Pilgrims In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

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In Chaucer’s descriptions of the pilgrims in The Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, he uses the aspects of humanity and embeds them in his character to make them more real. By doing this he makes the characters more relatable and easier to read about. He emphasizes the aspects of humanity in these characters by applying apostrophes, allusions, and imagery. Another way Chaucer does this is by noting similarities and differences between the different pilgrims. For instance, Chaucer describes the Oxford Cleric with those literary device to represent the humanity and the significance of this pilgrim in the story. The Oxford Cleric, as described by Chaucer, is a student in the Middle Class who chooses his studies over anything else. Despite choosing