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__//The Canterbury Tales// __ ====== ​ Geoffrey Chaucer was born 1343.His actual birthday is unknown. he was an author, poet, philospher, courtier, and a diplomat. His writinh started from a French influence in the 1360's. in 1374 he became a government official at the port of london, holding the post of comptroller of the customs and tanned hides. he was also charged with rape, but his guiilt or innocence has never been derermined. His first narrative poem, //The Book of the Duchess//, was probably written shortly after the death of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, first wife of John Gaunt, in September 1369. It was based largely on French sources, particularly the Toman de la Rose and several works of Guillaume de Machaut. His next important work, //The House of Fame//, was written between 1374 and 1385, and draw on the works of Ovid, Vergil, and Dante. Soon afterward Chaucer translated the //Consolation of Philosophy// by Boethius, and wrote the poem //Parliament of Birds//.

And we been pilgrymes, passing to and fro. Deet is an ende of every worldly soore."**
 * "This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo,

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Poem by Geoffrey Chaucer: "And she was fayr as is the rose in May.""Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.""First he wrought, and afterward he taught.""He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght.""Love is blind.""Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.""People can die of mere imagination.""The bisy larke, messager of day.""The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.""The guilty think all talk is of themselves.""There's never a new fashion but it's old.""Time and tide wait for no man.""We know little of the things for which we pray."

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Geoffrey Chaucer Quote: For him was lever han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre.

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The Prologue:

Squire

The squire is repeatedly described as a lusty bachelor and has trouble competing the tale he begins. He is only twenty years old and does not possess the same vigor as his father. His incomplete tale is about gifts brought to court by a mysterious knight of Tartary.

 Yeoman

Satan, the devil, says that he is a yeoman initially upon meeting the summoner. Satan and the summoner travel together, conniving different people, and eventually wind up in hell together.

Sergeant at the Law

The Man of Law appears to be much busier than he is in reality and claims to hold much respect. He is educated and holds to the letter of the law. His lengthy tale is of the young Roman Catholic, Constance, who endures years of pain and familial loss, but always remains true to her faith. She is a true Christian through her many exploits. The Pardoner's Tale:

The three Rioters



These are the three protagonists of the Pardoner’s Tale. All three indulge in and represent the vices against which the Pardoner has railed in his Prologue: Gluttony, Drunkeness, Gambling, and Swearing. These traits define the three and eventually lead to their downfall. The Rioters at first appear like personified vices, but it is their belief that a personified concept—in this case, Death—is a real person that becomes the root cause of their undoing.

__My Peom:__

Why couldnt you be a mother Now its me, grandmom and my brother I wish that we were close to eachother But I see you couldnt be the average mother I am so different from you In everything that I do I'm happy that I am better I'm such a go getter(getta) I'm about to graduate what an accomplishment ANd I've done without that mother/daughter relationship By you not being there it made me stronger through the years And because of that I've shed so many tears I thank you for helping me become the person I am today And I really have nothing else to say

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