12-6-12 CANTERBURY TALES

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                                        THE CANTERBURY TALES

                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

                                                       SIXTH COURSE

                                                  DECEMBER 6, 2012

DO NOW:  WHEN YOU AS A STUDENT GRADUATE FROM RANDOLPH YOU WILL BE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED IN SOME TYPE OF TRADE OR SKILL.  IF SOMEONE WERE TO WRITE A STORY OR POEM ABOUT THE SKILL OR TRADE THAT YOU HAVE TRAINED IN WHAT WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO SAY?  WRITE A SHORT STORY OR POEM DEMONSTRATING WHAT YOU WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR TRADE, TRAINING OR SKILL.

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reeve

¹ [reev] Show IPA

noun

1.

an administrative officer of a town or district.

2.

British . an overseer or superintendent of workers, tenants, or an estate.

3.

British . (formerly) a person of high rank representing the crown.

4.

Canadian. the presiding officer of a village or town council.

Relevant Questions

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DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ PAGE 159 THE REEVE TALE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. HOW DOES THE NARRATOR DESCRIBE THE REEVE IN THE OPENING OF THE REEVE TALE?  EXAMINE LINES 605 TO 610.
2. EXAMINE LINES 611 AND 612.  WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE REEVE AND THE AUDITOR?
3. WHAT DOES LINES 613 AND 614 SUGGEST TO US ABOUT THE REEVE’S “WATCHING DROUGHT AND RAIN” AND “EXPECT FROM SEED AND GRAIN?”
4. WHAT PROPERTY OF THE REEVE WAS “WHOLLY TRUSTED TO HIS GOVERNMENT?”
5. THE REEVE WAS EMPOWERED UNDER CONTRACT TO DO WHAT?  EXAMINE LINES 618 AND 619.
6. LINE 611 TO 620 SUGGESTS THAT THIS REEVE IS CLEVER ENOUGH TO MAKE A SECOND LIVING WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PERFORMING HIS FIRST JOB.  WHAT IN REALITY IS HE DOING?
7. READ LINE 623.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE PLAGUE?
8. EXAMINE LINES 621 TO 630.  HOW DOES THE REEVE TREAT THE LORD?
9. THE NARRATOR ENDS THE REEVE TALE BY DESCRIBING THE REEVES’S TRADE AND CLOTHLING ATTIRE.  WHAT IS IT THAT THE NARRATOR SAYS?

GUIDED PRACTICE:  READ THE SUMMONER TALE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (PAGE 160):

SUMMONER IS A PERSON WHO DELIVERS SUMMONSES THAT CALL PEOPLE TO APPEAR IN CHURCH COURTS.

leek

[leek] Show IPA

noun

1.

a plant, Allium ampeloprasum,  of the amaryllis family, allied to the onion, having a cylindrical bulb and leaves used in cookery.

2.

any of various allied species.

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ank.

3. CONCUBINE

(especially formerly in Muslim societies) a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan, for sexual purposes.

Definition of GARLAND

1

: a circular or spiral arrangement of intertwined material (as flowers or leaves)

2

: anthology, collection

1. HOW DOES THE SUMMMONER BEHAVE WHEN HE HAS TOO MUCH TO DRINK?
2. EXAMINE LINESS 660 TO 665.  WHAT IS THE SUMMONER’S WIT OR MIND BEING COMPARED TO?
3. AS THE TALE OPENS APPARENTLY THE SUMMONER WAS AT THE INN WITH THE OTHERS.  HOW IS THE SUMMONER DESCRIBED BY THE NARRATOR?
4. WHAT WERE THE CHILDREN’S REACTION WHEN THE SUMMONER APPEARED?
5. WHY DO YOU THINK THE CHILDREN REACTED IN THIS WAY?
6. WHAT EFFECTS DID THE REMEMDIES HAVE ON THE SUMMONER?
7. EXAMINE LINE 665, WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR MEAN HERE?
8. EXAMINR LINE 670.  WHAT IS MEANT HERE?  “…AND HE HAD FINCHES OF  HIS OWN TO FEATHER….”
9. EXAMINE LINES 671 TO 674.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE SUMMONER AND THE RASCAL’S SOUL/
10. EXAMINE LINES 675 AND TO LINES 679.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE SUMMONER?
11. LINE 680 “…WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF EXCOMMUNICATION MEANS WHAT?
12. EXAMINE LINES 681 AND 682.  “…THUS, AS HE PLEASED, THE MAN COULD BRING DURESS ON ANY YOUNG FELLOW IN THE DIOCESE.
13. EXAMINE LINES 683.  DISCUSS THE ELEMENT OF BLACKMAIL THAT IS SUGGESTED?
14. THE NARRATOR ENDS HIS TALE ABOUT THE SUMMONER DESCRIBING AN ALE HOUSE WHICH IN MEDIEVAL TIMES THE SIGN FOR A TAVERN OR BAR WAS A BGARLAND OF HOLLY

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INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  READ THE PARDONER’S TALE ON PAGE 162 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

eu·nuch

noun \ˈyü-nək, -nik\

Definition of EUNUCH

1

: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace

2

: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals

3

: one that lacks virility or power <political eunuchs>

— eu·nuch·ism noun

See eunuch defined for English-language learners »

1. THE NARRATOR SAYS THAT THE SUMMONER AND THE PARDONER ARE “…A BIRD FROM CHARING CROSS OF THE SAME FEATHER….”  WHAT IS THIS SAYING/
2. AS THE NARRATOR SEES IT WHAT IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUMMONER’S SONGS?
3. WHAT IS THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN OF THE PARDONER FROM LINES 695 TO 702?
4. “… HE AIMED AT RIDING IN THE LATEST MODE….” SUGGESTS WHAT?
5. EXAMINE LINES 703 AND 704.  WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE?  WHAT DOES THE DESCRIPTION SUGGEST?
6. WHAT IS THE RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE MENTIONED IN LINES 705 AND 706.
7. EXAMINE LINES 708 TO711.  A GELDING IS A NEUTERED HORSE.  WHAT MAY THE NARRATOR BE HINTING ABOUT THE PARDONER?
8. EXAMINE 712 714.   WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE?
9. WHAT IS BEING SAID ABOUT CHRIST?  WHAT IS THE DEEPER MEANING BEHIND “…TO WALK THE WAVES?”
10. EXAMINE LINES 719 TO  725>  HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE NARRATOR IS IMPLYING THAT THE PARDONER’S RELICS ARE A FAKE?
11. IN WHAT WAY IS LINES 725 AND 726 INSULTING TO THE PARDONER?

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12. EXAMINE LINE 728 AND 729.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE PARDONER?
13. EXAMINE LINES 730 TO 734.  HOW IS THE PARDONER ABLE TO WIN MONEY?
14. EXAMINE LINES 735 TO 749.  WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR PLAN TO TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JOURNEY?
15. EXAMINE LINES 750 TO 754.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING?
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