The Knight's Tale
Although close as brothers, this causes the conflict between Palamon and Arcite
What is their "love" for Emily or they fight over a girl they never met?
This character is described as a penniless student who studies astrology
Who is Nicholas?
Famous for its "story within a story," The Canterbury Tales structure is called this
What is a frame story?
This final punishment was pronounced in the opening moments of the tale because of the bachelor's cruel behavior.
What is death?
Seek and ye shall find! This is what the 3 ruffians set out to find in The Pardoner's Tale.
What or who is Death?
Because marriage was often arranged and limited a woman's freedom, this woman claimed she wanted no parts of it.
Who is Emily?
Better build a barrel! This is the natural disaster Nicholas convinces John is coming soon
What is a flood?
Fabliau, Exemplum or Mystery, one of these genres cannot be found in The Canterbury Tales
What is mystery?
What is to discover what women desire most?
The ruffians didn't use a metal detector to uncover these at the oak tree
What are gold coins?
In a cruel reversal of fate, this character wins the tournament but gets thrown from a horse and dies.
Who is Arcite?
Although he's a dedicated carpenter, John's preoccupation with his wife's behavior causes the narrator to describe him as this.
What is jealous?
Sometimes funny but often meant to criticize society's flaws and vices, name this genre
What is satire?
While it seems like an obvious choice, the old hag offers the bachelor a choice between this and this
What is her remaining an old, ugly yet faithful hag or becoming a young, beautiful and flirty woman?
"Et tu, Brute" is what one ruffian should have shouted when his friends did this to him?
What is stab him in the back or kill him with a knife?
After years of bitter fighting and bloody conflict, this event brings peace to Athens and Thebes.
What is the marriage of Palamon and Emily?
After he realizes he's been made a fool of, Absolon seeks his revenge using this object
What is a red hot iron?
Once a page, a prisoner of war, and thena literary genius, he's the author of The Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
The bad bachelor should have suspected the old hag was up to some funny tricks because when he first saw her she looked like this
What is a group of delightful or dancing damsels?
Some might say they killed each other, but this is what really killed the 3 ruffians
What is their own greed and deception?
Using knights who fight with honor and courage and a fair maiden who is modest and beautfiul, name this genre of The Canterbury Tales
What is chivalric or romance?
As this tale pokes fun at social hierarchy, it flips the script on expectations by allowing the commoner to do this
What is outwit his social superiors?
Which lesson is repeated in more than one of The Canterbury Tales:
The relationship between age and wisdom
The conflict between friendship and self-interest
The destructive power of romantic love
What is the conflict between friendship and self-interest?
This is the result which occurs after the knight gives the hag sovereignty
What is she chooses young and faithful and they have a long, happy marriage?
With an ironic twist of fate, The Pardoner's Tale is an exemplum because it does this
What is it teaches a moral/lesson or it shows right living vs wrong living?