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What is an example of the blending of humour and irony In General Prologue to "The Canterbury Tales"?
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Probably one of the best examples of irony in the General Prologue is in the description of most of the members of the clery, Parson excepted. Particularly look at the description of the...
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Just to continue the above answer and offer you another example of irony and humor in Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the doctor is also presented with irony. The...
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