Wife of Bath Pt. 1
The knight must find this the answer to this question:
What do women desire most?
Why have the fairies been replaced by friars?
Change is popular religious belief
Personified to be a thief, in which the rioters are trying to catch:
Who is Death?
This term is used to show the Pardoner is vain and cruel, and is another word for people who are lower class and live in the country.
What are Yokels?
When does Canterbury Tales begin?
When is springtime/ April?
Who have replaced the fairies and enchanted beings in the forest?
The Friars
What are the choices the knight must make?
To have a wife that is beautiful, but lies, or to have a wife that is old and ugly, but is honest.
Who is Old Man in the Woods?
Can be many things, as his actual purpose is unknown, but most definitely represents a sense of consequence for moral misdoings.
The Pardoner preaches this, though he himself partakes in it.
What is greed?
What does the Knight uphold?
What is chivalry?
What is proven by the story of King Midas and Donkey Ears?
Women cannot keep secrets and are not perfect.
What is the answer the knight chooses, when posed with two different options?
The knight chooses for the old hag to make her choice.
They are not great people because they are drinking before the 9:00 AM service bell, and they form a false alliance in order to kill someone who cannot be killed.
The rioters
How is the moral of the story corrupt?
The Pardoner tells this tale because he wishes to receive money for telling it, which is greedy. This makes him a hypocrite.
This boy represents courtly love, with his flower embroidered clothing and poetry.
Who is the Squire?
What is the argument the old hag poses towards the knight, in terms of social rank?
No matter where you place an immoral person in society, they will still be immoral.
What does the Wife of Bath ask for at the end of her story?
Young, faithful husbands for all the older women!
How does each rioter die?
The youngest is stabbed in the face. The other two drink poison and die.
Can stories encourage people to behave well even if everyone around them is dying?
In reference to the plague, the Pardoner's tale urges people to remain morally upstanding citizens.
This man has greasy long, blonde hair that hangs down like rat tails. This shows he is a sneaky, selfish person.
Who is the Pardoner?
What does the old hag say in response to the knight's whining about her ugly appearance and low-bred demeanor?
She says she can change what he considers a problem, in a day or two.
Who does the Wife of Bath wish ill upon at the end of her story?
Men who will not be governed by their wives/ do not treat their wives with equality.
What does the tale suggest about the effects of such a disaster on society?
The tale suggests disaster can make people act out of line because death is looming.
At the end of his tale, the Pardoner speaks these words: "My holy pardon frees you of all of this, provided that you make the right approaches, That is with sterling rings or silver broaches."
What is saying?
How does the Pardoner ask for payment at the end of his tale?
This man serves as an opposite to the Parson, considering he is not a lawful good member of the clergy and is a liar and a cheat!
Who is the Friar?