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Page 1: Canterbury tales

Presented by.

Hilyatus Sa’adahWahyu

Panca HGalant

Nanta ASistyono Pambudi

Page 2: Canterbury tales

Chaucer was born in the early 1340s to a fairly rich, well-to-do, though not aristocratic family.

His father, John Chaucer, was a vintner and deputy to the king's butler. Chaucer was fluent in several languages, including French, Italian, and Latin. Chaucer did not attend one of the schools on Thames Street near his boyhood

home, then he was at least well-educated at home. Certainly his work showcases a passion for reading a huge range of literature, classical and modern.

Chaucer first appears in public records in 1357 as a member of the house of Elizabeth, Countess of Ulster.

Chaucer's first published work was The Book of the Duchess, a poem of over 1,300 lines in 1370.

Geoffrey Chaucer

By 1366 Chaucer had married Philippa Pan, who had been in service with the Countess of Ulster.he had two sons and two daughters. • Thomas Chaucer died in 1400; he was a large landowner and

political officeholder, and his daughter, Alice, became Duchess of Suffolk.

• Little is known about Lewis Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer's youngest son.

• Of Chaucer's two daughters, Elizabeth became a nun, while Agnes was a lady-in-waiting for the coronation of Henry IV in 1399.

Public records indicate that Chaucer had no descendants living after the fifteenth century.

FAMILY

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General Prologue The General Prologue is the key to The Canterbury tales that

narrates about the gathering of a group of people in an inn that intend to go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury (England) next morning.

In the General Prologue, the narrator of The Canterbury Tales, who is one of the intended pilgrims, provides more or less accurate depictions of the members of the group and describes why and how The Canterbury Tales is told. If we trust the General Prologue, Chaucer determined that each pilgrim should tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two tales on the way back. The host of the inn offers to be and is appointed as judge of the tales as they are told and is supposed to determine the best hence winning tale.

As mentioned before, The Canterbury Tales was never finished.

The Knight’s Tale about two young knights that strive for Emily, who is the sister

of queen Hippolyta who is married to duke Theseus, lord and governour of Athens

discussions on love, courtly manners, brotherhood and loyalty death is the end of every worldly sore

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The Cook’s Prologue The Cook’s Tale

the Cook reflects on the Reeve's tale about an apprentice Perkin Reveller who was a

thief, a drunk and a rioter this tale is never finished

The Miller’s PrologueThe Miller’s Tale

The Miller offers to tell the next tale and is convinced that he will beat the Knight

about a carpenterThe Reeve, who is a carpenter by trade, urges the

Miller not to make jokes about carpentersthe language is rude about an old carpenter who has a young wife and

is duped by the suitor of his wife, the suitor is eventually duped by another suitor

The Reeve’s PrologueThe Reeve’s Tale

all people find Miller’s story amusing except the grumbling Reeve, who takes the story personally as he is a carpenter by trade

about a haughty miller who deceives two students but is deceived in return: the deceiver is deceived

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The Man of Law’s IntroductionThe Man of Law’s PrologueThe Man of Law’s TaleThe Man of Law’s Epilogue

about Constance, the daughter of the emperor of Rome

she is shipped to Syria to marry the sultan who is willing to convert to Christianity to overcome legal difficulties

the sultan's mother is not amused by her son's conversion and pushes Constance back into the sea

Constance remains faithful and even converts the hosts that give her shelter

at the end, her Christian faith is her protection and her reward

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FRAGMENT III1.The Wife ‘s

Tale:

The Wife of Bath presents herself as the authority on marriage and marital life. She comments on the social and legal position of women in marriage and daily life. She claims she has her knowledge from experience, not from scriptural authority.

1.The Friar’s Tale:

About the trade and earnings of a nameless summoner who attempts to blackmail and old widow by serving a false summons. Eventually the summoner is cursed to hell by the old woman.

1.The Summoner’s Tale:

About a greedy friar who has no shame cajoling churchly donations out of his people and friends. The Summoner obviously seeks some revenge for the Friar's tale.

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FRAGMENT IV1. The Clerk’s Tale

About a marquis called Walter. Lord Walter is a bachelor who is asked by his subjects to marry in order to provide a heir. Lord Walter assents and marries a poor girl called Griselda. After some time, Walter starts testing Griselda's patience. Ultimately, the clerk's tale is about unconditional female submissiveness.

1. The Merchant’s TaleAbout a sixty-year old knight who decides he should marry a wife. The meaning of love, marriage, truth and faithfulness are being discussed.

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FRAGMENT V

2. Franklin’s Tale About a knight called Arviragus who is

married with a lady called Dorigen. At the end of the story , Dorigen, who was courted by a squire called Aurellius for Arviragus’ absence, is faced with a major dilemma: either being faithfull to her husband and break her promise or being unfaithfull to her husband and keep her promise.

1. The Squire’s Tale :: three parts

About a royal family of King Cambyuskan who received magical presents from a knight,one of them is a ring which can give the bearer a power to communicate to birds.

The Squire's tale is not finished and looks loosely structured because several plotlines are announced and preluded, but not further elaborated.

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FRAGMENT VI1. The Physician's TaleA knight called Virginius has a wife and a beautiful virtuous fourteen-year-old daughter called Virginia. One day, a false judge named Appius sees Virginia and decides he will have her regardless the cost. However, Virginius rather kills his daughter instead of handing her over to the judge

2. The Pardoner's Taleabout three frequently drinking young men who become acquainted with the killings of Death. They decide to find, stop and kill Death.

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FRAGMENT VII1.The Shipman’s Tale

about a merchant, his wife and a frequently visiting monk called Dan John, who pretends to be the merchant's cousin. The interchangeability and exchangeability of sex and money are emphatically elaborated in the Shipman's Tale.

3. The Tale of Sir Thopasabout a knight called Sir Thopas who wishes to love a fairy queen. He rides to fairyland on horseback, but finds the entrance blocked by a three-headed giant called Sir Oliphant who challenges Sir Thopas to fight.

3. The Prioress's TaleThe Prioress Tale is a hymn to Mary and Jesus, Christianity, motherhood and anti-Semitism.

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4. Tale of Malibee a young man named Melibee whose wife and daughter was wounded by his three old enemies who broke into his house when he took a walk to the field. Melibee was going to be a madman, thus his wife advised him to take counsul. At the end of the story, Melibee forgive those enemies.

5. The Monk’S Taleabout a merchant, his wife and a frequently visiting monk called Dan John, who pretends to be the merchant's cousin. The interchangeability and exchangeability of sex and money are emphatically elaborated in the Shipman's Tale.

5. The Nun Priest’S Tale about a rooster called Chauntecleer that lives with seven chickens and several other animals in the yard of a poor old widow.

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The Canon’s Yeoman’s PrologueThe Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale

about Canon and his servant, Yeoman the two catch up with the pilgrims and ask the

Host to permit them to join the company, the Host asks the Yeoman about the narrating qualities of his master.

the Yeoman says his master is a skillful alchemist who knows how to turn base metal into precious metal, the Canon is not amused by the revelation of his Yeoman, gives his horse the spurs and leaves the company leaving his Yeoman too

The Yeoman decides to tell a tale about the trickery of canons

The Second Nun’s PrologueThe Second Nun’s Tale

about the life of Saint Cecilia who refuses to worship Roman gods

she is arrested, interrogated, executed and martyred for her Christian beliefs in virgin

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The Manciple’s PrologueThe Manciple’s Tale

about Phoebus, who possesses a white crow

Phoebus has a wife who is (symbolically) kept in a golden cage

despite his efforts to keep his wife clean, she commits adultery

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The Parson’s Prologue

The Parson’s Tale

The Parson’s tale is not actually

a tale as such, but a lengthy

medieval sermon on the subject

of penitence

the final lines of the tale

conclude, is only attainable

through spiritual poverty and by

avoiding sin

Chaucer’s Retraction