1. of the following members of the pilgrimmage, which has the highest social status?
the wife of bath
the merchant
the knight
the miller
who draws the short straw.
the narrator
the pardoner
the doctor
the knight
3. the narrator opens the prologue with a tribute to
the religious devotion of the pilgrims
the corruption of the church
the story of the crusades
the beauty of the cycle of life
4. the narrator of the frame story in the canterbury tales is
geoffrey chaucer
the cook
thomas à becket
a pilgrim whose social status is unidentified
5. chaucer uses irony to describe the faults and shortcomings of
the narrator
all the pilgrims from the clerical estate
all the pilgrims of the nobility
pilgrims from all three estates

1. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Chaucer gives the description of each twenty-nine pilgrimages whole heatedly and honestly. Of the following members of the pilgrimage, one who has the highest social status is the knight. The knight in “The knight's tale” romantic story, precisely fits into the aristocrats also known as upper class. He marks all the characteristics of chivalry. He is also built as the static character.

2.  A plan is laid by the host that every pilgrim would tell a story while on the way towards Canterbury and whoever tells the most meaningful story as decided by the host will be getting the meal paid by the other pilgrims on their return. While the next morning, the host asks the pilgrims to draw the straw for deciding who will tell the story first. Therefore, the Knight draws the straw.

3. The narrator opens the Prologue with a tribute to the religious devotion of the pilgrims. The narrator provides the spring description, the flowers, the trees, the April rain and the chirping birds. In such a season people desire to visit the shrines in distant holy land and some visit Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.

4. The narrator of the frame story in The Canterbury Tales is Geoffrey Chaucer, father of English literature. wherein in the Canterbury tales he includes the tale of each twenty-nine pilgrimages and provides the description of each with their personalities.

5. Chaucer uses irony to describe the faults and shortcomings of all the pilgrims from the clerical estate. Besides the pardoner, Chaucer satirizes the prioress as being an example of submission and poverty, in contrary sings about how she is affected in her mannerism. Chaucer states in the irony that she wears  "a coral trinket on her arm". Chaucer also satirizes the monk who as a monk ignore the vows of the humility and poverty. Chaucer describes him as "sparing no expenses" and dress luxuriously.

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