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    Brooke Schweitzer Dr. O’Callaghan Eng 402 April 11‚ 2010 Springtime in The Canterbury Tales _See how the lilies of the field grow. …Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.-Matthew 6:28-29_ Springtime and beauty is inevitably linked in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Chaucer uses the images of springtime from the very beginning of the prologue to promote the idea of renewal and overall joyfulness. Not only is it used to establish tone or

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    and his/her tale. What was the underlying motive for the storyteller telling his/her tale? Chaucer’s masterpiece‚ The Canterbury Tales‚ is the most famous and critically acclaimed work of Geoffrey Chaucer‚ a late-fourteenth-century English poet. Little is known about Chaucer’s personal life‚ and even less about his education‚ but a number of existing records document his professional life. Chaucer was born in London in the early 1340s‚ the only son in his family. The Canterbury Tales is written

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    Chaucer begins The Nun’s Priest’s Tale by describing a simple widow and her two simple daughters. They own a barn where a magnificently handsome cock with a beautiful and accurate "cock-a-doodle-doo". Here‚ his seven wives also live; his favorite is the most beautiful Pertelote. He one day speaks to her about a dream. In this dream‚ a fox eats Chanticleer‚ the cock‚ and Chanticleer now worries that it may come true. Pertelote does not believe in this predestination and gives her argument. She

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    Mia Gennarelli September 28‚ 2010 3rd Block The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer was famous for his Canterbury Tales. I am selecting actors and actresses in which I believe would best fit four of Chaucer’s pilgrims’ personalities. Elizabeth Taylor‚ Gordon Ramsey‚ Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder‚ and Atticus Shaffer will be playing the roles of the Wife of Bath‚ the Cook‚ the Nun‚ and the Oxford Cleric Elizabeth Taylor will be playing the role of the wife of bath. She‚ like the wife of bath

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    Essay Test In The Canterbury Tales‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ each character‚ such as the Pardoner‚ Wife of Bath‚ and the Franklin‚ epitomizes their spirit and reputation through the tales they tell. The Pardoner uses his tale as a gimmick to make money‚ because he is a greedy man. The way his tale illustrates each sin‚ every listener can relate to the three brothers and feel their guilt. The Wife of Bath’s Tale expresses her own values in the way the Knight is given a second chance after raping the

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    The Canterbury tales analysis “all his pilgrims are severely distinguished from each other. The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different education‚ humor and callings‚ that each of them would be improper in any other mouth” John Dryden It is said by Dryden that all of the tales are made for their narrators‚ but not only for them but also for the author‚ each of those tales show somehow the author’s life and his problems or thoughts towards important

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    The Canterbury Tales Big Brother Story When applying the show Big Brother with the story The Canterbury Tales choosing the right characters to intermingle in a household is very difficult. The eight characters I have chosen to live in a household together are The Knight‚ The Friar‚ The Squire‚ The Nun‚ The Cook‚ The Wife of Bath‚ The Manciple‚ and The Summoner. I believe that the chosen characters will make a very interesting and dramatic show. The first character I have chosen is The Knight

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    Canterbury Tales Presentation Rubric | NAME: | PERIOD: | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Organization | Audience cannot understand presentation because there is no sequence of information. | Audience has difficulty following presentation because student jumps around. | Student presents information in logical sequence which audience can follow. | Student presents information in logical‚ interesting sequence which audience can follow. | | Subject Knowledge | Student does not have grasp

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    In Canterbury Tales‚ Chaucer gives a description oftwenty-nine people in a pilgrimage. Each has different personalities which we can relate to how people behave today. The wife of Bath stands out more than the other characters. In the prologue‚ the wife of birth is described in a way that makes one wonder how well she fits the rules made by Christian authorities regarding the behavior of a woman. According to the church‚ women are categorized as saints or angels. The wife of thebath is a bravewoman;

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    In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ each character tells their tales based on their experiences or beliefs. Although they may all be different‚ some stories do share similarities. As we see in the knight’s tale he shares a story full of chivalry‚ passion and courage. Since those are his beliefs and what he stood for it makes sense why he choose to tell a story with these qualities. As for the Wife of Bath‚ she too tells a story of a soon to be knight who is arrogant‚ superficial and vein but

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