the canterbury tales by geoffrey chaucer

He agrees to travel on the pilgrimage, promising to judge the tales, and disputes between the pilgrims. Owner of the Tabard Inn, where the pilgrimage starts. Pilgrims and other travelers RoleĪlthough he writes all of the tales, Chaucer describes himself telling two tales as one of the pilgrims. The pilgrims fall into various groups, the religious group and the military group for example.Īlso there are important pairs, including the tale pairs - which pair are supposed to be telling their tales on the same night. In addition, they can be considered as characters of the framing narrative the Host, who travels with the pilgrims, the Canon, and the fictive Geoffrey Chaucer, the teller of the tale of Sir Thopas (who might be considered distinct from the Chaucerian narrator, who is in turn somewhat divorced from Chaucer the author). The Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the main characters in the framing narrative of the book. Three pilgrims who are women are actually given voice in the Tales: the Wife of Bath, the Prioress, and the Second Nun at a time when women were still expected largely to be silent.

The Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the main characters in the framing narrative of the book. Geoffrey Chaucer’s stories of human experience in the Canterbury Tales are often used as evidence that Chaucer was a sort of proto-feminist.

The canterbury tales by geoffrey chaucer