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In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer’s descriptive technique used to present the
Reeve emphasized his physical characteristics as well as the success he
attained in his occupation. It is evident that Chaucer gives two different
perceptions of the Reeve, one perception is of his physical makeup and the
other is of his success achieved in his occupation.
In Chaucer’s introduction of the Reeve, he im ....
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.... Chaucer presents the physical characteristics of the Reeve, he
then describes the Reeve’s occupation. A reeve by definition is a minor
official or superintendent on an estate, generally an intermediary between a
lord and his serfs. His job included being responsible and accountable for
all his master’s accounts and animals, as shown in this excerpt from The
Canterbury Tales:
“His swin, his hors, his stoor, and his pultrye
was hoolly in the Reeves governinge,
a ....
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