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THE CANTERBURY TALES - Coggle Diagram
THE CANTERBURY TALES
STRUCTURE AND STYLE
LONG NARRATIVE POEM USED RHYMING COUPLETS MADE UP OF LAMBIC PENTAMETERS, TEN SYLLABAL LINES ALTERNATING UNSTRESSED AND STRESSED SYLLABLES.
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THE WORK CONSISTS OF A GENERAL PROLOGUE AND 24 TALES PRECEDED BY A PROLOGUE WHICH INTRODUCES THEIR THEME AND ARE SOMETIMES FOLLWED BY AN EPILOGUE
SETTING
THE POINT OF THE DEPARTURE : LONDON IS VERY HUMAN AND LINKED TO WORLDLY PLEASURE WHILE CANTERBURY IS HOLY
THE SYMBOL OF THE CELESTIAL CITY, THE END OF LIFE AND THE JOURNEY OF THE PILGRIMS BECOMES AN ALLEGORY OF THE COURSE OF HUMAN LIFE
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CHARACTERS
CHAUCER WANTED TO GIVE A PORTRAIT OF ENGLISH SOCIETY INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVE OF FEUDAL SOCIETY, MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY AND THE MIDDLE CLASSES
CHAUCER MIXED FEMALE AND MALE CHARACTERS TO UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANCE THAT WOMEN WERE ASSUMING WITHIN THE GROWING MIDDLE CLASSES
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