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Chaucer's Frame Narrative and the General Prologue — Homework
Read the assigned excerpt of the General Prologue's opening (the frame setup) before answering.
- 1.Explain what a frame narrative is in one or two sentences.
- 2.Name the three medieval estates.
- 3.Why does the pilgrims' actual destination, Canterbury Cathedral, matter less to the poem than the journey itself?
- 4.In four or more sentences, explain why sampling pilgrims from all three estates, rather than just one, serves the poem's larger purpose.
- 5.What does Chaucer's narrator claim about how he describes each pilgrim, and why is that claim worth being skeptical of?
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