Wrath in the Canterbury Pilgrims

Author / Editor
Shaw, Judith.

Title
Wrath in the Canterbury Pilgrims

Published
English Language Notes 21:3 (1984): 7-10.

Description
Augustine's commentary on Matt. 7:3-5 provides context for the discussion of wrath in ParsT. Chaucer uses Augustine's distinction of the false judge, who sees his own faults mirrored in the eyes of another, to show how several of the pilgrims commit "spiritual homicide" by verbally attacking one another.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Parson and His Tale.