CANTERBURY TALES
why is it great
objective of prologue
Define pilgrimage
how many tales are told
winner gets what
where are they going
what time of year
where does narrator meet pilgrims
most of clergy have in common
PARDONER’S TALE
Who poisons? Who stabs?
Offering after tale?
Treatment of old man on side of road?
Revealed during prologue about pardoner?
Who is chosen to see relics first?
Why does he tell tale?
subject of the sermon?
SIR GAWAIN AND GREEN KNIGHT
Author
Why was it written so late
What type of lit.
When is Gawain supposed to meet GK
What does host’s wife give Gawain
Noise Gawain hears as he enters castle
What happens during first swing
Why does GK only nick neck
Gawain’s response to GK’s praise
Why does GK return sash to Gawain
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
language
when was he alive
vernacular?
LE MORTE D’ARTHUR
Author
Malory’s other job
Define romance hero
Arthur’s son
What does dream mean
Why do they go to war
What Sir Lucas finds on battlefield
Who dies trying to help Arthur
What happens when Excalibur is thrown in lake
What becomes of Sir Bedivere
ESSAY
Define verbal/situational irony + examples from PT.
Physical Description :: Character in CT.
Chaucer’s view of clergy in CT.
Define romance. Examples from Gawain.