Pilgrims
This pilgrim sells indulgences and fake religious relics for profit.
Who is the Pardoner?
Who did the narrator meet at the Tabbard Inn?
What is "29 Pilgrims"?
Why were young men sent to other families to train to become Knights?
What is "To ensure their training was strict"?
This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something a character does not.
What is dramatic irony?
What type of story is The Canterbury Tales?
The Pardoner admits that he preaches against this sin, even though he is guilty of it himself.
What is Greed?
When was The Canterbury Tales written?
What is the 1300's?
Why was the lyric popular?
What is "Could be cultured or popular, songs of friends and Jarchas"
The Friar’s love of money and flirtation, though he’s supposed to live in poverty and humility, satirizes what?
What is the moral corruption of religious officials?
The pilgrimage begins in this month, symbolizing renewal and rebirth.
What is April?
Chaucer’s description of the Pardoner suggests he might represent corruption in this medieval institution.
The Church
The narrator meets the pilgrims at this inn, where they agree to tell stories along the journey.
The Tabard Inn
The feudal system carried a sense of form and manners that influenced all of the following EXCEPT which one?
What is "The Church"?
When Chaucer praises a character so highly that it actually reveals their foolishness or corruption, this technique is being used.
What is Irony?
Why was the epic popular?
What is " It Represented songs of deeds or cults related to people?"
Unlike many other pilgrims, the Knight is immediately described without satire or irony. What does this suggest about Chaucer’s opinion of him?
What is that Chaucer genuinely admires him as an ideal of knighthood?
Which pilgrim is the Squire related to?
Who is "The Knight"?
What happened as a result of the merger of Anglo-Norman society?
What is "England was brought into mainstream European civilization"
Satire uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize this.
What is human behavior, society, or vice?
Geoffrey Chaucer is often called this, because he helped shape the English language through his writing.
What is " The father or English literature?"
The Knight’s clothing is described as a “fustian tunic” that is “stained and dark” with this substance, showing his humility.
What is rust from his armor?
The pilgrims are traveling to visit the shrine of this saint at Canterbury Cathedral.
Who is Saint Thomas Becket?
What was the difference between women who lived in lower class families and the women who lived in higher class families?
What is "Lower class women had to work in the fields while higher class women got to run their husbands estate?"
By portraying nearly every social class with flaws except the Knight and Parson, Chaucer satirizes what larger idea about society?
What is human hypocrisy or moral decay across all social ranks?
Chaucer lived during this historical period known for knights, feudalism, and the Church’s power.
What is the Middle Ages (or medieval period)?