-He is known as the father of English literature, is widely
considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. -He born on London (1340) and died (octobor 1400) -His project was to create a literature and poetic language for all classes of society,and he succeeded at that. -Today chaucer still stands as one of the great shaper of literary narrative and character.
The Centerbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that run to over 17,000 lines its about a chaucer,s famous tales ..meet our costumed guides walk alongside Chaucer pilgrems. In spring time people of varying social classes come from all over England to gather at the Tabard Inn in preparation for a pilgrimage to Canterbury to receive the blessing off St. thomas. Chaucer himself is one of the piligrims.The Host suggests that each member of the group tell atale on the way to and from Canterbury in order to make the time pass more pleasantly. Chaucer was able to observe both the highest and the lowest classes of the society A student at oxford , apoor thin man,the most admire person in the group he knows the astronomy but nothing of the Bible ,he made a lot of money ,he loves gold .He is an able lawyer he live the perfect life and teach it. The wife of bath: she is lively woman who has been married five times and makes many humorous remark about sex . She is awoman of two faces ,she introduced in the General Prologue ,but she is a raving bigot because her tale is full of anti –Semitic attitudes .it is what her tale say about her. She is shallow,unworldly,and the childish of charactar and this what chaucer wants the readerto understand about her .