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The Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the main characters in the framing narrative of the book. In addition, they can be considered as characters of the framing narrative the Host, who travels with the pilgrims, the Canon, and the fictive Geoffrey Chaucer, the teller of the tale of Sir Thopas (who might be considered distinct from the Chaucerian narrator, who is in turn ...
The Host (Harry Bailly or Harry Bailey) is a character who plays a key role in and throughout Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. He is the owner of the Tabard Inn in London, where the pilgrimage begins and he agrees to travel on the pilgrimage, and promises to judge both the tales the pilgrims tell, and disputes among the pilgrims.
The Host is a 2013 American romantic science fiction thriller film written for the screen and directed by Andrew Niccol based on the 2008 novel by Stephenie Meyer. [3] The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons, Frances Fisher, Chandler Canterbury, Diane Kruger, and William Hurt. It tells the story of a young woman, Melanie, who is ...
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) [2] is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. [3] It is widely regarded as Chaucer's magnum opus.
At the end of The Host she is placed in Pet's body, allowing Wanda and Ian to finally be together. In the film she is portrayed by Saoirse Ronan (Melanie) and Emily Browning (Pet). Melanie "Mel" Stryder — Melanie is a 21-year-old human (she was 17 when she met Jared) who was captured and implanted with a Soul after years of evading the Seekers.
The Host (Canterbury Tales), a character in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales The Host (novel) , a 2008 novel by Stephenie Meyer The Host , a 1991 novel by Peter Emshwiller
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The Canterbury Tales (Italian: I racconti di Canterbury) is a 1972 Italian medieval erotic black comedy film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini based on the medieval narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. The second film in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", preceded by The Decameron and followed by Arabian Nights , it won the Golden Bear at the 22nd ...