Monday, March 8, 2010

The Canterbury Tales


Through the many different characters of "The Canterbury Tales" all of them seem to have a different meaning in their life, or have a different way they live. The story as a whole has to do with the different lives of pilgrims and what they do to get to Canterbury, London. The stories starts off at Tabard Inn in Southwark, London, where a group of twenty-nine pilgrims plan to descend to Canterbury. Within the story it talks about the social ranking of each pilgrim on the journey.
The tales of the character's start out with the Knight, who is noble to his country. He is said to have an "outstanding reputation" in every country he has defended. The Knight is known as a worthy man, with high standards. His clothing consisted of a tunic with stained rust from his weapon. The Nobel Knight brought two other pilgrims along on the trip by his side. One of the characters that is talked about is the Squire, which is one of the other pilgrims the Knight brought along with him. He is known to be a bachelor, at the age of twenty. The squire was always singing and playing the flute. Another person the Knight brought along was The Yeoman. He is the man who carries all the weapons, such as arrows, sword, and dagger.
Now to talk about one of my favorite characters, the Nun. This Nun wasn't like any other Nun, because this Nun was a swearing one. Apparently her favorite saying was "By St. Loy." I think the Nun made this story all the better, because she gave a sense of humor to it. Another good character in the story was The Monk. He was a sported man who rode a horse, and is said to be "as swift as birds." The last pilgrim that I am going to talk about is the Lawyer. He is said to be wary and wise, with a noted excellence. He is the one who teaches, or the one someone goes to with a question. The Lawyers knows every judgment, case, and crime that's recorded. He is dressed in a coat and silk.
There was an importance in every character from the story. I believe that each one had someone to balance them out, or they all could balance each other out. The society in the story and the society in real life are basically the same. The people now seem to be the same, besides the pilgrams parts, and carrying weapons. Through the secioty parts it is the same. Meaning the world hasn't change much. For an example having a hypocritical Nun. Now for the last question, with in desiging our own game. For one i believe the game comes from our own character, and the way we make up the difrent players comes from how we act. So meaning characterization isnt only good from movies, or the gaming world. It's important in real life too. :]

1 comment:

  1. Chad,
    Becareful about simply regurgitating info. In other words, don't just summarize a story line. Tell me about why those particular stereotypes were used in Tales. Why are those characters so important. Secondly, we've determined that characters are important to a story line, even a game story line, why? How will you determine your specific characters for your game?

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