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Monday, September 22, 2014

Canterbury Tales (I)

I want to see all characters because seeing a single character, a protagonist in action, is the usual person defining the plot. In Canterbury Tales, more characters make a pilgrimage interesting. Its a tale told in many stories, stories are told more in different directions, different backgrounds, different lifestyles, etc. I'm just wondering where these characters are going to meet up at. Maybe at the holy site or a church or a really big cafe? How will they be going about doing so in their meetings? I'm particularly fond of the squire because Canterbury Tales describes the fellow as an ambitious one, trying to match his father's honor and fighting skills

Techniques:

  • Rhyming every two lines
  • No broken stanzas
  • First person view, Chaucer overseeing people go by and he travels
  • Notations of the littlest things possible (i.e. the nun and the squire)

Some notes:
  • Typical character based that you would see from medieval times
  •  The Prologue features a lot of characters; so many to keep up with
  • It's going to be a long set of lines describing people's lives and how they go about finding their place in the pilgrimage to Canterbury.

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