The Reeve’s Tale Simkin is a miller who lives in Trumpington near Cambridge and who steals wheat and meal brought to him for grinding. Simkin is also a bully and expert with knives. His wife is the portly daughter of the town clergyman (and therefore illegitimate‚ as Catholic priests do not marry). They have a twenty-year-old daughter Malyne and a six-month-old son. When Simkin overcharged for his latest work grinding corn for Soler Hall‚ a Cambridge University college also known as King’s Hall
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Ribald sexual content‚ humor‚ cheating wives‚ “arse” kissing‚ “The Millers Tale” and “The Wife of Baths Tale” have it all. However this is only 2 out of the many tales in the Canterbury Tales‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer. This story is about a group of 29 people who are all going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury to see the tomb of St. Tomas Beckett. In the tavern they meet in‚ they decide to have a competition for who can tell the best tale‚ and the winner will receive a free dinner. In this novel‚ Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer uses the characters in The Physician’s Tale to expose the corruption of the court system; emphasize the absurdity of a knight’s Code of Chivalry; and exemplify the manner in which such corruption preys on the virtuous. The story’s theme of corruption portrays itself through Appius‚ the town judge‚ who is characterized as a conniving and deceitful individual. This is first seen when he passes by Virginia‚ after which he is instantly enamored by her beauty and overcome with lustful
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beliefs and ideas that the Medieval times had developed. Medieval times thought that the human body and individualism were sinful while Renaissance thinkers said that individualism should be glorified. The main complaints made against the church were corruption and hypocrisy within the clergy. These complaints reflected the Renaissance ideas of individualism in that the clergy thought that it was ok to use explore the attributes of the human mind. Individual power and accomplishment was enjoyed and
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Name: _______________________ Mods:_______ from The Pardoner’s Tale Reading Check 1. How does the Pardoner describe his own character and morals in the Prologue to his tale? 2. According to “The Pardoner’s Tale‚” why are the three young rioters looking for Death? 3. Where does the old man tell the rioters to look for Death? How do they treat him? 4. Describe the rioters’ plan for the gold and how it proves fatal to all three of them. Thinking
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In Geoffrey Chaucer (1345-1400) “The Millers Tale”‚ Chaucer’s poetic yet frivolous language describes a society heavily influenced by the Catholic Church. The social convention in the late 1300’s revolved around the Catholic Church and communities subject to worshiping God and attending church. In “The Millers Tale”‚ the characters represent some form of back lash‚ rebellion‚ and question of authority against the Catholic Church‚ demonstrating some form of fabrication to the church’s idea of being
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collected money for the church‚ some preached‚ but mostly were fraudulent and extorted money for their own use. In Geoffrey Chaucer “The Canterbury Tales” The Pardoner is trying to help out his people and trick his people into fundings for his own good‚ which is not a good combination. The church created Pardoner’s in Chaucer’s days to gather money from sinners in exchange for forgiveness. This created a healthy income for the church‚ but this also created the corruption within the church. Chaucer’s Pardoner
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was heavily dependent on the Church for just about everything. The Catholic Church had a firm hold on any religious beliefs people held. Therefore‚ science only existed for the few people that dared to go against the normal religious teachings. Slowly‚ people began to break away from the uniform idea of religion and started to question many of the teachings of the Church. Also‚ Enlightenment thinkers got the ball rolling‚ calling out the corruptness of the Catholic Church in Europe. This new style of
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expose the church’s corruption and to make reforms. These reformers were usually persecuted by church officials and kings‚ some were even burned at the stake. One such reformer who both the pope and emperor Charles V tried to silence was Martin Luther In 1521‚ Martin Luther was summoned by emperor Charles V to the Diet of the Worms to face train for his attacks on the church. Before the Diet of the Worms‚ Luther lets it be known that he did write the books which attacks the church and that he stands
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point across. These types of irony are verbal‚ dramatic‚ or situational. They may apply irony to turn a story around and to give it a twist. One author who utilizes this technique is Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. In fact‚ Chaucer enhances irony in his story “The Miller’s Tale.” He incorporates irony to entertain his readers‚ critique society‚ and to teach moral lessons. One way that authors may utilize the technique of irony is to entertain the reader. By implementing irony‚ authors try
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