This is clearly a question you must answer for yourself.
Here are a few questions you can ask yourself to help you decide what your answer will
be.
1. Did you enjoy meeting all of these medieval
characters? Did you feel like you learned something about people in the age of
Chaucer?
2. Did you enjoy trying to figure out who were
the good guys and who were the bad guys?
3. Did you enjoy
the irony of several of the characterizations?
4. Did you
find yourself intrigued by any of the specific characters and then want to read their
tale specifically?
5. Did you enjoy trying to figure out
Chaucer's satirical targets in several of this
character's/characterizations?
OR...
6.
Did you enjoy how the prologue to a tale related to the tale
itself?
7. Did you enjoy the genre of specific tale? (ie.
fairy tale, fable, mock heroic, comedy/joke)
8. Did you
enjoy how the tale told related to the characterization of the person telling the
tale?
9. Did you understand the tale's plot, theme,
moral?
10. Could you see any interrelationship between the
different tales? (ie, about marriage, about pride, about
revenge)
Your answers to these questions will
help you decide where you found the most pleasure. If you mostly enjoyed #1-5 then you
are a "Prologue" person, if 6-10, then you are a "Tales" person. You might also ask
yourself, what are you most likely to remember from your study of this work? Why do you
think you were asked to read/study it in the first place? Where does Chaucer really
seem to shine in terms of writing talent? Those answers may help you as well! Good
Luck!
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