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This said, it should not be surprising that Chaucer would take time to present arguments to the readers, enveloping his personal beliefs and qualms into the words, both blatant and obscure
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Chaucer uses his characters as pawns, both to show everything that was wrong and could be right in Christianity.
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Though outwardly respectful to all, even pilgrim Chaucer cannot contain his distaste for some of the characters.
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Erica Jensen on 04 Jan 11

Chaucer's Criticism Highlighted for an example.

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Canterbury Tales Abuse of Innocents - 3 views

www.yorku.ca/...inpar001_roney.pdf Innocents Dorigen Franklin Theme

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A PDF article about a theme from Canterbury (specifically the Franklin's Tale). a. Identify the author's purpose b. Critique the effectiveness of the organizational pattern or structure of argument. Address all of the following: logic, focus, consistency, coherence, c. Evaluate the evidence that is provided to support the author's perspective. In your opinion, does this evidence help or hinder the author's case? Is enough evidence provided? Is the evidence provided typical or a rare case? d. What conclusions are reached by the author? e. What biases, beliefs, and assumptions may contribute to the author's purpose or conclusions? f. What are the author's implicit (unstated) and/or explicit (stated) assumptions about this subject? How do you know this? Answer these questions, or simplify: 1. What is the argument? 2. What is the evidence? 3. What are your thoughts on this? 4. What are some quotes you would want to use as support or to argue against in your paper?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A PDF article about a theme from Canterbury (specifically the Franklin's Tale). a. Identify the author's purpose b. Critique the effectiveness of the organizational pattern or structure of argument. Address all of the following: logic, focus, consistency, coherence, c. Evaluate the evidence that is provided to support the author's perspective. In your opinion, does this evidence help or hinder the author's case? Is enough evidence provided? Is the evidence provided typical or a rare case? d. What conclusions are reached by the author? e. What biases, beliefs, and assumptions may contribute to the author's purpose or conclusions? f. What are the author's implicit (unstated) and/or explicit (stated) assumptions about this subject? How do you know this? Answer these questions, or simplify: 1. What is the argument? 2. What is the evidence? 3. What are your thoughts on this? 4. What are some quotes you would want to use as support or to argue against in your paper? </div>

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Jensen's Classes - 5 views

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