FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Love is a thing as any spirit free.” “the guilty think all talk is of themselves.” “. . . if gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust. . . .” “Youth may outrun the old, but not outwit.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The Canterbury Tales Quotes “The First Great Cause and Mover of all above When first He made that fairest chain of love, Great was the consequence and high the intent.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Yes. Student writers should place the titles of individual tales in quotation marks. This follows from the MLA Handbook’s general guideline for the styling of titles: “A title is placed in quotation marks if the source is part of a larger work” (25): “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” appears in The Canterbury Tales.
Detailed explanation-4: -Social Class. One present theme throughout The Canterbury Tales is the importance of social status during Chaucer’s time. For example, the Prioress and the Parson are opposite characters in their regard for social status. The Parson is more concerned with his religious devotion than his class.