Characters/Tales
Palamon & Arcite fight over fair Emily as the Roman gods watch
The Knight's Tale
Where they are headed on the pilgrimage.
Canterbury
The 2 major structural sections of the Canterbury Tales
1. The General Prologue
2. Individual Character Tales
The reasons to tell the tales while travelling
For entertainment and/or to win a meal
Author of The Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer
The number of pilgrims going on the pilgrimage
29
What country is the Canterbury tales set in
England
What time of year where the tale takes place
Spring (April)
The other part that must be included in every story told by the pilgrims
a moral or a lesson
The language in which the Canterbury Tales is written
Middle English
In this tale alchemy and swindling of innocent people takes place
The Yeoman's Tale
Historical Era when the Canterbury Tales takes place
The Middle Ages
Why did they go on the pilgrimage
To increase their faith and divinity
What Chaucer is usually referred to as the father of
English Literature
How many stories were each of the characters supposed to tell while travelling on the pilgrimage
1
Character who wore a pin of St. Christopher for travel protection
Yeoman
The shrine that the pilgrims are going to visit at the end of the pilgrimage
The Shrine of Thomas Becket
Satire
The top of the social hierarchy during the Middle Ages
The King
The General Prologue
The traveller that is introduced first in the General Prologue
The Knight
Where they first meet to begin their pilgrimage.
The Tabbard Inn
This character loved hotly till dawn
The Squire
The languages were used to write before Chaucer
A major historical event that happened around the time of the creation of the Canterbury Tales
The Bubonic Plague; Black death