Geoffrey Chaucer Flashcards
His aims were
literary as well as moral
His variety of experience gave him
insight into human nature and social institutions
He was born
into the middle class, rose in the ranks of the aristocracy and married into the nobility
He successfully used satire both to __________ and to ____ _______ _______
entertain, show moral indignation
Original plan projected for
120 stories
Chaucers use of pilgrimage was appropriate because it allowed them to:
structurally unite a variety of tales in a single compositions and it provided a vehicle for social commentary by bringing together people from all walk of society and with universal character traits.
Multiple Choice:
The author gives his plan for the work in
The General Prologue
“Prologue”:
April, in the spring. People feel restless, eager to go into ______. Begins at:
pilgrimage; the tabard in, in southward, a suburb of London, the host of the inn is Harry Bailey
