The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is an unfinished narrative poem about a group of 30 pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket. The pilgrims include Chaucer as the narrator and represent different social classes of medieval England. They decide to make the pilgrimage more interesting by having each pilgrim tell two stories on the way to and from Canterbury. The stories include religious tales, humorous stories, and moral or satirical tales that sometimes poke fun at monks, nuns, friars and the medieval church. The Wife of Bath's Tale is one of the most famous and features a widow whose five marriages contradict traditional ideas about medieval women.

1. GEOFFREY
CHAUCER
THE CANTERBURY TALES

2. WHAT´S THE CANTERBURY TALES
ABOUT?
It is an unfinished narrative poem about
30 people, including Chaucer as narrator,
who join a pilgrimage to Canterbury
Cathedral and the shrine of Thomas
Becket.

3. WHY ARE THE 30
CHARACTERS CALLED
STEREOTYPES?
They are called
stereotypes because
they represent the
structure of the 3 orders
of society in the
Medieval times.
A dishonest miller, a
lascivious friar and a
virtuous knight.

4. THE PREMISE OF THE CANTERBURY
TALES
They decide to go to Canterbury
cathedral and make things
interesting by suggesting that
every pilgrim should tell 2
stories on the way to
Canterbury, telling various tales
religious and humorous, moral
and satirical.

5. STORIES AND
PILGRIMAGE
They make fun of monks, nuns,
friars, and the medieval Church
in general. At the time, the
church was strong culturally
but by modern standards it was
weak as an organization.

6. The most famous tale: The wife of Bath
It is a tale where they talk about a widow
whose status contradicts traditional medieval
ideas. She was five times married, she is
perhaps the most entertaining of the pilgrims.
She regards the pilgrimage as a kind of social
activity.

7. Where does she
come from?
.. Bath is the place she comes
from. Bath is a beautiful town
located in England

8. Why is Alice so controversial?
●Women were supposed to be pure and marry just
once, but this woman is going to change the social
standards for women. Her name is Alice. She has been
married 5 times and is looking for her 6th husband what
makes her different from the rest of women

9. Visit Bath

10. Visit Canterbury