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The stories in this book were surprisingly interesting. They were not difficult to read and most of them easily kept my interest.

I enjoyed reading the short stories & learning their lessons. Recognizing references to some of the ancient texts like the Illiad & Bible was fun as well.

Ithought it was interesting how their class in society reflected in their tale.for example how the knight's was about noblemen and the nun's was about farm life

Never have I read anything that made me so snoring.
Ramblings proved to be the place of fatally drab exploring.

Help me to understand this dire mess, and hopefully
I will succeed in this splendid unit of study totally.

Are the stories in The Canterbury Tales supposed to signify a certain characteristic of the person telling them, or of medieval England in general?

Yes. Both to a degree. Chaucer collected the gists of his tales from his travels, but he did make choices as to who told what.

Good ideas here!

They surprised me, too, when I first read them. I thought "wow, this 'old stuff' was not so dry as I might have imagined.

Hence the Mythology Packet!

Never? These ramblings are only superseded by Shakespeare. Chaucer is one of the "holy trinity of English lit." Like some gourmet tastes it may take some time.