canterbury tales LCP
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for Mrs. Yate's AP English IV. Kimberly and Lauren also have quizlets if you want to study more.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 irony | a contrast or descrepancy between expectation and reality. (situational, dramatic, verbal) |
| Humor | quality of a literary work that makes characters and their situations seem funny or ludicrous. |
| characterization | refers to the methods a writer uses to reveal the values and personalities of their characters. |
| physiogomy | the practice of using various physical characteristics to make correlations about a character (ex: gap teeth= lustful) |
| Wife of Bath | deaf, good weaver, used to good material, 5 husbands, well-traveled, lustful, A-typical |
| Parson | ideal priest, good man, knows Bible, idealized, teaches by example |
| Manciple | illiterate but still smart, frugal, servant, buys food for master |
| Miller | large, red beard, large mouth, plays bagpipes, thief |
| Reeve | choleric, thin, had money, loans money, earned respect, easily angered, hard worker (as far from the Miller as possible) |
| Summoner | Speeks only Latin when drunk, rascal, unintelligent, dishonest, bad, summons people to the court. |
| Pardoner | Yellow haired, close with the summoner, sold false relics, corrupt clergyman, shourt praises, worst offender. |
| Prologue | 29 pilgrims at Taburd Inn in south London during the spring time. |
| knight | always hits his mark, fought in knightly tournament, honored for battles, distinguished, idealized honest, honorable, wise, modest, highest ranking pilgrim, idealized, on pilgrimage to give thanks (line 74 direct characteristic) |
| Squire | talented, humble, dressed in red and white, ladies man, son of knight, youngest pilgrim (20). |
| Yeoman | carried bow, wore green, carried metal of St. Chirstopher and a small dagger, servant to knight, proper forrester, gets meat for knight, only has a physical description. |
| Nun | modest, friendly, beautiful, speaks French poorly, doesn't minister, takes care of animals instead of people, fake, wants to be higher than she is, petty, wears jewelry. |
| Monk | abbot, wanted people to hear him coming so he wears bells, ignores rules of St. Augustine, represents glutony, fat, bald, hunter, wears furs. |
| Friar | Hubert, begged for a living, corrupt, mellow, easy-going, would officiate marriages, hypocrite, charges for services, well-dressed, fake, trickster. |
| Merchant | acts well dressed, really in debt, pretender, outspoken, speaks scholarly, pretentious. |
| Oxford Cleric | thin, down to earth, loved to learn, quiet, respectful, hardworker, ideal student, poor, honest, unworldly, couldn't afford fancy books. |
| Sargeant of the Law | always seems busy, thinks highly of himself, good at his job as conveyancer, sells land, likes to make a statement with his clothes. |
| Franklin | white beard, cheerful, gentle, wanted pleasure, house always open, not idealized but a good person, tax collector, representative, judge. |
| Guildsmen | worthy citizens, have capital |
| Cook | very good but ailed by an ulcer on his knee |
| Skipper | tan, good man, not nice to prisoners, good sailor but steals wine, pirate |
| doctor | follows astronomy, good physician, uses practices of the time, crooked, working with the alchemist in a scam, wants money. |
| Chaucer | Father of English poetry, his father was a prosperous middle class wine merchant, fought in the hundred years war, became a court official and traveled a lot, Canterbury tales is his masterpiece: this author was the first writer to use English in a major literary work |
| exemplum | a tale used to illustrate a moral truth |
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