Analyzing Symbols In Chaucer
Ben Lucas
12/4/06
Paper #3
Chaucer 133
Analyzing Symbols and Symbolism in the Canterbury Tales
In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses his exemplary writing skills to employ a multitude of symbols and symbolic imagery to exercise his points. He uses symbols and symbolic imagery in many different ways and sometimes they are difficult to identify. Symbols were a large part of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and they become very evident when reading the text with this theory in mind.
When reading the Prioress' Tale, Chaucer's symbolism becomes evident when we learn of her name, Madame Eglentyne. Her last name is also a name for a sweet briar rose, an eglantine rose. This can signify many things. The name has traditionally been a name for heroines of medieval romances (1).
The Prioress seems to be the mortal parallel to the Virgin Mary. So, the fact that her name is a symbol for a rose, it is not wrong to assume that Chaucer meant for the reader to interpret this the way I have......
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