In Canterbury Tales what type of work does the reeve perform?
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The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1387.
In one of the 24 stories of the book, the character is a reeve. He is a farm manager, and a carpenter at the same time. The reeve really does a great job as a manager as he has been doing this role for many years. Shepherds and farmers are afraid to cheat on him because he knows everything on the farm. But we learn that the reeve is a cheater himself because he steals from his master's property.
In Canterbury Tales, the type of work the reeve performs is the manager of an estate.
Functions of a reeve
- The tale is set in the fourteenth century and a reeve during this time period was considered as the manager of an English Lord.
- Here the Reeve, Oswald performs all the functions for the Lord such as taking care of his household, counting the grains harvested, mobilizing the portions for cattle, selling goods, and others.
- The reeve was also a good carpenter at one part of his life.
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