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Chaucer's Pilgrims

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Pilgrims are not all great people; some are admirable and hero-like. Pilgrims are thought to be righteous, trust worth characters, yet in Chaucer’s Canterbury Stories, we discover that occasionally the inverse is valid. Chaucer’s poetry is known for including characters who speaks to the greater part of the social classes of his time. He frequently utilized his poetry to remark on issues in society. He composed his stories to incorporate individuals from varying backgrounds. Rich, poor, heathens, and holy people. His characters had profundity and intricacy. The poor were not all terrible, but the rich were not all great. He also examines a wide range of characters characteristics of the pilgrims. He depicts them in certain different ways and

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