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    Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

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    Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a collection of several tales that are all told by different characters and all convey different messages. The story presented in the general prologue is that a group of pilgrims is traveling to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket, and during their journey they take turns telling tales and talking about themselves. Chaucer uses the pilgrims to express his beliefs, about religion, marriage, social class, and many other topics. One of the pilgrims is the Manciple

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    and weaknesses are subject to scrutiny by reflection into the animal kingdom. The Manciple’s Tale within Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales depicts the discourse between hierarchical classes in relationship with ideals and societal expectations regarding agency within the class system implying that humans are the monsters because of their heinous actions toward one another. The class system is stratified within the tale through careful depictions of Phoebus, his wife, and the crow—they serve to illustrate

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    The Shipman’s Tale exhibited a positive viewpoint through the Marxist lens, but it is not the only instance of a positive viewpoint in The Canterbury Tales. In addition to The Shipman’s Tale, The Reeve’s Tale, of The Canterbury Tales, through the Marxist lens displays a positive perspective when the miller is defeated by the students. The favorite in this scenario is the

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    the text. One story written back then was The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, it’s about a group of people on a journey to Canterbury and along the way each character tells a story, each with its own moral. Although these tales were written back in the 14th Century, many of its morals still hold up to this day, specifically the “Pardoner’s Tale”, the “Nun’s Priest’s Tale”, and the “Manciple's Tale”. The moral of the “Pardoner’s Tale” was that money and greed is

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    Women in the Merchant's Tale and the Manciple's Tale       The Wife of Bath's extraordinary prologue gives the reader a dose of what is sometimes missing in early male-written literature: glimpses of female subjectivity. Women in medieval literature are often silent and passive, to the extent that cuckolding is often seen as something one man (the adulterer) does to another (the husband). Eve Sedgwick argues in Between Men that in many literary representations, women are playing pieces

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    who, in his work, The Canterbury Tales, has provided tales such as “The Parson’s Tale”, “The

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    In Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, there are various tales with the main purpose of telling a moral story and having something amusing about them. Chaucer created this work composed of many tales with perspectives of different types of people. These tales are told as the pilgrims goes on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Although out of the thirty pilgrims,“The Manciple’s Tale” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” are two well thought out and honorable tales, but “The Pardoner’s Tale” evaluates the most moral lesson

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    Priest’s Tale From the prologue of this tale, we learn that the Priest has dealt with being very low and ending up with good fortune. He is also a witty, self-effacing preacher. The nun’s priest tells the tale because the host asks if any can tell a tale that will lighten the mood and will make the company happy again. The Priest is travelling with the Prioress and her nun. He is a goodly man and a sweet priest who says that as he tells his tale that if he does not tell of a happy and humorous tale that

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    Timeless tales are treasures of our lifetime. We draw lessons from the works of literature that reflect our experiences. Through reading stories we could find connections that may or may not justify our actions. Stories that we could relate to may give us an idea on how we perceive our actions, which questions our view on morality as well. In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, there is a tale that covers how we must be careful of the things that we will say, because our words are as powerful

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    Summary and Analysis of The Parson's Tale (The Canterbury Tales) Prologue to the Parson's Tale: When the Manciple's Tale was done, it was then four o'clock. The Host claimed that only one tale remained. The Parson, however, refused to tell a foolish story, for Paul advised against telling false stories. He says that he will tell a virtuous tale in prose. The Parson's Tale: There have been many spiritual ways that have led people to Jesus Christ and to the reign of glory. The most prominent

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