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The Miller is known for telling the dirtiest stories in The Canterbury Tales, specifically his tale of a carpenter getting cuckolded by his wife and a young scholar.
The Canterbury Tales is set in medieval England, specifically during the pilgrimage from London to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The characters tell stories to pass the time during their journey.
Along the way to Canterbury, the pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" decide to tell stories to pass the time. Each pilgrim agrees to tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two on the way back, with the best storyteller receiving a free meal at the end of the journey.
The rising action of "The Canterbury Tales" occurs as the group of pilgrims set off on their journey to Canterbury, engaging in storytelling along the way. The stories they tell gradually reveal their characters, motivations, and relationships, building tension and anticipation for the tales that are to come.
Chaucer's collection of medieval tales is called "The Canterbury Tales." It is a frame story with a group of pilgrims telling stories to pass the time on their journey to Canterbury.
Geoffrey Chaucer is the author of The Canterbury Tales. He is considered one of the greatest English poets of the Middle Ages. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English.
"The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer has a linear structure. The tales are a collection of stories built connected to a frame narrative, which was a popular way of telling stories at the time. However, the "Canterbury Tales" differed from traditional frame tales because the structure depended on the characters rather than a moral or general theme.
The original plan was that each pilgrim would tell two stories on the way to Canterbury, then two more on the road home to London. But Chaucer never completed the work, and most of the Pilgrims get to tell only one story. (In the Canterbury Tales as we have it, the pilgrims never arrive in Canterbury, let alone begin the journey home).
The Canterbury Tales
Ralph the record rat is not a character in The Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer, and there is no mention of a character named Ralph the record rat in any of the tales.
The frame narrative of "The Canterbury Tales" is the pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, in which a group of pilgrims tell stories to pass the time. This structure allows for a diverse range of stories to be told, each offering unique perspectives on society and human nature.
Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales represents one of the earliest works of English literature written in vernacular Middle English. It is also one of the earliest examples of a framed narrative, where a group of characters tell stories to pass the time during a pilgrimage to Canterbury.