Which excerpt from the General Prolgue to the Canterbury Tales suggests that the narrator may be unreliable? But now the time ha
s come for me to tell What passed among us, what was said and done But first I beg you, not to put it down To my ill-breeding if my speech be plain You must repeat as nearly as you can Each word, if that’s the task you’ve undertaken You can’t hold back, even if he’s your brother: Whatever word is used, you must use also.
But first I beg you, not to put it down To my ill-breeding if my speech be plain.
In the excerpt from "The Canterbury Tales," by Geoffrey Chaucer, the narrator excuses himself for his simple language. Before introducing each character, he suggests he is not able to be relied upon because he cannot retell the stories with exact accuracy and describes the pilgrims in hierarchical order.
