Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is about an unrelated group of twenty-nine pilgrims traveling together on a pilgrimage. One of the major aspects of the journey is the unique diversity of the characters. There are knights, nuns, monks, lower-class tradesmen and single women. The most important characters are the nuns, monks, and the lower-class tradesmen because they are compared and contrast to each other in this essay. The ecclesiastic class verses the mercantile class.
In the ecclesiastic class, there are the Prioress, Monk, Friar, Oxford Cleric, Summoner, and the Parson. The Prioress' name is Madame Englantyne, and she is the most delicate and sensitive woman in the world. She used to weep if she saw a mouse caught in a trap, if it was dead or bleeding. She had little dogs she would be feeding with roasted flesh, or milk, and fine white bread and would cry if someone hit them with a stick. She speaks French, but not that well...