Dear 10 grade students. Show These are the groups selected and the fragments they will have to read. Below there are the questions and the corresponding groups that have to answer them. You also need to leave the vocabulary you haven’t understood and the corresponding definitions.
QUESTIONS 1 What is Chaucer´s attitude toward corruption in the Church? 2 Mention three important facts about Geoffrey Chaucer´s life. 3 What does Chaucer’s description of the pilgrimage indicate about society in his day? 4 What time of year is the pilgrimage? Why might people go on a pilgrimage at this time of year? 5 What is the starting point for the pilgrims? What is their ending point? Why are they heading here? 6 What does Chaucer say he will do in lines 35-42? How, or in what manner, willhe do it? 7 What do lines 54-65 indirectly suggest about the Knight’s character? 8 What qualities does the Knight possess that are different from what you might expect in a war-hardened soldier? 9 What does the Knight’s clothing reveal about his character? (75-78) 10 Why is the Knight on the pilgrimage? (80) Why did Chaucer start with the Knight? 11 What does the simile in lines 91-92 suggest about the Squire? 12 How does the Squire compare to his father the Knight? (97-102) 13 Chaucer’s description of the Yeoman is purely visual. How might the last line of his section be an example of verbal irony? (121) 14 What is the relationship among the Knight, the Squire and the Yeoman? 15 What two basic qualities does the sentence in lines 141-145 attribute to the Nun? 16 What can be inferred about the Prioress from her view on animals? (149-154) 17 What can be inferred about the Prioress based on the detailed description of her jewelry? (160-166) Coral was considered a defense against worldly temptation as well as a love charm. Is coral appropriate for a Prioress to wear? 18 What is Chaucer saying about the Prioress by calling her Madam Eglantyne? 19 What is the Monk’s main interest? (193-196) 20 Identify key elements of the description of the Monk. (192-211) 21 What do the details about the Monk’s habits and tastes indirectly suggest about religious institutions of the time? 22 Identify key elements of the description of the Friar. 23 One of the Friar’s duties is to hear people’s confessions and to forgive them with a penance or penalty of prayer or doing good work. What is suggested about this Friar? (224-228) (235-238) 24 What characteristics might Chaucer want a white neck to represent? (242) 25 How does the Friar earn his living? Where should this money be going? 26 What is your impression of the Merchant? What flaw does he keep hidden? 27 Next to the Knight, the Oxford Cleric is the most admired. What about him is admirable? What are the Cleric’s interests? 28 In the description of the Sergeant, what evidence is there of the narrator’s disapproval? (322-323) (326-327) (331-332) 29 What are the Franklin’s interests? 30 What question do lines 346-348 answer about the main idea in line 345? 31 What qualities are admirable about the “Tradesmen”? (371-388) 32 What point is Chaucer making about the relationship between the Tradesmen and their wives? (380-388) 33 Why does Chaucer wait until the end of the Cook’s description to tell us about the “sore” on his knee? (395-397) 34 What can be inferred about the Skipper from line 400? 35 What picture of the Skipper is created by the mixture of details about his heart-lessness with details about his competence? What are two characteristics of the Skipper? 36 What is being said about how the Doctor practices medicine? (421-428) 37 What is the importance of the Doctor not reading the Bible? (448) 38 What is the Wife of Bath concerned about when she goes to church? What does this suggest about her character? (459-460) (463-467) 39 What words of phrases would you use to describe the Wife of Bath? 40 What do we learn about the Parson from lines 493-500? 41 What is the Parson’s main characteristic? (507) 42 How does Chaucer use his characterization of the Parson to comment on the way priests ought to behave? 43 What social commentary does the description of the Plowman provide? 44 Chaucer praises the Plowman, the Parson and the Cleric. What qualities do these men share? How do they differ? 45 To what object and animals is the Miller compared? 46 What does the comparison of the Miller’s hair color to that of a sow or fox indirectly suggest about his character? 47 What is the Miller like? Why does the Miller follow the Plowman? 48 What is being compared in lines 594-604? 49 What does a summoner do? 50 What cannot be cured? (647-650) 51 Describe the Summoner. 52 How does the Summoner turn religion to personal profit? How can he get away with this? 53 What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization? Is the characterization of the summoner direct or indirect? Explain. (652-659) 54 How does Chaucer describe the Pardoner’s hair? What is he implying? (695-699) 55 What is the importance of the Pardoner not being able to grow a beard? (709-710) 56 What facts in lines 719-726 indirectly characterize the Pardoner? 57 Who is really the narrator of the tales? How is he portrayed? 58 Why does Chaucer apologize in the sentence starting with line 745? 59 What do we learn about the Host? What concern does he raise? 60 What suggestion does the Host give to the pilgrims to help pass the time on their pilgrimage? 61 How will the winner be determined? Who will decide the winner? 62 What will be the prize? Who will pay for the prize? 63 How will the story order be determined? 64 What theme does Chaucer convey in “The Prologue”? Is Chaucer using direct characterization or indirect characterization?Chaucer uses indirect characterization when he tells how each character looks and dresses, thinks, feels, speaks, and acts. It is evident that Chaucer uses this pattern for every character he introduces.
How does Chaucer use indirect characterization?Through indirect characterization, a writer reveals a character's personality through appearance, actions, or speech. Here, Chaucer generally uses hints such as physical appearance, clothing, hobbies, and activities to make suggestions about the types of people his characters are.
What are examples of direct and indirect characterization?For example, indirect characterization describing a protagonist might read, “John snapped at the man without warning,” whereas direct characterization would say simply, “John was short-tempered.”
What are the 5 types of characterization that Chaucer uses?Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of The Canterbury Tales, used five methods of characterizations to portray characters in the tale. The methods focused on a central characteristic, touchstone line, use of physiognomy, use of hyperbole, and use of incongruous or inappropriate details.
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In lines 244 - 254, is chaucer using direct characterization, or indirect characterization? explain.
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