Eagle guide

E306718

Eagle guide is a talking eagle who serves as the narrator’s celestial guide and commentator in Geoffrey Chaucer’s dream vision poem "The House of Fame."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
fictional character
literary character
talking animal
appearsIn The House of Fame
appearsInWorkBy Geoffrey Chaucer
associatedWithTheme dream vision
fame
poetic authority
rumor
communicationMode dialogue with the narrator
creator Geoffrey Chaucer
guidesCharacter Chaucer the pilgrim
surface form: Geoffrey Chaucer (narrator-persona)

narrator of The House of Fame
languageOfWork Middle English
literaryTradition medieval allegory
narrativeFunction explains visions to the narrator
mediates access to the celestial realm
provides commentary on fame and rumor
role celestial guide
commentator
narrator’s guide
speaks Middle English
species eagle
symbolicRole interpreter of divine or cosmic knowledge
messenger from the heavens
workGenreContext Middle English dream vision poem
workPeriodContext late 14th century English literature
workTitleFull The House of Fame
surface form: The House of Fame (also spelled The Hous of Fame)

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