Chaucer's Yeomen
Servant, Assistant, Yeoman, and Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer is a poet who lived in the 1340's, during which he wrote one of his most famous works, The Canterbury Tales. In particular, he had written about two Yeomen. His birth is unknown, but his life was well known because he lived and experienced a lot during fourteenth century England such as being a member of Parliament, a soldier, and a servant to the king (a yeoman). He learns of different types of people or professions within that society and hierarchy, such as the clergy, the nobles, laborers, etc. These experiences that he lived through, give him an opinionated view of any of these particular groups or professions, aiding him in writing the tales. There are not much physical or written items that shine a light as to what England was like during the fourteenth century. Chaucer's work helped make a better understanding of what it was like during that time, especially through the contents of the Canterbury Tales. Although only twenty-four of the projected one-hundred and twenty four tales were completed, these finished tales are known to provide one of the best contemporary pictures of fourteenth century England. In these tales Chaucer was able to write about twenty-
But that science is so far us before,We never can, in spite of all we sworeCome up with it, it slides away so fast;And it will make us beggars at the last. (Nicolson 507)He feels that he is tricking everyone and, at the end, will end up being poor as a beggar. As stated earlier, the canon and his yeoman join the pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, and so, are known as joining the pilgrims after they departed from the Tabard Inn. " The presence of the canon (known today as an alchemist) and his yeoman, is used as an icon to describe Chaucer's view on alchemy. " In The Canterbury Tales, a few differences can be identified between these tow individually separate yeomen. In Chaucer's work, The Canterbury Tales, two yeomen are mentioned and described in the prologue and tales, in which he was able to write during the fourteenth century. The Prologue describes him as: And he was clad in coat and hood of green.
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