The Canterbury Tales Group

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ayham
ayham
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College - Senior

In "The Canterbury Tales", why it is important to mention nobility or the estate in medieval literature?

we have differant kind of people in canterbuery tales .why?

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Posted by ayham on Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 1:04 PM and tagged with estate, literature, medieval, nobility.

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  1. herappleness
    herappleness Teacher
    Graduate School

    eNotes Editor

    This story represents different genres: It is a fibulae, a states comedy, a compilation of stories, a main story.  The theme surrounds a group of pilgrims going towards Canterbury. These are two reasons why it is important to mix the different views of life, religion, society, culture, sex and gender, social status, within the same topic. Chaucer does it brilliantly because none of his characters is more important than the other, and each story is equally valued. As a parody, it would not be as rich and complex with homogeneity. Diversity is what makes it spark

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    Posted by herappleness on Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 3:29 PM