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    The Parson's Tale is the final "tale" of Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth-century poetic cycle The Canterbury Tales. Its teller, the Parson, is a virtuous...
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  • Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, which is a series of connected stories (such as "The Merchant's Tale" and "The Parson's Tale"). It also alludes to the tradition...
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    the prologue to the final tale, "The Parson's Tale", makes it clear it was intended as the penultimate story in the collection. The Manciple, a purchasing...
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    However, the story is still considered one of the moral tales, along with the Parson's Tale and the Knight's Tale. Additionally, the Physician's Tale is considered...
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  • Thumbnail for The Canterbury Tales
    The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English...
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  • The Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the main characters in the framing narrative of the book. In addition, they can be considered...
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    relevant to The Prioress's Tale and The Parson's Tale. The Miller’s Tale draws on a lot of biblical information, mainly that of the Ark of the Covenant and...
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  • references texts such as "The Parson's Tale"—which discusses penance—and a reference to seven children being slain. Of particular focus is the Divine Comedy which...
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  • Thumbnail for Geoffrey Chaucer
    known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first...
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  • Chaucer's Retraction (category The Canterbury Tales)
    from The Parson's Tale or simply a way to advertise the rest of his works. It is not even certain if the retraction was an integral part of the Canterbury...
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