Canterbury Pilgrims
Geoffrey Chaucer introduces the characters, in his poem, “The Canterbury Tales,” in the prologue. He has created thirty-one pilgrims who are traveling to the shrine of Thomas a Becket for various reasons. ... Leaving his fighting days behind, the Squire has come on the trip to Canterbury to serve his father at the round table. ... Following Chaucer’s introductions to the pilgrims he reveals the way the story is to be told. The Host decides that each of the characters will tell two stories about their journey to Canterbury and two stories about their travels home. ... As a result, the pilgrims ready to embark upon the journeys that are forever notorious in Geoffrey Chaucer’s, “The Canterbury Tales”.