The Canterbury Tales is a book of stories told by a group of pilgrims as a storytelling contest. The story takes place at an inn where all the pilgrims meet. The pilgrims are met by a gentleman name Harry Bailey. Bailey thought it would be entertaining to challenge the pilgrims to a contest. Bailey suggested that the pilgrim travel together and during their travel each pilgrim tell four stories, two stories on the way to Canterbury and two stories on the way back from Canterbury. Whoever told the best story would win a feast. This paper will compare two characters from the Canterbury Tales and their stories. It will analyze the character’s class (upper, middle, low), profession (pray, work or fight), relationship to God and the Church, and their moral character (moral or immoral) and how the historical and cultural context influences the development of each of the characters.
The Prioress who name is Madame Eglentyne. Madame Eglentyne is distinguished as being altruistic, sensitive, and modest person. Her mannerism is depicted pleasant, sophisticated and …show more content…
His presence is that he is burly, loud, and unattractive. The Miller was second to tell his story. The Miller’s story deals with adultery and is about a carpenter, his wife, and two students. The young student fools the carpenter of a young woman so that the student can act on their lust for each other. The Miller is a worker who operates as equipment to make flour. He represents the lower class in medieval England. The Miller is not connected to God or the church; however, his stories had some indecent religious allegory. The genitals, John hang from his roof; the fart of thunder and cry of water that could symbolize Noah's flood; and the way in which Nicholas' God-role and John's fall play on the Fall of Man. The Miller, who is considered as negative because his stories are all about sinful and dishonest topic, is viewed as
The Prioress who name is Madame Eglentyne. Madame Eglentyne is distinguished as being altruistic, sensitive, and modest person. Her mannerism is depicted pleasant, sophisticated and …show more content…
His presence is that he is burly, loud, and unattractive. The Miller was second to tell his story. The Miller’s story deals with adultery and is about a carpenter, his wife, and two students. The young student fools the carpenter of a young woman so that the student can act on their lust for each other. The Miller is a worker who operates as equipment to make flour. He represents the lower class in medieval England. The Miller is not connected to God or the church; however, his stories had some indecent religious allegory. The genitals, John hang from his roof; the fart of thunder and cry of water that could symbolize Noah's flood; and the way in which Nicholas' God-role and John's fall play on the Fall of Man. The Miller, who is considered as negative because his stories are all about sinful and dishonest topic, is viewed as