Question

What is an effect of Chaucer's decision to use a pilgrimage as the central premise for The Canterbury Tales?

A. It sets up an expectation that exempla, which were common in didactic medieval literature, will be part of the story.
B. It allows Chaucer to write his poem in English because he is capturing the speech of English commoners.
C. It provides Chaucer with an opportunity to write about characters that represent a wide range of social classes.
D. It makes the messages of the pilgrims more persuasive because a reader in Chaucer’s time would have respected them for their fervent religious beliefs.

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Chaucer's decision to use a pilgrimage as the central premisse for the Canterbury Tales provides him with the possibility to portray the way members of society at that time behave and what they thought in a changing of structures. The Nobility, the peasantry, and the Church are all represented in the characters going in the pilgrimage, all in the same level, expressing their strugles, their experiences, and their lusts.

Answer 2

"It provides Chaucer with an opportunity to write about characters that represent a wide range of social classes" is an effect of Chaucer's decision to use a pilgrimage as the central premise for The Canterbury Tales. he correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or option "C".