Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Reeve Vs. Manciple
Alex Clifford
February 13, 2000
On Chaucer's Placement and Description of the Manciple and the Reeve in the General Prologue
In the general prologue of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the manciple and the reeve are described one after the other. Given the proximity of characters such as the prioress, the friar and the monk to each other, while the parson is hundred of lines away, Chaucer clearly grouped characters not only by social standing, but by character and attitude as well. This is shown in Chaucer's placement of the manciple and the reeve, as these two characters have similar occupations, social standing, though these are contrasted through their urban and rural viewpoints. However, each has similar attitudes towards their professions. They are crafty, but ultimately scrupulous. This ultimately accounts for the placement of their descriptions in the general prologue one after the other.
Both the manciple and the reeve fall somewhere within the small, poorly defined......
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