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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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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the significance of city marketing procedure on high degree of city competitiveness achievement. The basic questions arising refer to the effectiveness of city marketing and how it can be measured‚ to the ability of public local authorities to plan and implement promotion policies as well as to the determination of the prerequisites according to which the “final produced good”‚ which is the “city image”‚ can be promoted effectively to the potential target markets. ‘The City Marketing’ what it means:
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The Role of Language in The Handmaid’s Tale For centuries‚ “the pen is mightier than the sword” has been the adage du jour. Words do more damage than swords‚ spreading ideas instead of killing people. One dangerous little idea‚ passed among individuals‚ does more damage than any blade could ever do; few armies can hold out against strong ideas. In the state of Gilead‚ words mean everything‚ and they have the ultimate power. The women in Margaret Atwoods’ dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale have
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Another aspect to consider is the greed of the pardoner. The pardoner seeks a commission from his audience for his tales. He himself is also one that is overtaken by money. Does he sincerely care about the condition of one’s soul or is he just out for a quick buck? On page 9‚ the pardoner comments that his "holy pardon cures and will suffice/ So that it bring me gold‚ or silver brings/ Or else‚ I care not- brooches‚ spoons‚ or rings." Personally‚ I believe that the pardoner is willing to tell just
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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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and gender in fairy tales. Most of the contemporary fairy tales are criticized and explored as retellings of popular fairy tales that explore the gender in fairy tales. These writers (most of are feminists) wished to shed light on the images of women in literature. They wanted to exhibit female empowerment and independence in their works to build the foundation of female identity. However‚ in some works‚ they tend to be bias on their representations. They reversed gender roles: women as powerful and
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Fairy tales of the past were often full of macabre and gruesome twists and endings. These days‚ companies like Disney have sanitized them for a modern audience that is clearly deemed unable to cope‚ and so we see happy endings everywhere. This list looks at some of the common endings we are familiar with – and explains the original gruesome origins. If you know of any others‚ be sure to mention it in the comments – or if you know of a fairy tale that is just outright gruesome (in its original or
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“The Pardoner’s Tale:” A Sermon of Morality and Corruption The art of persuasion proves to be an important aspect within “The Canterbury Tales” because it is this art that a pilgrim needs to exemplify in order to be deemed the best storyteller. Not only is this art the driving force behind the overarching plot of the poem but it is also an essential facet for characters within the tales so they are able to provide a complex and thought-provoking story. Understanding that the storytellers
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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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