Monday, March 23, 2015

Chaucer

I feel as if this will be a very amusing discussion tomorrow. Chaucher's blatant descriptions of these various characters, most of whom are given high titles, illustrate the highs and the lows in a wonderful rhyme. The detail given to the portrayal of some characters, such as how they eat or are educated, is quite a contrast though to those who are simply given one line. Is this description sufficient, especially next to one so extensive? Is this person simply not that interesting? And if so, is that lack of luster applied to those alluded to in reality?

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    1. Why did you remove your comment?

      It seems that the longer descriptions describe exceptionally virtuous people, while the brief ones highlight an abhorrent or undesirable characteristic.

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