- It is a story made up of many small stories.
- The narrator describes each character as they are, and it goes by social class.
- Ex. The knight is first, than his squire, than a nun and a chef.
- the knight is described as a man of honor, who lives up to his name and has fought battles.
- the squire is the Knight's son who is also respectable for being a squire.
- yeoman was bold in attire
- the prioress had manners, and was simple yet delicate, and elegant.
- the monk was ironically overweight, and talked about being active.
- friar was well known, and he helped many people with their confessions.
- merchant was in debt, but was good at hiding it.
- the student was focused on reading books, and getting smarter.
- the lawyer knew his job and was also quite smart.
- why are people afraid of the chef?
- how do all these little many stories, make up the prologue?
- why is a squire a man of so much honor and praise?
- I would like to learn more about the knight, and study him if I had to pick a character because he is the most noble.
- why is social class so important?
- how did Chaucer manipulate the narrator into making the prologue better?
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