Chaucer is well known for giving himself a role in his
classic, and telling the tales that the pilgrims share and the conflicts that go on
between them from the perspective of another pilgrim who is part of the band of
travellers. Note how he uses the first person after his descriptions of each of the
travellers:
And now I've told you truly and
concisely
The rank, and dress, and number of us
all,
And why we gathered in a
company
In
Southwark...
The use of the
first person in "I" and "we" clearly indicate that it is Chaucer who is narrating us
this tale and thus it is Chaucer who depicts himself to be one of the pilgrims
travelling as part of the band. Depicting himself in this manner of course gives us a
witness account of all the amusing fights between the various characters as we see the
reactions and squabbles that arise in between the telling of each
tale.
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