FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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pingrimage
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Thomas Becket’s shrine
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storytelling contest
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Canterbury Tales are about a tale-telling competition in which pilgrims engage on their way to Canterbury. This competition is supposed to be friendly, but it becomes the opposite of that when some of the professional competition between the pilgrims overshadows the tale-telling one.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why do the characters tell stories in The Canterbury Tales? The characters in The Canterbury Tales tell stories to pass time on their pilgrimage to Canterbury and to compete for a free supper.
Detailed explanation-3: -The tales could be described both as social realism and as estates satire. At the same time that Chaucer takes care to honestly show the perspective of each of his characters, he also aims to critique the hypocrisy of the church and the social problems posed by Medieval politics and social custom.