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                                      THE CANTERBURY TALES

                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

                                              SIXTH COURSE

                                          DECEMBER 5, 2012

DO NOW:  THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT MANKIND OFTEN FINDING THEMSELVES DOING OR ENGAGED IN.  ONCE AN INDIVIDUAL CHANGES WHAT THE DO THE PAST SHOULD NO LONGER DEFINE THEM.  TAKE A POITION ON THIS THOUGHT AND RESPOND TO IT IN PARAGRAPH FORM.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ THE WIFE OF BATH ON PAGE 155 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. AS THE WIFE OF BATH TALE OPENS WHAT TYPE OF WOMAN DOES SHE APPEAR TO BE?
2. THE WIFE OF BATH HAD A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF HER FIVE SENSES.  WHICH ONE OF THE SENSES DID SHE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AND WHAT WAS IT?
3. THE WIFE OF BATH APPARENTLY HAD SKILLS AT SEWING.  HOW GOOD WAS SHE AT THAT?
4. LINES 484, 485 AND 486 SPEAKS TO THE WIFE OF BATH’S SOCIALIZATION SKILLS.  WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS IT TELLING US?
5. AS A PILGRIM WHO IS TRAVELING TO CANTERBURY WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES SHE HAS TRAVELED TO?
6. EXAMINE LINES 470 AND 471.  WHAT TYPE OF WOMAN IS SHE?  WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT HER PAST?
7. THR NARRATOR SAYS “…BOLD WAS HER FACE, HANDSOME, AND RED IN HUE….”  IF THE NARRATOR DESCRIBES HER AS HANDSOME THEN WHAT TYPE OF FACIAL FEATURES DOES THE WIFE OF BATH HAVE?
8. EXAMINE LINES 564 TO 567.  HOW IS HER CLOTHES DESCRIBED?
9. ANALYZE LINES 559 & 560.  WHAT DOES THIS SAY?  IN ADDITION TO THIS WHAT TYPE OF WOMAN CAN WE SAY THAT SHE IS?
10. EXAMINE LINE 478.  THE GAP IN WOMEN’S TEETH DURING CHAUCER’S TIME WAS CONSIDERED A SIGN OF WHAT?

READ THE PARSON TALE ON PAGES 156 AND 157 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. HOW IS THE PARSON DESCRIBED AS THE TALE OPENS/
2. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR MEAN WHEN HE SAYS THAT “…YET HE WAS RICH IN HOLY THOUGHT AND WORK….”

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3.     THE NARRATOR SAYS THAT “…HE WAS A LEARNED MAN, A CLERK, WHO TRULY KNEW CHRIST’S GOSPEL AND WOULD PREACH IT DEVOUTLY TO PARISHIONERS, AND TEACH IT….”     
4. EXAMINE LINES 490, 491 AND 492.  WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE ABOUT EDUCATION, THE BIBLE AND TEACHING?
5. LINES 493 AND 493 SEEMS TO SPEAK WELL OF THE PARSON.  WHAT IS IT SAYING?
6. HOW DID THE PARSON FEEL ABOUT EXTORTING A FE?  WHAT DOES THE WORD EXTORT MEAN?
7. LINES 497 TO 499 DISCUSS THE WAY THE PARSON FEELS ABOUT GIVING TO THE POOR.  EXPLAIN HOW THE PARSON FEELS.
8.   EXAMINE LINE 500.  “…HE COULD IN LITTLE FIND SUFFICIENCY…” SUGGESTS WHAT ABOUT THE PARSON’S LIFE STYLE?
9. EXAMINE LINES 502 TO 504 “…YET HE NEGLECTED NOT IN RAIN OR THUNDER, IN SIKNESS OR IN GRIEF, TO PAY A CALL ON THE REMOTEST, WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL….”
10. “…WIDE WAS HIS PARISH, WITH HOUSES FAR ASUNDER SAYS WHAT ABOUT HIS PROPERTY?
11. EXAMINE AND ANALYZE LINES 505 TO 510.  WHAT EXAMPLE DOES THE PARSON GIVE TO HIS PARISHIONERS?  WHERE DOES HIS TEACHINGS COME FROM?  WHAT DOES THE PARSON MEAN WHEN HE SAYS “… THAT IF GOLD CAN RUST, WHAT THEN WILL IRON DO?....”
12. EXAMINE LINES 511 AND 512.  WHAT DOES THE PARSON MEAN HERE?   
13. EXAMINE LINES 515 AND 516.  WHAT IS THIS EXAMPLE THAT THE PARSON IS SPEAKING OF?
14. EXAMINE LINES 517 TO 521.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE PARSON’S “DUTIES,” “SHEEP ENCUMBERED IN THE MIRE,” “GOING TO LONDON” AND GETTING”ENROLLED?
15. EXAMINE LINES 522 AND 523.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING HERE ABOUT THE PARSON?
16. “…HE WAS A SHEPHERD AND NO MERCENARY…” SUGGESTS WHAT?
17. EXAMINE LINES 525 AND 528.  WHAT TYPE OF MAN DOES THE NARRATOR SAY THAT THIS PARSON IS?
18. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR MEAN WHEN HE SAYS “…HIS BUSINESS WAS TO SHOW A FAIR BEHAVIOR AND DRAW MEN THUS TO HEAVEN AND THEIR  SAVIOR….”
19. EXAMINE LINES 531 TO 534.  IS THE INTER[RETATION HERE IS THAT THE PARSON LEADS BY EXAMPLE AND IS COMPASSIONATE RATHER THAN HOLDS HATRED FOR SINNERS?  BUT WHEN SOMEONE STUBBORNLY INSISTS AND PRESISTS ON DOING WRONG OF HIGH OR LOW RANK HOW DOES THE PARSON DEALS WITH THEM?

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20. THE NARRATOR SAYS THAT “…THERE NEVER WAS A BETTER PRIEST….”  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING “POMP OR GLORY,” SCRUPULOSITY” “CHRIST AND THE TWELVE APOSTLES” AND “TEACHING” AND “FOLLOWING?”                                                                                            

PARSON DEFINED: par·son

                                                                                      

[pahr-suh n] Show IPA

noun

1.

a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.

2.

the holder or incumbent of a parochial benefice, especially an Anglican.

                                                                                                              

GUIDED PRACTICE:  READ THE PLOWMAN ON PAGE 157 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

** A PLOWMAN IS A FARM WORKER**

1. HOW IS THE PLOWMAN AND THE PORSON RELATED?
2. HOW CAN YOU TELL THAT THE NARRATOR APPROVES OF THE PLOWMAN LIKE HE APPROVES OF THE PARSON?
3. WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE VIRTUES THAT THE NARRATOR  SPEAKS ABOUT CONCERNIING THE PLOWMAN?
4. LINES 544, 545 AND 546 DEALS WITH THE BIBLE: “ AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THINE HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIGHT” (Deut. 6:5) AND “THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF” (Lev. 19:18). JESUS CITES THESE AS THE TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS OF ALL (MARK 12:28-31: MATT. 22:37-40)  BASED ON THIS WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY ABOUT THIS PLOWMAN?  EXPLAIN.

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5. EXAMINE LINES 547, 548 AND 549.  WHAT TYPE OF WORK EHIC DOES THE NARRATOR SAY THAT THE PLOWMAN HAS?
6. EXAMINE LINES 550 AND 554.  WHAT IS THE PLOWMAN’S LOVE?  WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE PLOWMAN’S ACCEPTANCE OF MONEY AND IN WHAT WAY DOES HE GIVE PAYMENT TO THE CHURCH?
7. EXAMINE LINES 555 TO 560.  HOW DOES THE NARRATOR SUM UP HIS DISCUSSION OF THE PLOWMAN TALE?  WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE/DESCRIPTION OF THE PLOWMAN AND WHAT DID HE WEAR?
8. IN WHAT WAY DOES THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE PLOWMAN WAS WEARING TIE INTO HOW THE STORY ENDS?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  SILENTLY READ THE MILLER TALE AND THEN PARAPHRASE THE ENTIRE TALE RETELLING IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: SUMMARIZE THE THE WIFE OF BATH, THE PARSON, THE PLOWMAN AND THE MILLER TALE.

EXIT TICKET: READ THE MILLER TALE AGAIN AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. HOW IS THE MILLER DESCRIBED?
2. THE INFORMATION TELLS US THAT THE MILLER WAS IN WHAT TYPE OF PHYSICAL CONDITIONING?  HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?
3. WHAT DETAILS DOES THE NARRATOR USE WHICH TELLS US HOW THIS MILLER MIGHT PHYSICALLY LOOK?  EXAMINE LINES 570 TO 576.
4. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR TELLUS ABOUT HIS TAVERN STORIES?
5. WHAT EVIDENCE IS GIVEN TO THE READER THAT THIS MILLER IS REALLY A THIEF?

HOMEWORK:  READ THE MANICIPLE TALE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHER DID THE MANCIPLE COME FROM/
2. WHAT IS THE INNER TEMPLE?
3. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR MEAN HERE WHEN HE SAYS “…ALL CATERERS MIGHT FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE IN BUYING VICTUALS; HE WAS NEVER RASH WHETHER HE BOUGHT ON CREDIT OR PAID IN CASH….”
4. EXAMINE LINES 589 AND 590.  WHAT ADVANTAGES DID THIS MANCIPLE HAVE?
5. EXAMINE LINES 591, 592 AND 593 “…NOW ISN’T IT A MARVEL OF GOD’S GRACE THAT AN ILLITERATE FELLOW CAN OUTPACE THE WISDOM OF A HEAP OF LEARNED MEN….”  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING HERE?

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6. EXAMINE AND ANALYZE LINES 593 TO THE END OF THE MANCIPLE TALE AND DISCUSSS WHAT THE NARRATOR IS SAYING ABOUT THIS MANCIPLE ‘S “ABSTRUSEST LEGAL KNOWLEDGE,” “THEIR COLLEGE,”  “PEERS IN ENGLAND” “FRUGAL AS HE MIGHT DESIRE” AND WHY WAS IT THAT “YET THE MANCIPLE COULD WIPE THEIR EYE?”