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Canterbury Tale
the canterbury tales and king arthur
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where they are visiting | Thomas a Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| How many pilgrims? | twenty nine |
| Where they meet? | Southwark, The Tabard |
| First to be described | The Knight |
| Why wont the host be blamed? | Because he is only tell the tale as he heard it so as not to lie |
| Host's name | Harry Bailley |
| Host's physical features | fat; shining eyes |
| Host's personality | merry-hearted, had an inn, striking, bold in speech, wise, full of tact |
| What does the host propose as entertainment | telling stories |
| how many tales will they all tell | 2 there, and 2 back |
| how will they judge the best tale | morality and entertainment |
| what will the winner get | a dinner payed by all |
| who will judge | the host |
| whats the punishment for not participating | paying what the journey costs |
| first three to tell their tales | knight, miller, reeve |
| father of english poetry second to shakespeare | chaucer |
| what was the rhythm | iambic pentrameter |
| persona | new voice to the author (narrator) |
| frame story | a story within a story |
| frame- | pilgrimage |
| picture of the frame story- | tales |
| what is a squire | a knights assisstant, studies under a knight |
| pilgram squires description | knights son, attractice, sang, played, jousted, danced, etc 20 yrs old, agile, strong |
| squires tale | unfinished magical love story |
| reeves job | supervised the lands for the lord, oversees the daily business for the lord. |
| reeves description | old, choleric, thin, clean-shavened, lean legs, rich, carpenter, blue overcoat, dapple gray, name was Scot, song offertories, honeytongued |
| reeves tale | to get back at the miller, tells about a miller who cheats people out of their grain so two students get back at him by tricking his wife and daughter into sleeping with them. |
| Summoner's job | church official responsible for summoning sinners to appear before the archdeacon to account for their sins. corrupt accepted bribes, knew who to summon for best bribes. |
| summoners description | face was red from all his boils narrow eyes, black scabby brows, thin beard, liked garlic and onions, ugly and drank a lot |
| summoners tale | to get back at friar, about a frair who would promise to pray for people for a fee then erase them all from his prayer book. pesters a sick man thomas and tries to seduce his wife, until thomas finally agrees to give him a gift from under his robe |
| thomas' gift in the summoners tale | he farted on the friar |
| cook's description | could roast, seethe, broil, fry, commoner, great blancmange |
| blancmange | creamy chickeny sweet dish |
| cooks tale | no tale |
| skipper/sailor profession | captain but usually didn't own the ship |
| sailor/skipper description | ride horse, knife in noose from neck, brown skin, excellent fighter, beard, knew seas, the Maudelayne, steals from traders, didnt follow rules |
| sailore/skipper tale | a women get her husband to give her any money so she turns to a monk who will give her money if she sleeps with him. he gets the money from her husband so essentially she gets the money she should have in the first place |
| plowman's tale | no tale |
| plowmans job | famer but only growing part, no animals |
| plowmans descripiton | parsons brother, poor, honest worker, lived in peace and charity, religious, wore a short jacker and rode a mare |
| nun's job | prioress meaning shes the head of the particular abbey |
| nun's description | madam eglantyne, eloquent in speech an dprayer, well mannered, friendly and pleasant, likes animals, emotional |
| nun's tale | an anti-semitic tale about jews about a boy who is murdered by jews but is able to sings beautifully when a pearl is placed in his mouth at his funeral |
| monk's description | hunted, rebellious of the rules, wore a fur coat, hunted and wore a gold pin with a love knot, bald, fat, not pale, not religious |
| monks tale | a series of short stories about famous men in history |
| franklin's profession | landowner, but not of noble birth, parvenu(ascending social ladder) dressed up |
| franklin's description | white beard, loves food and wine, happiness was the foal of life, hospitable, dagger and white purse, warm and cheerful, wise, impatient, only cares about social standing |
| franklins tale | averagus and dorigen are married, aurelius loves dorigen-she will love him if he removed all the rocks from the beach, he gets the help of a magician and does. shes in a dilemma |
| merchants job | exchanges goods, traveling or stays in one spot, trades foods raw materials luxuries etc |
| merchants description | forking beard, dressed in much color, fur hat, danty buckled boots, clever, dislikes marriage, loves money, smooth talker |
| merchants tale | january and mia are married mia and dameon are secretly in love, january goes blind, mia and dameon cheat in a tree J gets sight back M gets power of persuasion |
| Clerks job | clergyman, theologian or philosopher |
| clerks description | apprentice, plain clothes, sober stare, thin horse, skinny, quiet, formal speech, spent borrowed money or books and learning, cared about study, moral virutes, couldnt get a higher job in the church |
| clerks tale | marquis - walter- needs to get married |
| pardoners job | forgives peoples sins for money, speaks, raises moeny for church by soliciting offerings and granting forgiveness for money |
| pardoners description | yellow rat-tails, carries fake crucixes and documents, pretends a pillowcase is the veil of Mary, has no beard clean shaven and no stubble fake, hypocrite, stealing from people, conartist |
| pardoners tale | threee rioters go looking for death and find it in greed |
| wife of baths job | allison is a seamstress |
| wife of bath desciption | allison , large gap in teeth, old and large, deaf in right ear, upper class, rich, journeys, open about sexuality |
| wife of bath tale | a kinght rapes a women and as punishment must find out what a women most desires he learns from a hag and must marry her b.c she told him |
| millers job | ground grain, worked for lord-ran his mill, sometimes cheated people, common |
| millers description | big strong arm-wrestles, red beard, wart on nose with tufts of red hair, wide black nostrils, tells crude stories, steals grain, blue hood, white coat, bagpipes, alcohol! ugly, rude crude abrasive |
| millers tale | carpenter john, wife alison, clerks nicolas(she cheats with during "flood") and abalom(sticks butt out on, brands nicolas) |
| nuns preists job | priest in an abbey |
| nun's priest's description | sir john, gentle, kind, elegant, cheerful, sharp eyes, sturdy frame, honorable |
| nun's priest's tale | old widow owns cock chanticleer whos married to pertelote one day a fox flatters him but he gets the fox to let him go and escapes. |
| microcasm | what goes on reflects the world as a whole |
| knights description | distinguished, chilvarious, truthful, honarble, generous, courtesous, fought battles, wise, fine things, didnt dress fine, loyal and carries out duties. heroic, patriotic, romantic and believes in relationships and love |
| knights tale | duke theseus takes over thebes captures palamon and arcita, arcita let go but comes back for emily palamon escapes jail, they fight for emily, arcita wins but earthquake so palamon marries emily |
| fabliau | humor that involves crude dirty humore and a cuckold |
| cuckold | an insulting term for a man whose wife cheats on him |
| fief | land |
| LeMorte dArthur written by | Sir Thomas Mallay |
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