Sunday, 14 October 2012

Examples of Chaucer demonstrating starting his own qualities when describing a character

From line 103~121 (Yeoman): describing only physical characteristics for Yeoman and ends up with  
                                                  "He was a proper forester, I guess."



(In general, Chaucer doesn't spend much time to describe the poorer Yeoman. In some ways, it's not really respectful. Chaucer seems to be like a person who looks up more to the highly noble people such as the Knight and the Squire. He is a little bit flattering.)

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