Canterbury Tales #1

The prolouge of Canterbury Tales gives the reader some context. It tells us of a Pilgrimage to Canterbury to pay respect to a martyr. It does not, however give us any charecterization. It does'nt introduce the speaker or anyone for that matter. The purpose for it was just to give us some brief context as to what was going on.

It starts off telling us that it's April and it has just rained. So it gives us a positive feeling, or mood. So that's how it's set up. I'm interested to see if Chaucer changes the mood to contrast not only the moods but meanings throughout the story.