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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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    THE CANTERBURY TALES STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS Prologue 1. In lines 1-18 (which are all one sentence)‚ identify the time and the author’s main point. April; the main point is that according to the poet‚ people long to go on a pilgrimage in the Spring. 2. Why does the urge to go on pilgrimage hit people in the spring? Winter is over; it’s time for renewal. 3. Who is at the inn? Who arrives at the inn? What is the central idea? (Look in ll. 19-28). The narrator is at the inn; twenty-nine pilgrims

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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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    Literature November 9‚ 2012 Revenge is Sweet – Affairs are Sour The Reeve’s and Miller’s Tale contradict each other in many ways towards the characters ambitions and personalities. The Miller and Reeve try to get revenge on each other by insulting one another through these parables. The main themes in these stories are as follows: jealousy‚ revenge‚ and trickery. Jealousy is shown in the Reeve’s Tale because the scholars and the miller try to get even with each other throughout the entire story

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    The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims. The Canterbury Tales‚ the work stands as a historical and sociological introduction to the life and times of the late Middle Ages. he was familiar with and was accepted by the lower classes as well as by the higher classes; thus‚ throughout his life‚ he was able to observe both the highest

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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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    The Good and Bad in the Canterbury Tales In Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem‚ Canterbury Tale‚ life in fourteenth-century England is realistically and satirically exposed. Through the Knight‚ Parson‚ and Summoner‚ Chaucer portrays the good and bad people in fourteenth-century England. The Knight represents the chivalry during this time‚ whereas the Parson represents the God-fearing‚ respectable people. Although there were many good people in England‚ Chaucer also shows many bad ones such as the Summoner

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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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    Fall 2013 Paper Number 1: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales-The Wife of Bath The Wife of Bath is a character that Chaucer presents as an attractive female in its prologue. She is a headstrong and very self-confident woman of her time who thinks highly of herself. Chaucer’s descriptions of her facial and bodily features are sexually suggestive. In the Prologue‚ Chaucer’s narrative involves her physical appearance describing her clothes‚ legs‚ feet‚ hips‚ and her gap-tooth

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    General Prologue At the Tabard Inn‚ a tavern in Southwark‚ near London‚ the narrator joins a company of twenty-nine pilgrims. The pilgrims‚ like the narrator‚ are traveling to the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The narrator gives a descriptive account of twenty-seven of these pilgrims‚ including a Knight‚ Squire‚ Yeoman‚ Prioress‚ Monk‚ Friar‚ Merchant‚ Clerk‚ Man of Law‚ Franklin‚ Haberdasher‚ Carpenter‚ Weaver‚ Dyer‚ Tapestry-Weaver‚ Cook‚ Shipman‚ Physician‚ Wife‚ Parson

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