The Real Revealed

Sticking with Canterbury Tales, I agree with Lauren on the idea that the journey to Canterbury being parallel with Christians’ struggles on earth and how we can identify with the members on the pilgrimage with people we know in our own lives. I find myself fascinated with the different characters and the reasons (real or ostensible) for going on the pilgrimage. It goes to show that we all have motives for why we do what we do, but also that when it comes to others we all have the two narrators inside of us that see the what we want to see (the naive pilgrim) or seeing the truth of things (the all-knowing poet).

Going from what Elise has said about Chaucer being a type of paparazzi, I actually like the fact that Chaucer acknowledges the “skeletons” for everyone and not just the lower class. As we have read, everyone has dual intentions for being on the pilgrimage and to me I see it that they are all on the same playing field, that they aren’t perfect but flawed regardless of how they disguise themselves, i.e. a mercenary, thief, loose woman, etc. I think that by learning about all the “skeletons” we can better understand the pilgrimage according to the poet and not the pilgrim.

[I am sorry if this doesn’t make any sense to someone]