English 215, Fall 1995

Preliminary Essay 2 Archive


These essays were submitted as revised drafts for Preliminary Essay 2, due October 2, 1995. The Assignment called for an essay on Chaucer's construction of character in the "General Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales. As an alternative some students wrote their own original portraits in the manner of Chaucer. The essays below are organized according to the Pilgrim selected for analysis. The original portraits are presented alphabetically accordimg to the author's last name.

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Chaucer Portraits

The Knight

Miller

Monk

Pardoner

Parson

Prioresse

Shipman

Somonour

Squire

Wife of Bath

Original Portraits


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