FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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‘The Canterbury tales’ represents a vivid portrait of English medieval society, offering a view of the various social levels of the time. Chaucer’s aim was to satirise the members of his society. The characters are fictious, but they draw inspiration from real life, his tales show how medieval society is no longer rigid, but is being inverted and subverted by new emerging trends. This is shown by the fact that among the group of pilgrims Chaucer includes many figures who do not fit into one of the levels of the medieval hierarchy, but have a position of power within their community .
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The aim was to represent pilgrimage, as a life changing experience, it is a key metaphor for life from the religious sphere:human beings are all pilgrims on the way to the heaven, so it is also a true description of human existence.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chaucer’s aim was to satirise the members of his society. The characters are fictious, but they draw inspiration from real life, his tales show how medieval society is no longer rigid, but is being inverted and subverted by new emerging trends.
Detailed explanation-2: -Since all the tales end with some sort of moral or lesson, many people take The Canterbury Tales for simple children’s fables. However, Chaucer’s main purpose for the tales is to portray the existence of morality and the lack thereof in his time.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in vernacular, Middle English, because that was the type of English spoken by the English people at the time. Since many works were written in French and Latin, there was a dearth of works in English.
Detailed explanation-4: -Written in Middle English, the story follows a group of pilgrims who are travelling the long journey from London to Canterbury Cathedral.
Detailed explanation-5: -Though narrated by different pilgrims, each of the tales is told from an omniscient third-person point of view, providing the reader with the thoughts as well as actions of the characters.