The document provides an analysis of Geoffrey Chaucer's description of the Franklin in the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. It discusses the Franklin's appearance, character traits, lifestyle, social standing, and dining habits as depicted in the text. The analysis notes that while the Franklin engages in behaviors that aim to elevate his social status, such as hosting lavish meals, Chaucer's portrayal suggests the Franklin will never truly achieve aristocratic status due to his middle-class origins. The document also examines Chaucer's portrayal of other characters mentioned in the Franklin's description, such as the guildsmen and their wives.
To Kill a King: Herod Antipas
By Kathy Applebee
Date: 39 A.D. Herod Antipas is throwing a big banquet with fine food, lavish entertainment and a number of unexpected guests. Which one killed him?
Mystery party games are an engaging alternative to studying life in the Roman Empire and make wonderful drama activities. Add spice to Bible classes or youth group activities while immersing everyone in Roman customs of the first century. Acting experience and knowledge of police procedures are not necessary for a party no one will forget. Each guests serves as both a suspect and investigator.
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in medieval England. The story follows a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury who each agree to tell stories. Tales include The Miller's Tale about a clerk tricking a carpenter to sleep with his wife, and descriptions of the virtuous Parson and idealized Knight. Chaucer provides satirical portraits of clergy to critique the declining state of the medieval church in England.
The document provides information on the French exploration of Canada in the early 1600s, the Jesuit missionaries' work among the Huron people, and the rising tensions this caused. It details Jacques Cartier's claiming of land for France in 1535. The Jesuits established missions beginning in 1615 to convert the Huron, living among them in their villages. However, diseases weakened the Huron population and the Iroquois, armed by the Dutch, increased attacks on the Huron and French. This led to the failure of the Jesuit missions among the Huron by the 1650s and the scattering and assimilation of remaining Huron people.
The document provides an overview of the history of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. It summarizes the key characteristics of each major era, including the alliterative verse of Old English poetry, the heroic epics like Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon period, the rise of rhyme and meter in Middle English, the sonnets and metaphysical poetry of the Renaissance, the neoclassical heroic couplet in the Restoration, the rise of Romanticism and emphasis on emotion, and modern poetry's turn toward experimentation and symbolism. The eras show poetry evolving in form and increasingly grappling with social and philosophical issues.
This document provides an overview of life and literature in the medieval period. It discusses the social estates of clergy, nobles, and commoners. The economic system of feudalism is described, with lords granting land to peasant vassals in exchange for taxes and labor. The dominant role of the Catholic Church is outlined. Characteristics of medieval literature include the prevalence of Latin, anonymity, romance genres depicting chivalric heroes, moral messages, and allegory. Key genres like epic poems are mentioned, such as the Song of Roland. Courtly love and the knightly quest are also summarized as common literary themes.
The document provides descriptions of the various pilgrims that are part of a group traveling from London to Canterbury to visit religious sites. There are 29 pilgrims in total, representing different social classes of late 14th century England. Each pilgrim is briefly characterized, noting details about their appearance, occupation, personality traits and behaviors. The pilgrims include knights, squires, a yeoman, prioress, monk, friar, merchant, clerk, man of law, franklin, and others of varying social statuses. They will take turns telling stories during their journey to pass the time.
This document provides an overview of major periods and movements in American literature from Native American oral traditions to the present. It summarizes key characteristics, beliefs, and examples of influential authors for each period, including Puritan literature, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Realism/Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Major historical events that shaped each era are also outlined.
To Kill a King: Herod Antipas
By Kathy Applebee
Date: 39 A.D. Herod Antipas is throwing a big banquet with fine food, lavish entertainment and a number of unexpected guests. Which one killed him?
Mystery party games are an engaging alternative to studying life in the Roman Empire and make wonderful drama activities. Add spice to Bible classes or youth group activities while immersing everyone in Roman customs of the first century. Acting experience and knowledge of police procedures are not necessary for a party no one will forget. Each guests serves as both a suspect and investigator.
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in medieval England. The story follows a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury who each agree to tell stories. Tales include The Miller's Tale about a clerk tricking a carpenter to sleep with his wife, and descriptions of the virtuous Parson and idealized Knight. Chaucer provides satirical portraits of clergy to critique the declining state of the medieval church in England.
The document provides information on the French exploration of Canada in the early 1600s, the Jesuit missionaries' work among the Huron people, and the rising tensions this caused. It details Jacques Cartier's claiming of land for France in 1535. The Jesuits established missions beginning in 1615 to convert the Huron, living among them in their villages. However, diseases weakened the Huron population and the Iroquois, armed by the Dutch, increased attacks on the Huron and French. This led to the failure of the Jesuit missions among the Huron by the 1650s and the scattering and assimilation of remaining Huron people.
The document provides an overview of the history of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. It summarizes the key characteristics of each major era, including the alliterative verse of Old English poetry, the heroic epics like Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon period, the rise of rhyme and meter in Middle English, the sonnets and metaphysical poetry of the Renaissance, the neoclassical heroic couplet in the Restoration, the rise of Romanticism and emphasis on emotion, and modern poetry's turn toward experimentation and symbolism. The eras show poetry evolving in form and increasingly grappling with social and philosophical issues.
This document provides an overview of life and literature in the medieval period. It discusses the social estates of clergy, nobles, and commoners. The economic system of feudalism is described, with lords granting land to peasant vassals in exchange for taxes and labor. The dominant role of the Catholic Church is outlined. Characteristics of medieval literature include the prevalence of Latin, anonymity, romance genres depicting chivalric heroes, moral messages, and allegory. Key genres like epic poems are mentioned, such as the Song of Roland. Courtly love and the knightly quest are also summarized as common literary themes.
The document provides descriptions of the various pilgrims that are part of a group traveling from London to Canterbury to visit religious sites. There are 29 pilgrims in total, representing different social classes of late 14th century England. Each pilgrim is briefly characterized, noting details about their appearance, occupation, personality traits and behaviors. The pilgrims include knights, squires, a yeoman, prioress, monk, friar, merchant, clerk, man of law, franklin, and others of varying social statuses. They will take turns telling stories during their journey to pass the time.
This document provides an overview of major periods and movements in American literature from Native American oral traditions to the present. It summarizes key characteristics, beliefs, and examples of influential authors for each period, including Puritan literature, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Realism/Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Major historical events that shaped each era are also outlined.
This document provides an overview of major periods and movements in American literature from Native American oral traditions to modernism. It summarizes key characteristics, beliefs, and examples of influential authors for each period, including Puritan literature, transcendentalism, realism/naturalism, and modernism. Major historical events that shaped each era are also outlined.
William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow were two prominent American poets from the Romantic period known as the Fireside Poets. Both poets helped establish an American literary tradition and identity through their works celebrating nature and the American landscape. While Bryant was known for poems like Thanatopsis and To a Waterfowl, Longfellow achieved widespread popularity with works including Evangeline and Song of Hiawatha. Their poetry played a significant role in developing American literature and defining the nation's cultural identity in the 19th century.
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the late 14th century, describing a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral. The document discusses Chaucer's life and works, providing context on The Canterbury Tales and its characters. It then analyzes Chaucer's use of descriptive characterization in the prologue, noting how he vividly describes each pilgrim's physical features and personality to introduce them as rounded individuals. Overall, the document examines Chaucer's skill in using descriptive methods to bring the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales to life.
The document describes the rules for a quiz competition consisting of 5 rounds. Rounds 1, 3 and 5 are written rounds, while rounds 2 and 4 involve oral questions passed between competitors. Round 1 involves matching movie titles with their titles with one letter removed. Examples are provided. The questions and answers are then listed. [END SUMMARY]
#Chaucer's art of characterization
#Presentation
#classical poetry
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3. Explanations and clues are provided for many of the questions to allow participants to reason out the answers.
The document traces the history of English literature from Old English to the modern period. It discusses key periods such as the Anglo-Saxon period, Middle English, the Renaissance, Restoration, Neoclassical, Romantic, Victorian, and modern periods. Important authors mentioned include Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and Edward Thomas. The document provides an overview of the development of English literature and language over time.
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales follows a group of 29 pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket. To pass the time during their 55 mile journey, they agree to engage in a storytelling contest where each pilgrim will tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two on the return, with the best storyteller receiving a prize. However, Chaucer only wrote 24 tales from the journey to Canterbury, giving insight into some of the pilgrims and their stories but not completing the full frame tale. The pilgrims represent different social classes and occupations of late medieval English society.
Here are some words that look familiar to today's English language:
- "word" - word
- "manna" - men
- "folces" - folk/people
- "gearo" - ready/prepared
- "wæron" - were
- "fæhðe" - feud/conflict
So some core vocabulary like words for people, king, ready, were, conflict have remained relatively unchanged over the centuries since Old English. The spelling and some letter sounds have evolved but the meaning remains similar.
The document provides details about a general quiz finals event including rules and sample questions from Round 1. Some key details:
- There are 4 rounds - Round 1 has 10 multiple choice questions with infinite rebounds, Round 2 is a written round, Round 3 again has multiple choice questions with rebounds, and Round 4 is another written round.
- Sample questions from Round 1 cover topics like fiat currency, cricketers who played internationally, Boris Johnson's ancestry being traced back to a woman who died of syphilis in the late 1700s, artwork by Banksy, and the use of Morse code in Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
The document provides an overview of Anglo-Saxon culture and literary techniques. Some key aspects include: the Anglo-Saxons originated as Germanic tribes who brought myths of dragons and sea monsters; their society centered around warfare and achieving glory in battle to enter Valhalla after death; gods like Tiu and Woden supported warlike values; and scops would recite stories of battles in mead halls to honor fallen warriors. Notable literary techniques used in Anglo-Saxon poetry included alliteration, assonance, kennings, caesuras, and apposition. Riddles were also a popular form of entertainment.
The document provides context about Geoffrey Chaucer and his famous work The Canterbury Tales. It discusses that Chaucer used a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral as a frame for various stories told by a group of pilgrims from various social classes. The pilgrims meet at the Tabard Inn in Southwark and agree to tell stories on their journey to entertain each other. Chaucer provides brief portraits of each pilgrim in the Prologue to introduce the characters.
The document summarizes Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales". It introduces the 29 pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral and provides context about 14th century English society. Chaucer uses direct and indirect characterization to bring each pilgrim to life with a few vivid details about their appearance, speech, behaviors and natures. The pilgrims' journey provides the frame for their stories, which will be told along the way and give thematic unity. Readers are prompted to pay close attention to the key details Chaucer uses to immediately capture each character.
The document provides information about Egyptian religion, including key gods and goddesses like Osiris, Isis, Horus, Re, and Set. It explains major religious practices such as mummification of the dead, which involved removing organs and preserving the body so the soul could use it after death. The Egyptians built pyramids and temples and made offerings to ensure souls could navigate to the afterlife. They also created guides like the Book of the Dead to aid the soul's journey. The document outlines these topics to teach students about Egyptian religious beliefs and rituals.
In medieval times, religion dominated all aspects of life. Artwork, stories, and beliefs were mostly religious in nature. Some common art forms included illuminated manuscripts, metalwork, painting, embroidery, mosaics, sculpture, and heraldry. King Arthur and the legend of the Knights of the Round Table were also popular subjects that incorporated ideals from the chivalric code which emphasized virtues like courage, honor, and serving others. The Catholic Church exerted strong influence over people's lives through imposing fear of hell, controlling access to heaven, and amassing wealth through tithes and taxes. Feudalism defined the social structure and political system of the time period.
The document provides information on various aspects of Viking culture, history, and religion. It discusses their homeland in Scandinavia, farming practices, boat building, attacks on monasteries, settlements in places like Ireland, Normandy and North America. It also describes some of their most important gods like Odin, Thor, and Loki and religious practices. The conversion to Christianity is also mentioned towards the end.
BeowulfOLD ENGLISH POEM – ANALYZING THE LITERATURE, PART 3ChantellPantoja184
Beowulf
OLD ENGLISH POEM – ANALYZING THE LITERATURE, PART 3
Analyzing the Literature
• Epic: a long narrative poem, sometimes developed orally, that
celebrates a hero’s deeds.
• Epics from different languages and time periods do not always have the
same characteristics. For example, Homer’s epics The Iliad and The
Odyssey do not use some of the literary elements used in Beowulf.
A Guide to Life
• The earlier folktales and Beowulf were combined to include the
Christian beliefs.
• This is why there is a blending of old Celtic beliefs with the new
Christian beliefs.
• The poem shows the struggle between the old gods and the new
Christian God.
• The bravery, loyalty, and evil in Beowulf taught the Anglo-Saxons the
values that their culture wanted them to have.
Actions of the Hero
• All epics, however, concern the actions of a hero, who can be described
as
• being of noble birth or high position, and often of great historical or legendary
importance
• exhibiting character traits, or qualities, that reflect important ideals of society
• performing courageous, sometimes superhuman, deeds that reflect the values of
the era
• performing actions that often determine the fate of a nation or group of people
Epic Conventions
In addition, most epics share certain conventions, which reflect the larger –
than-life events that a hero might experience.
• The setting is vast in scope, often involving more than one nation.
• Denmark and Sweden
• The plot is complicated by supernatural beings or events and may involve a
long and dangerous journey through foreign lands.
• The Lord of the Rings features characters whose journey through many lands is
impeded by supernatural forces.
• Dialogue often includes long, formal speeches delivered by the major
characters.
--Beowulf includes many such speeches.
More Epic Conventions
• The theme reflects timeless values, such as:
--courage and honor, and encompasses universal ideas, such as good
and evil or life and death.
**One of the reasons Beowulf was so popular in England is that it
addresses these ideas that the English, in turn, could take on as part of
their national identity.
• The style of the epic includes formal diction (the writer’s choice of
words and sentence structure) and a serious tone (the expression of
the writer’s attitude toward the subject).
Even More Epic Conventions
• Beowulf uses kennings.
• Kennings is a figurative, usually compound expression used in place of
a name or noun, especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
• For example, storm of swords is a kenning for battle.
The Use of the Hero
• Legendary hero: a larger-than-life character
whose accomplishments are celebrated in traditional tales.
The hero should have characteristics that his culture values.
For example, Beowulf is boastful, strong and victorious but his loyalty,
bravery and honor teach us how the Anglo-Saxons viewed the world.
What heroic characteristics doe ...
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This document provides an overview of major periods and movements in American literature from Native American oral traditions to modernism. It summarizes key characteristics, beliefs, and examples of influential authors for each period, including Puritan literature, transcendentalism, realism/naturalism, and modernism. Major historical events that shaped each era are also outlined.
William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow were two prominent American poets from the Romantic period known as the Fireside Poets. Both poets helped establish an American literary tradition and identity through their works celebrating nature and the American landscape. While Bryant was known for poems like Thanatopsis and To a Waterfowl, Longfellow achieved widespread popularity with works including Evangeline and Song of Hiawatha. Their poetry played a significant role in developing American literature and defining the nation's cultural identity in the 19th century.
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the late 14th century, describing a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral. The document discusses Chaucer's life and works, providing context on The Canterbury Tales and its characters. It then analyzes Chaucer's use of descriptive characterization in the prologue, noting how he vividly describes each pilgrim's physical features and personality to introduce them as rounded individuals. Overall, the document examines Chaucer's skill in using descriptive methods to bring the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales to life.
The document describes the rules for a quiz competition consisting of 5 rounds. Rounds 1, 3 and 5 are written rounds, while rounds 2 and 4 involve oral questions passed between competitors. Round 1 involves matching movie titles with their titles with one letter removed. Examples are provided. The questions and answers are then listed. [END SUMMARY]
#Chaucer's art of characterization
#Presentation
#classical poetry
#education
#helping material
#teaching
#knowledge
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ayman-batool-4b55a3205_chaucers-art-of-characterization-activity-6767364096041005056-cgX-
The document contains clues and questions related to a trivia quiz. It includes the following:
1. Questions about deepfakes, references in TV shows, famous brains, movies filmed in Romania, Bible Belt voting patterns, and more.
2. Multiple choice and fill in the blank questions related to literature, history, pop culture, and current events that participants in the quiz would have to answer.
3. Explanations and clues are provided for many of the questions to allow participants to reason out the answers.
The document traces the history of English literature from Old English to the modern period. It discusses key periods such as the Anglo-Saxon period, Middle English, the Renaissance, Restoration, Neoclassical, Romantic, Victorian, and modern periods. Important authors mentioned include Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and Edward Thomas. The document provides an overview of the development of English literature and language over time.
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales follows a group of 29 pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket. To pass the time during their 55 mile journey, they agree to engage in a storytelling contest where each pilgrim will tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two on the return, with the best storyteller receiving a prize. However, Chaucer only wrote 24 tales from the journey to Canterbury, giving insight into some of the pilgrims and their stories but not completing the full frame tale. The pilgrims represent different social classes and occupations of late medieval English society.
Here are some words that look familiar to today's English language:
- "word" - word
- "manna" - men
- "folces" - folk/people
- "gearo" - ready/prepared
- "wæron" - were
- "fæhðe" - feud/conflict
So some core vocabulary like words for people, king, ready, were, conflict have remained relatively unchanged over the centuries since Old English. The spelling and some letter sounds have evolved but the meaning remains similar.
The document provides details about a general quiz finals event including rules and sample questions from Round 1. Some key details:
- There are 4 rounds - Round 1 has 10 multiple choice questions with infinite rebounds, Round 2 is a written round, Round 3 again has multiple choice questions with rebounds, and Round 4 is another written round.
- Sample questions from Round 1 cover topics like fiat currency, cricketers who played internationally, Boris Johnson's ancestry being traced back to a woman who died of syphilis in the late 1700s, artwork by Banksy, and the use of Morse code in Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
The document provides an overview of Anglo-Saxon culture and literary techniques. Some key aspects include: the Anglo-Saxons originated as Germanic tribes who brought myths of dragons and sea monsters; their society centered around warfare and achieving glory in battle to enter Valhalla after death; gods like Tiu and Woden supported warlike values; and scops would recite stories of battles in mead halls to honor fallen warriors. Notable literary techniques used in Anglo-Saxon poetry included alliteration, assonance, kennings, caesuras, and apposition. Riddles were also a popular form of entertainment.
The document provides context about Geoffrey Chaucer and his famous work The Canterbury Tales. It discusses that Chaucer used a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral as a frame for various stories told by a group of pilgrims from various social classes. The pilgrims meet at the Tabard Inn in Southwark and agree to tell stories on their journey to entertain each other. Chaucer provides brief portraits of each pilgrim in the Prologue to introduce the characters.
The document summarizes Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales". It introduces the 29 pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral and provides context about 14th century English society. Chaucer uses direct and indirect characterization to bring each pilgrim to life with a few vivid details about their appearance, speech, behaviors and natures. The pilgrims' journey provides the frame for their stories, which will be told along the way and give thematic unity. Readers are prompted to pay close attention to the key details Chaucer uses to immediately capture each character.
The document provides information about Egyptian religion, including key gods and goddesses like Osiris, Isis, Horus, Re, and Set. It explains major religious practices such as mummification of the dead, which involved removing organs and preserving the body so the soul could use it after death. The Egyptians built pyramids and temples and made offerings to ensure souls could navigate to the afterlife. They also created guides like the Book of the Dead to aid the soul's journey. The document outlines these topics to teach students about Egyptian religious beliefs and rituals.
In medieval times, religion dominated all aspects of life. Artwork, stories, and beliefs were mostly religious in nature. Some common art forms included illuminated manuscripts, metalwork, painting, embroidery, mosaics, sculpture, and heraldry. King Arthur and the legend of the Knights of the Round Table were also popular subjects that incorporated ideals from the chivalric code which emphasized virtues like courage, honor, and serving others. The Catholic Church exerted strong influence over people's lives through imposing fear of hell, controlling access to heaven, and amassing wealth through tithes and taxes. Feudalism defined the social structure and political system of the time period.
The document provides information on various aspects of Viking culture, history, and religion. It discusses their homeland in Scandinavia, farming practices, boat building, attacks on monasteries, settlements in places like Ireland, Normandy and North America. It also describes some of their most important gods like Odin, Thor, and Loki and religious practices. The conversion to Christianity is also mentioned towards the end.
BeowulfOLD ENGLISH POEM – ANALYZING THE LITERATURE, PART 3ChantellPantoja184
Beowulf
OLD ENGLISH POEM – ANALYZING THE LITERATURE, PART 3
Analyzing the Literature
• Epic: a long narrative poem, sometimes developed orally, that
celebrates a hero’s deeds.
• Epics from different languages and time periods do not always have the
same characteristics. For example, Homer’s epics The Iliad and The
Odyssey do not use some of the literary elements used in Beowulf.
A Guide to Life
• The earlier folktales and Beowulf were combined to include the
Christian beliefs.
• This is why there is a blending of old Celtic beliefs with the new
Christian beliefs.
• The poem shows the struggle between the old gods and the new
Christian God.
• The bravery, loyalty, and evil in Beowulf taught the Anglo-Saxons the
values that their culture wanted them to have.
Actions of the Hero
• All epics, however, concern the actions of a hero, who can be described
as
• being of noble birth or high position, and often of great historical or legendary
importance
• exhibiting character traits, or qualities, that reflect important ideals of society
• performing courageous, sometimes superhuman, deeds that reflect the values of
the era
• performing actions that often determine the fate of a nation or group of people
Epic Conventions
In addition, most epics share certain conventions, which reflect the larger –
than-life events that a hero might experience.
• The setting is vast in scope, often involving more than one nation.
• Denmark and Sweden
• The plot is complicated by supernatural beings or events and may involve a
long and dangerous journey through foreign lands.
• The Lord of the Rings features characters whose journey through many lands is
impeded by supernatural forces.
• Dialogue often includes long, formal speeches delivered by the major
characters.
--Beowulf includes many such speeches.
More Epic Conventions
• The theme reflects timeless values, such as:
--courage and honor, and encompasses universal ideas, such as good
and evil or life and death.
**One of the reasons Beowulf was so popular in England is that it
addresses these ideas that the English, in turn, could take on as part of
their national identity.
• The style of the epic includes formal diction (the writer’s choice of
words and sentence structure) and a serious tone (the expression of
the writer’s attitude toward the subject).
Even More Epic Conventions
• Beowulf uses kennings.
• Kennings is a figurative, usually compound expression used in place of
a name or noun, especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
• For example, storm of swords is a kenning for battle.
The Use of the Hero
• Legendary hero: a larger-than-life character
whose accomplishments are celebrated in traditional tales.
The hero should have characteristics that his culture values.
For example, Beowulf is boastful, strong and victorious but his loyalty,
bravery and honor teach us how the Anglo-Saxons viewed the world.
What heroic characteristics doe ...
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The canterbury tales zizwarek
1. A Deeper Look at Chaucer’s General
Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Lauren Zizwarek
By PresenterMedia.com
2.
3. •The Franklin
“A fourteenth-century health-food addict”? (Cooper 46)
Lines 333-336
•Chaucer’s speaker mentions that
A Frankelain was in his compaignye: Franklin is in “compaignye” with
the Sergeant.
•Franklin is a feudal “landowner of
the gentry class” (Chaucer 333)).
•His beard is as white as a daisy.
Whit was his beerd as is the dayesye; Simile: Appearance sets him apart
from the others.
•“The sanguinity indicates an open
and generous temperament with a
Of his complexion he was sanguin. good stomach and digestion”
(Cooper 45).
•Gourmet eating to dip his bread in
wine
Wel loved he by the morwe a sop in win. •Cultural Value: Preparing fancy
foods indicated a well-kept home
in the Middle Ages.
4. •The Franklin
•Epicurus is a Greek
To liven in delit was evere his wone, philosopher who taught that
happiness is the goal of life
(Norton 178, f. 6).
For he was Epicurus owene sone,
•Chaucer’s “voice refuses to
be assimilated in any simple
That heeld opinion that plein delit way to that of the moralist”
(Cooper 46).
Was verray felicitee parfit. •Franklin may not have the
same opinion as Epicurus.
•Compare: Franklin to St.
An housholdere and that a greet was he: Julian (patron saint of
hospitality)
•Chivalry: hospitable to all
Saint Julian he was in his contree.
company
5. •The Franklin
“One of the world’s social climbers in the person of the Franklin, who is out to
impress as much as he is easily impressed himself” (Williams 45).
Envined: wine-stocked (Norton 179)
His breed, his ale, was always after oon;
Tone: pleasant A bettre envined man was nevere noon.
His house “snowed” of food and drink. Funny! The Withouten bake mete was nevere his hous,
Of fissh and flessh, and that so plentevous
best was always expected. It snewed in his hous of mete and drinke,
Chaucer’s speaker is using food and language to show Of alle daintees that men coude thinke.
that Franklin “appears lordly in his way of life” (Williams
43); however, he will never reach aristocratic status.
The Franklin changes his diet depending on the
After the sondry sesons of the yeer
season. So chaunged he his mete and his soper.
Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe,
Poignant and sharp spices to go along with the
And many a breem, and many a luce in stewe.
food, “hot and dry elements balancing the cold and Wo was his cook but if his sauce were
Poinant and sharp, and redy all his gere.
moist—reflect medieval beliefs about wholesome
eating” (Cooper 46).
6. •The Franklin’s Social Standing
Social standing in the Middle Ages is characterized by one’s background, estate, array,
and values.
ANALYSIS
LINES
• Chaucer’s Ironic Tone:
• He cannot reach true nobility even if
His table dormant in his halle alway he’s “consuming the same foods
Stood redy covered all the longe day. that sustain the aristocrat” (Williams
43).
At sessions ther was he lord and sire. • Had been a sheriff and an auditor.
Ful ofte time he was Knight of the Shire. • Detail:
An anlaas and a gipser al of silk • Franklin’s table is never taken down;
Heeng at his girdel, whit as morne milk. always ready for guests
• Expresses Chaucer’s opinion of
A shirreve hadde he been, and countour.
Franklin as a social climber
Was nowhere swich a worthy vavasour. • Chaucer’s speaker views Franklin as “a
worthy vavasour”
*The Franklin serves as a “county representative • “Anlaas”: two-edged dagger
in Parliament”, sessions refers to “sessions of • “Gipser”: purse (Norton 179)
the justices of the peace” (Norton 179, f. 2). Still • Simile
remains in broad middle class.* • Array-respectable character
• Does Chaucer view Franklin as truly
worthy if he comes from middle
class (Reiss 28)?
7. Haberdasher- “dealer
in hats or small wares”
(Chaucer 363) Webbe-“weaver” (Chaucer
364)
Tapicer-“weaver of
tapestries” (Chaucer 364)
An Haberdasshere and a Carpenter,
A Webbe, a Dyere, and a Tapicer—
And they were clothed alle in oo liveree
of a solempne and greet fraternitee.
8. •Lines 363-370
Clothing is the same.
An Haberdasshere and a Carpenter, • Chaucer’s speaker puts 5
A Webbe, a Dyere, and a Tapicer— men together
• Single character
And they were clothed alle in oo liveree • Chaucer’s goal:
Of a solempne and greet fraternitee. • He “provides us with a
Ful fresshe and newe hir gere apiked was; gallery of universally
recognizable characters”
Hir knives were chaped nought with bras, (Williams 42)
But al with silver; wrought ful clene and weel • “parish guild: an
organization in which the
Hir girdles and hir pouches everydeel. members associated for
acts of piety and mutual
welfare” (Cooper 47)
“Nought with bras” emphasizes significance of 1) St. Thomas of Canterbury
silver knives, which are illegal. Their uniforms 2) Craft guilds receive
are very detailed. political power
Guilds referred to as “fraternities” have more successful, powerful
members than other guilds of the time (Olson 149).
9. •Lines 371-374 •Cultural Value:
Being an established
Wel seemed eech of hem a fair burgeis citizen shows loyalty
To sitten in a yeldehalle on a dais. and commitment to
Everich, for the wisdom that he can, king.
Was shaply for to been an alderman.
• Burgeis-burgher (Norton 179)
• Yeldehalle-guildhall (Norton 179)
• Chaucer’s speaker:
• Guildsmen are “suitable for advancement” (Cooper
47).
• Prosperity
• Gain city official status from speaker
• Chaucer:
• Wisdom=key to being good alderman
• Foreboding tone: key element restraining guildsmen
from being socially successful and in estate of large
mass of commoners.
10. •The Guildsmen and their Wives…
Lines 375-380
• Chaucer’s speaker-voice for • Previous mention of wisdom
• Wives think they are
the guildsmen; emphasizes and high status of guildsmen
their “superiority” over
are “dropped when their royal because of their
wives’ motives are
other townsmen (Cooper introduced” (Cooper 47). husbands, but, indeed,
47) by commenting on • Chaucer expresses his they are not.
having property and income. negative view of women by
saying that they are at fault.
• For catel hadde they • And elles certain • And goon to vigilies all
ynough and rente, were they to blame: bifore,
• Catel-“property” • “I.e., at the head of the
(Chaucer 375) • It is ful fair to been procession. ‘Vigiles’: feasts
• Rente-“income” held on the eve of saints’
ycleped “Madame,” days” (Norton 179 ,f. 8).
(Chaucer 375)
• Ycleped-“called”
(Chaucer 378)
• And eek hir wives
• And have a mantel
wolde it wel assente—
royalliche ybore.
• “Royally carried” (Norton
179, f. 9).
11.
12. •The Cook
Lines 381-386
“For the occasion” (N). A Cook they hadde with hem for the nones,
“‘Powdre-marchant’ and To boile the chiknes with the marybones,
‘galingale’ are flavoring materials”
(N). And powdre-marchant tart and galingale.
1) The Cook’s description can be
read “like the index of a Wel coude he knowe a draughte of London ale.
cookery book” (Cooper 48). He coude roste, and seethe, and broile, and frye,
1) Tasting, roasting, boiling,
Maken mortreux, and wel bake a pie.
broiling, frying, baking
2) The Cook works for the 5
Guildsmen. 1) He is “the only pilgrim to be…identified as a
1) Chaucer’s speaker
Londoner” (Wallace 390).
devotes 7 lines to
describing his 1) Familiarity with London ale
occupation; only 2 lines
(couplet) are personal
(Wallace 398).
13. •The Cook
But greet harm was it, as it thoughte me,
Lines 387-389
• Chaucer voices his opinion by shifting his tone from jolly
to serious. He does not express any sympathy for the
Cook.
Mormal-“ulcer” (Chaucer)
Blankmanger-“a white stew or
mousse” (Chaucer)
That on his shine a mormal hadde he,
•Chaucer
makes a social • Only detail of Cook’s appearance
comment regarding gluttony • The ulcer juxtaposes the cook’s delicious pies and
•Too much of one thing mousses.
can be bad
•The ulcer is the Cook’s
For blankmanger, that made he with the
“symptom in medieval beste.
diagnosis of self-
• Chaucer’s speaker thinks that his amazing
indulgence” (Cooper 48). cooking skills are more important than his
ulcer. This “defect…has not been emphasized
in the behavior of the pilgrim himself” in the
General Prologue (Olson 151).
14. Bonnart, Jean Baptiste. The Haberdasher. N.d. 1st-Art-Gallery.
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