ENGLISH 4
(1)
THE CANTERBURY TALES
TEXT: ELEMENTS
OF LITERATURE
SIXTH
COURSE
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
DO NOW: HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN ANYONE WHO WAS IN A
POSITION OF RESPECT YET THE CONSISTENTLY ACTS IMPRPERLY? WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE SUCH PEOPLE BEHAVE THIS
WAY? EXPLAIN YOUR THOUGHTS IN A WELL WRITTEN PARAGRAPH.
- A MONK IS A MEMBER OF A BROTHERHOOD AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY BOUND BY VOWS OF POVERTY.
DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
READ THE MONKS TALE ON PAGE
147.
(1) COMPARE
AND CONTRAST THE NUN’S TALE/PRIORESS
WITH THE MONK’S TALE. HOW CORRUPT ARE THE BOTH OF THEM?
(2) THE
MONK KNOWS AND EVEN BOASTS ABOUT
HIMSELF NOT ACTING LIKE A MONK. IDENTIFY
AND THEN WRITE ABOUT THE EVIDENCE
THAT IS MENTIONED IN “THE MONK’S’ TALE.
(3) WHAT
EVIDENCE CAN WE FIND THAT SGGESTS THAT THE MONK IS NOT SERIOUS ABOUT HIS
VOCATION?
(4) IN
THE MIDDLE AGES, FATNESS WAS A SIGN OF WEALTH, BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN’T ALWAYS
HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. WHY IS IT IRONIC THAT THE MONK IS FAT? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
GUIDED PRACTICE: READ
THE FRIAR’S TALE ON PAGE
148 AND THEN RESPOND TO THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
FRIAR – A MEMBER OF CERTAIN RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH
(1) ONE OF THE FRIAR’S MAIN
DURIES WAS TO HEAR PEOPLE’S
CONFESSIONS AND ABSOLVE,OR
FORGIVE, THEIR SINS AFTER IMPOSING A PENANCE, OR PENALTY—USUALLY PRAYERS OR
GOOD WORKS TO BE PERFORMED. THE FRIAR
OFFERS “PLEASANT ABSOLUTION” (LINE
226), OR LIGHT PENANCE, IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY.
WHAT DOES THIS REVEAL ABOUT HIS CHARACTER? EXPLAIN FULLY.
(2) AS THE STORY OPENS HOW IS THE FRIAR DESCRIBED?
(3) DOES THIS
DESCRIPTION FORESHADOW HIS BEHAVIORS BEFORE WE
READ THE
ENTIRE STORY?
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IN THE THIRD LINE WHAT DO THE FOUR ORDERS REFER TO? SEE
(2)
THE FOOTNOTES
(5) EXAMINE
LINES 216 AND 217. WHAT IS SAYING ABOUT THE FRIAR’S
POSITION ON WOMEN AND MARRIAGE?
(6) WHAT
DOES IT MEAN WTHE PRIEST TALE TELLS US THAT “…HE WAS A NOBLE PILLAR TO HIS
ORDER….”
(7) “…HE
WAS AN EASY MAN IN PENANCE GIVING…”
SUGGESTS WHAT ABOUT THIS FRIAR?
(8) “…WHERE
HE COULD HOPE TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING…” SUGGESTS THAT THE PREIST IS WILLING TO
SINK TO THE LOWEST LEVEL TO DO WHAT?
(9) EXAMINE
LINES 230 TO 235 WHAT IS BEING SAID ABOUT THE FRIAR’S SINCERITY AND WHAT ELSE
IS SUGGESTED INSTEAD OF WEEPING?
(10)
EXAMINE LINES 227 & 228. WHAT GIFTS DO HE GIVE TO THE GIRLS?
(11)
READ LINES 240 TO 244.
WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT DO YOU THINK A LILY-WHITE NECK MIGHT REVEAL?
(12)
EXAMINE LINES 246 TO 259. THE FRANCISCAN ORDER OF FRIARS WAS FOUNDED BY
SAINT FRANCIS FOR EXPRESS PURPOSE OF MINISTERING TO THE POOREST AND LEAST FORTUNATE—THESE ARE
THE VERY PEOPLE THE FRIAR CONSIDERS BENEATH HIS NOTICE. THEREFORE WHAT ELSE
CAN WE SAY ABOUT THIS FRIAR?
(13)
EXAMINE LINES 255 AND
256. HOW IS THIS FRIAR ABLE TO TALK
PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MONEY?
(14)
LINE 256
TO 260 PAINTS THE FRIAR AS A PLEASANT PERSON.
FIND EVIDENCE IN THESE LINES WHERE THIS SUGGESTION IS THE CASE,
(15)
EXAMINE LINES 262 TO 266. HOW DO THESE LINE
PORTRAY THE FRIAR?
(16)
CONTINUE TO READ THE ENTIRE STORY. DOES THE IMAGE OF THE FRIAR CHANGE OR IS IT
CONSISTENT? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
SILENTLY READ THE MECHANT’S TALE
ON PAGE
150 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS:
(1) IN
WHAT WAY DOES THE NARRATOR UNDERMINES HIS OWN CREDIBILITY?
(2) IS
THE NARRATOR DELIBERATELY HIDING HIS IDENTITY? EXAMINE THIS SENTENCE “…TO
TELLTHE TRUTH I DO NOT KNOW HIS NAME….”
(3) HOW
IS THIS MERCHANT DESCRIBED IN THE OPENING? WHAT THOUGHT APPEARS IN THE
MERCHANT’S MIND WHICH GIVE HIM THE
IDEA OF A MONEY MAKING ROUTE?
(3)
(4)WHY DO YOU THINK NOONE KNEW
THAT THE MERCHANT WAS IN DEBT? COULD IT
BE BECAUSE HE WAS SO “STATELY?”
(5) HW WAS THE MERCHANT IN BARGINS
AND NEGOTIATIONS?
CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING:
SUMMARIZE THE MERCHANT,THE FRIAR AND
THE MONK’S TALE
EXIT TICKET:READ PLACES OF A
PILGRIMAGE AND DISCUSS (1) THE CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE (2) THE
THREE FESTIVALS (3)THE INFLUENCE OF ISLAM (4) AND
THE GRAND SHRINE.
HOMEWORKCHOOSE THE FRIAR TALE, THE
MERCHANT TALE OR THE MONK’S TALE AND
CREATE YOUR OWN STORY WHERE YOU POKE FUN
AT THESE PROFESSION.
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