Monster Essays - Canterbury Tales - The Knight
Canterbury Tales - The Knight
Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately
1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by
various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury
Cathedral from London, England. Prior to the actual tales, however,
Chaucer offers the reader a glimpse of fourteenth century life by way
of what he refers to as a General Prologue. In this prologue, Chaucer
introduces all of the characters who are involved in this imaginary
journey and who will tell the tales. Among the characters included in
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