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The Canterbury Tales - Coggle Diagram
The Canterbury Tales
Plot
Tabard Inn
2+2 each
Pilgrimage
Shrine of Thomas Becket
Frame narrative
24 tales
strong moralising tone
General Prologue
Style
Narrative poem
Heroic rhyming couplets
(AABBCC)
Iambic pentameter
two feet of 2 syllabes
Character
Clergy, irony due to corruption
Middle class (merchants)
Knight
30 pilgrims
layers of society
Themes
Holy destination
Allegory of the journey of life
Characterisation
Move and react, not static
Satire, exaggeration
Realism
Profession or role
Women
Respect
New importance