Answer
Chaucer draws on the <u>ESTATES</u> satire prevalent in his time to bring out the traits of the different classes of society. He uses the technique of <u>FRAME</u> story to hold the narrative together.
Explanation:
Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a frame narrative story told by numerous pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. The tales told by the different characters all reflect their true selves, according to their professions and backgrounds.
In this tale, Chaucer draws on the estates satire which is a writing genre that focuses on the societal classes of the time. Most writings of this genre occurs during the Medieval times where class/ status plays a huge role in the identification and understanding of a person.
Chaucer also uses the technique of a frame narrative to make the stories stick together. This type of frame narrative is when a story is included in the main story, like different sub-branches from the main part. In simple words, we can say a frame narration is "a story within a story". This happens when a narrator tells a story about a person who then narrates a story too.
June 20, 2021
Dear Diary,
I am unable to communicate with my father. No matter how much I try he does not understand me. He does not understand that the man I choose is good for me. I am truly frustrated at the fact that he does not comprehend me. I deeply desire that he mentally understood that my beloved Eddie is a good man, he’s from my same religion, and I love him with my whole heart. Also, Eddie loves me back. He truly appreciates me and consideres me his future bride, we even are studying the book “The secret to family happiness” and the Bible to guide us. We both want our marriage to be happy and without any problems, the reason behind this is because problems cause the relationship to break down little by little. Eddie loves me very much and I love him back, we hope to construct a family together and live together always through the good and bad times. Our desire is to grow old together and live in peace.
My father is opposed firmly to my relationship with Eddie because Eddie is from my same religion; we are both one of Jehovah Witnesses. Also, Eddie is not from my same country or city. He lives very far away from me. Another fact is that Eddie is much older than me. But, those things even though they seem like cons, I don’t mind them. Eddie and me love each other greatly. What my father does not understand is that Eddie and me are not infatuated, nor are we just physically attracted. We are both in love we one another. Eddie respects me, honors me and even cares for my well being. Eddie is the man I have prayed for my whole entire life. How could I leave such a fantastic person just because one person is infatuated with the idea of me leaving him? That won’t happen. Beforehand, I state that I am not infatuated. I’ve used my mind and intellect on Eddie to see if Eddie is the right person for me and after much consideration I found that Eddie is the right person for me.
My father has hidden my cellphone from me in several occasions so I won’t speak to my beloved. He’s used verbal attacks against me so would change my mind and leave my beloved Eddie. He even threatened to disown me. However, my stance was firm. No matter what, I’d stay loyal to Eddie.
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