Canterbury Tales (reeve Charac
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His heer was by his eres ful round yshorn;
His top was dokked lik a preest biforn;
Ful longe were his legges and ful lene,
Ylik a staf, ther was no calf yseene (590-594).”
This excerpt shows the attention to detail Chaucer selected to introduce the
Reeve. Chaucer also gives the Reev ....
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.... 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,
and by his covenant yaf the reckeninge,
sin that his lord was ....
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Word count: 706
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
