Questions Macbeth

MacBeth Questions 1) The season that is described in the opening passage of The Canterbury Tales is spring. According to the narrator, when the season comes the people long to go on pilgrammages. 2) English people want to go down to Canterbury to seek the holy martyr, St. Thomas a Becket. 3) The narrator claims he meets some twenty nine pilgrims. 4) The Knight has fought in Alexandria, Prussia, Lithuania, Granada, North Africa, and Anatolia. 5) If the Knight beats his opponents in the tournament ring, he kills them. 6) According to the narrator, the Knight’s conversation and speech is honest. The Knight never said a boorish thing in all his life and he was true. 7) In appearance, the Knight’s armor is sort of raggedy. The Knight wore a fustian tunic that was stained and dark with smudges where his armor had left marks. 8) The pilgrim that is the son of the Knight is a fine young Squire. 9) The Squire’s appearance contrasts with that of the Knight because he was dressed well. The Squire wore a short gown with long and white sleeves, while the Knight wore armor. 10) The Squire was some twenty years of age. 11) The Squire’s talents are riding a horse properly, make songs, poems, and recite, draw, write, dance and joust. The Squire’s talents contrast with the Knight because all the Knight did was joust and kill. 12) The Squire sleeps so little because he loved so hotly that until dawn, he grew pale. 13) A Yeoman in the medieval world is an attendant in a noble household. 14) The Yeoman is sun-tanned because he is always outside. This suggests that he is an environmental person and loves to spend his time in the forest as a forester. 15) The Knight would want a servant who is good with a bow to have someone to hunt and trap game. Also, the Knight is always travelling and he needs somewhat of a bodyguard to secure him. 16) A prioress is a nun ranking just below the abbess of convent. The