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Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer. Geoffrey Chaucer. late-fourteenth-century English poet Chaucer was born in London in the early 1340s. The Canterbury Tales. Written in Middle English at the end of the 1300s

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Canterbury Tales

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  1. Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer

  2. Geoffrey Chaucer • late-fourteenth-century English poet • Chaucer was born in London in the early 1340s

  3. The Canterbury Tales • Written in Middle English at the end of the 1300s • Chaucer wrote in the vernacular, the English that was spoken in and around London in his day.

  4. The Situation • Tabard Inn • Contest for a free meal

  5. The Characters • Miller • Manciple • Reeve • Summoner • Pardoner • The Tabard • Host • Knight • Squire • Yeoman • Nun • Monk • Merchant • Friar • Cleric • Serjeant at the Law • Franklin • 5 Tradesmen • Cook • Skipper • Doctor • Wife of Bath • Parson • Plowman

  6. Character Organizational Charts (O.C.s)

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