>and
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Likhita Kalla One might define a monk as a member of a religious community of men who typically live under vows of poverty‚ chastity‚ and obedience. However‚ Geoffrey Chaucer‚ author of the unfinished masterpiece named Canterbury Tales‚ portrays a monk whose attitude‚ appearance and lifestyle contrasts greatly with the characteristics of a typical monk. Chaucer accomplishes this portrayal of a bizarre monk by incorporating the use of satire and irony in various ways throughout his narration. But
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These jokes‚ wherever they are from‚ help us understand who we are and who we want to be. It allows us to celebrate the life that we live‚ no matter how bad it can get‚ in fact making the situation humorous may even make it easier to handle. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” celebrates and satires humanity‚ especially the “everyman”‚ in his story he included to characters in particular‚ one representing the best of humanity and the other illustrating the worst. Chaucer practically idolizes
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