A story (or several stories) within an outer story Frame Story where the pilgrims are staying overnight before they begin their journey The Tabard Inn The narrator describes the pilgrims, revealing their personalities through: - direct and indirect characterization realism a story that includes any number of different narratives. How many tales does the innkeeper suggest each character tell? 4 (two on the way there and two on the way back) The variety of different characters and their personalities is another example of the _ with which Chaucer wrote. To gain the healing touch supposedly found in the relics of saints. Saint Thomas a Becket People decided to go on pilgramiges for three possible reasons: - To improve their chances of salvation. Four of the king's knights murdered him at the altar of the cathedral.
Laing Purves (1838-1873) “for popular perusal” and the language is mostly updated.In December of 1170, King Henry II became angry when he heard that _ had excommunicated bishops who supported Henry's position concerning the rights of the state to try clergy accused of crimes. The characters, introduced in the General Prologue of the book, tell tales of great cultural relevance. The genres also vary, and include romance, Breton lai, sermon, beast fable, and fabliau. The themes of the tales vary, and include topics such as courtly love, treachery, and avarice. The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a group of pilgrims on their way from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). Download cover art Download CD case insert The Canterbury Tales
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