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Canterbury Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| norman conquest | 1066, started the Middle Ages in England |
| middle english | a mixing of Norman(Latin) and old English (Germanic) |
| couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; Chaucer's style in the The General prologue |
| direct characterization | characteristics are told to read |
| indirect charcaterization | reader must infer the characteristics of character based on their actions |
| Horation satire | gently mocking Chaucer satirizes most of the members of the medieval church: used with Prioress. |
| frame device | the prologues in Canterbury Takes frame the tales |
| characters in "The General Prologue" | the Wife of Bath, the Pardoner, the Merchant, the Oxford Cleric, the Friar, the Skipper ,the Prioress, the Monk, the Parson |
| Romance | medieval form of poetry that has a hero who is near perfect and goes on a quest; faces natural forces; fights good vs evil; an contain female characters including maidens in distress, old crones, and temptresses. |
| The wife of Bath | cloth maker from the city of Bath; she likes to be in control; she has had multiple marriages and is searching for love; she is very forward by medieval standards |
| Verbal Irony | something thats said vs. what's expected to be said |
| Situational Irony | what happens vs. what's expected to happen |
| Juvenalian satire | Satire that's harsh, caustic, and bitter satirizes most of members of the medieval church; used with Monk, The friar, The summoner, and the Pardoner |
| The Pardoner | official of medieval church who sells pardons; corrupt since he cheats people by selling the bones of pigs of saints. has a pillowcase that claimed to be veil of Mary, also a drinker |
| Chaucer's Importance to the Eng. lit. | made Eng. a literary language, before Chaucer, Latin was the important of government and the Church; he is the father of English poetry |
| The General prologue | introduction to Canterbury Tales which every level of Eng. Medieval society is represented except the nobility |
| The friar | member of medieval church; should minister the poor and sick; begs for living, visits tavern &knows maids well; sings violates vow of chastity by having relations with young women, women are "his" and fixes up marriages for young women |
| The monk | supposed to study religious texts and stay in monastery walls, but more interested in hunting, having rich clothes, having fine horses, avoids work. |
| The merchant | reps appearance vs reality; appears to be wealthy based on clothes. however, he actually in debt. |
| The oxford Cleric (clerk) | a student at Oxford, only cares for studying and reading, spends all money on his educations; good person bc he prays for those who give him money (scholarships). |
| Iambic Pentameter | unstressed followed by stressed syllable, a line of poetry w/ 5 iam, therefore 10 syallables. |
| Canterbury Cathedral | the Canterbury pilgrims are travelling to Canterbury Cathedral to ask for forgiveness; the season is spring |
| Sir Gawain | young knight who accepts challenge, he is young and the (in his opinion) least important (ironic since he is the one who defends the honor of his king when none of the other knights do) |
| Gawains Moral Temptation | receive the Green Knight’s blow as per the rules of the New Year’s Game at the beginning of the poem, tempted 3x, keeps the sash which reps minor flaw in his virtue; Gawain is ashamed by error hence only nicks his neck |
| A New Year's Game | the game that the Green Knight proposes to the knights in the court of Camelot; rules are that any knight may step forward and take one blow without the Green Knight defending himself; theGreen Knight’s head is chopped off;however, he picks it up |
| Lord Bercilak | is the owner of the castle and also the Green Knight; he is testing both Arthur and Gawain and the plotting of Morgan Le Fay |
| The Hunt Game | 3day hunt by Lord Ber. while Gawain remains at LB castle, with his wife. Deal is they will exchange wtv is gotten from the hunt for wtv he 'gets' during the day he spends in the castle with Lady Bercilak. |
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