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Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Manciple's Tale

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Chaucer, Geoffrey

Chaucer, Geoffrey
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Manciple's Tale

Introduction:

The Manciple's Tale is the shortest of the complete tales, except for the
Physician's. Chaucer got the story of the tell-tale bird from Ovid, and while
it is clearly an example of the "why-is-it" type of legend (i.e. Why are the
Crow's feathers black?), it is here made to illustrate the virtue of discreet
silence. It is hard to see how the tale is especially well-suited to the
Manciple, unless his description in the General Prologue is meant to suggest
that he is a canny and close-mouthed individual. The prologue does ...

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