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Canterbury tales Flashcards

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1
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Knight

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Wore a smudged tunic.

Honorable

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Squire

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Curley hair, average height, wonderful agility and strength.

Cares about how he looks, respectful, brave

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Yeoman

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Robin hood

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Nun/Prioress

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Fat, wears lots of jewelry.

Perfect manners

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Monk

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Fat and bald. Wheres a nice robe.

Not devout.

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Friar

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Pale and strong.

Not a good guy, refused to help those with lepracy.

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Merchant

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Multicolored dress and has a beard.

Braggs but is in debt, hypocrit.

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Oxford Cleric

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Short

Naive

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Sergeant At Law

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multicolored coat

Tries to make people think he is busy when he isn’t

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Franklin

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White beard

Optimistic, generous, hospitable

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Tradesmen

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Wear nice, fresh clothing

Very talented

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Cook

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Ulcer

Good cook

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Skipper

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Tan and has a dagger on him

Pirate

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Doctor

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Blood red robe

Prescribes overly expensive medicine

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Wife of Bath

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Gap teeth and red self-made clothing

Mean

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Parson

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Uses a staff to walk

Educated

17
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Plowman

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Physically fit

18
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Miller

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Red beard and wrestles

Show off

19
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Manciple

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No physical traits

Good at his job

20
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Reeve

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Thin

Bad temper, good farmer

21
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Pardoner

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Yellow hair and a hat with a relic

Sells indulgences

22
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Summoner

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Rosy-faced

Rotten to the core, strikes fear in children

23
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Host

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A little overweight

Good because he provides food

24
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Where were the pilgrims going and why?

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Canterbury for a pilgrimage

25
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What tradesmen were on the pilgrimage?

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Weaver
Carpenter
Dyer
Carpetmaker
Haberdasher
26
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What was the host’s name?

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Harry Baily

27
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Purpose of Chaucer’s prologue?

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To introduce the pilgrims and their purpose for going

28
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Identify all types of characterization.

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Direct - Character says themself

Indirect - Revealed by characters thoughts

29
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How does Chaucer typically characterize pilgrims connected to the Church?

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Greedy and sleezy

30
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Why is the Pardoner’s Tale ironic?

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He looks down on people stealing money from graves, yet he steals money from people

31
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What is the setting and conflict in the Wife of Bath’s tale?

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King Arthur period

32
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What does the knight promise and what does he learn?

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The knight promises to marry the old women. He

33
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Compare/contrast the Friar and the Parson (physical and personality)

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Parson and Friar are both happy.

Parson is weak (uses a cane) and the Friar is strong. The Parson gives to the poor while the Friar is a bad person.

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