32+ The Canterbury Tales Prologue Character Seating Chart Images. (general prologue, 672)—with the hypocritical summoner, undermining the already challenged virtue of his profession as one who works for the church. The canterbury tales is the last of geoffrey chaucer's works, and he only finished 24 of an initially planned 100 tales.
He confesses in the prologue to his tale, that, he knows the exact method of extorting money from chaucer is the author of the canterbury tales and also appears as one of the pilgrims the character of the host is not fully developed.
It provides readers with a realistic view of the fourteenth century, with a cross section of medieval society. Learn about the characters in geoffrey chaucer's collection of stories the canterbury tales with course hero's video study guide. A list of all the characters in the canterbury tales. The framing device for the collection of stories is a most of the pilgrims are introduced by vivid brief sketches in the general prologue. interspersed between the 24 tales are short dramatic scenes.
