Comparison Of Reeve And Manciple From The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer

The exclusive storybook “Canterbury Tales” that was translated into English, a masterpiece of medieval English period, narrative literature by Jeffrey Chaucer at the 14th century England. The story was written in 1380 and left in 1400 when Chaucer died. The story depicts British society resembled at that time, among the 30 guilds gathered at the inn. Catholic monks, Monks, summoner, mill owners, lawyers, and vocational guilds are middle class, farmers and servants are the lower classes. Knight is vague in social class but can be inferred as a noble class. These travelers appear like a group that reflects the three social structures of the Middle English period.

Reeve is an intelligent business expert who rides a slow-walking stallion-cob on the way to Canterbury “The stallion-cob he rode at a slow trot…”. He depicted as an old man who has a lean body and quick-tempered in tales. “The Reeve was old and choleric and thin; / His beard was shaven closely to the skin…”. “His legs were lean, / Like sticks they were, no calf was to be seen”. Even though Reeve is quick-tempered, he was adequately trusted by his master and its government “His master's sheep, his animals and hens, / pigs, horses dairies, stores, and cattle-pens / were wholly trusted to his government”, regarding the economics abilities. Therefore, he takes charges of his master’s property. 'He had been under contract to present / The accounts, right from his master's earliest years'.

Manciple is an illiterate man who is in charge of obtaining food for the law school 'All caterers might follow his example / In buying victuals', rides a horse on the way to Canterbury. Manciple was very specialized in the field of business “He used to watch the market most precisely / And got in first, and he did quite nicely”. However, he was immoral in his career, stashing away leftover food money for himself and feel satisfied that he is smarter than lawyers. “Now isn’t it a marvel of God's grace / That an illiterate fellow can outpace / the wisdom of a heap of learned men?”. Even though Manciple was an illiterate, and immoral character, he does not spend money on unnecessary items. “In buying victuals; he was never rash / Whether he bought on credit or paid cash”.

From the aforementioned information above, common relationships between them can be distinguished by their work ethics and common characteristics such as performance ability, the difference in their operation, and their morality. Comparing similarities and differences between Manciple and Reeve can be shown by performing similar duties, regarding the needs of higher social status, more adeptly than their superiors could do for themselves. Both Manciple and Reeve are intelligent, yet Manciple behaves dishonestly on their duty. Manciple stashes away the school money for himself, stating that “Now isn’t it a marvel of God's grace / That an illiterate fellow can outpace / the wisdom of a heap of learned men?”. In contrast, Reeve was adequately trusted by his master and its government regarding his economics abilities. “His master's sheep, his animals and hens, / Pigs, horses dairies, stores, and cattle-pens / Were wholly trusted to his government”.

Next, although Manciple and Reeve are in the field of business, they hold a different size of its responsibility. Manciple is in charge of obtaining food for the law school 'All caterers might follow his example / In buying victuals...'. In contrast, Reeve takes responsibilities of his master’s property. 'He had been under contract to present / The accounts, right from his master's earliest years'.

Lastly, both Manciple and Reeve are experts in the field of business. According to the Canterbury Tales passage, Reeve has “A better hand at bargains Mathan his lord”, which signifies that Reeve is remarkably skillful in the field of business. Similarly, Manciple discovers the best deals. “He used to watch the market most precisely / And got in first, and he did quite nicely”, which signifies that Manciple is an expertized in the field of business.

The specialists of the business, geniuses of economic strategy in Canterbury tales, the Reeve and Manciple. The common relationships between them can be distinguished by their work ethics and common characteristics, such as performance ability, the difference in their operation, and their morality compared to other pilgrims.First of all, both Manciple and Reeve are intelligent, yet Manciple behaves dishonestly on their duty. Manciple stashes away the school money for himself, stating that “Now isn’t it a marvel of God's grace that an illiterate fellow can outpace the wisdom of a heap of learned men?”. In contrast, Reeve was adequately trusted by his master and its government regarding his economics abilities. “His master's sheep, his animals and hens, pigs, horses dairies, stores, and cattle-pens were wholly trusted to his government”.

Next, although Manciple and Reeve are in the field of business, they hold a different size of its responsibility. Manciple is in charge of obtaining food for the law school 'All caterers might follow his example in buying victuals'. In contrast, Reeve takes responsibilities of his master’s property. 'He had been under contract to present the accounts, right from his master's earliest years'.

Lastly, both Manciple and Reeve are experts in the field of business. According to the Canterbury Tales passage, Reeve has “A better hand at bargains Mathan his lord”, which signifies that Reeve is remarkably skillful in the field of business. Similarly, Manciple discovers the best deals. “He used to watch the market most precisely and got in first, and he did quite nicely”, which signifies that Manciple is an expertized in the field of business.From the aforementioned information above, comparing similarities and differences between Manciple and Reeve can be shown by implementing similar duties, regarding the needs of higher social status, more adeptly than their superiors could do for themselves. 

Both manciple and reeve is clever, but Manciple is immortal in finance he stashed away money for himself, and makes people sign. Both Manciple and Reeve is in charge of the organization, but they have different scale of business, Manciple is in charge of buying food for the law school, finds the best sales. On the other hand, Reeve was wholly trusted by his government, so he basically charged over all of his master’s property.

Both Manciple and Reeve is an expert in the field of business. According to the Canterbury Tales passage, Reeve had “A better hand at bargains Mathan his lord”, which indicates that Reeve is skillful in business. In the similar manner, Manciple was in charge of buying stuff for the law school, finds the best sales “He used to watch the market most precisely and got in first, and he did quite nicely”.