WARM-UP 09/17/12
• Describe a time when something turned out the
opposite of how you expected it to. Write a
paragraph explaining this event.
• What is irony? Explain it in your own words.
IRONY
• The contrast between appearance and reality.
IRONY
• Verbal Irony: You say the opposite of what you
mean.
• Ex: You say, “That’s just great” in a disgusted tone.
• Situational Irony: the exact opposite of what you
would expect to happen, happens.
• Ex: A preacher’s kid getting arrested.
• Dramatic Irony: occurs when the audience knows
something the character does not; helps to create
suspense.
• Ex: The audience knows a character is about to walk into
danger, and the character does it anyway.
THE PARDONER’S TALE
IRONY
PRESENTATION CRITERIA
• Full summary of section and character.
• Facebook page fully explained.
• Give reasoning for choices.
• Cite the text, and show you know it.
Grading Criteria
Formal speech and conduct.
Ownership of material.
Back up inferences with evidence.
THE KNIGHT
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Chivalrous
Honorable and noble
Fought in the name of Christianity
Victorious in battle
True, perfect, gentle
Wise
THE SQUIRE
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Trainee to be a knight
Son of the knight
Around 20 years old
Strong but moderately built
Dressed fancy
Well-mannered and trained
• Knew how to joust, dance, draw and write
YEOMAN
• Assistant to the squire
• Green coat and hood
• Carried bow and arrow
• Peacocked feathered arrows; always looked nice
• Shield and sword
• Medal of St. Christopher
THE NUN
• Spoke sub-style French
• Tried to “courtly”
• Entertaining
• Pleasant and friendly
• Very sympathetic and tender
• Cried easily
• Wide forehead
• Large lady
THE MONK
• Hunter
• Head of monastery
• Progressive/liberal
• Didn’t take St. Benedict’s rule too seriously
• Easily forgot about his wrongdoings; didn’t feel guilty.
• Didn’t want to study all day
• Wanted to enjoy the things of the world
• Bald, fat, personable
THE FRIAR (HUBERT)
• Careless and merry
• Limiter: could beg in certain districts on behalf of
the poor
• Used his religious position for money
• Told people they were serious about their faith if they would
give money to him in order to confess
• Had many women
• Knew women and bars better than the poor and
sick
• Only would do business with those he could gain from.
THE MERCHANT
• Business man who trades
• In a lot of debt, though he boasted of his business
skill
• Excellent fellow
OXFORD CLERIC
• Clergy member
• Still a student
• Only cared about studying
• Not too fat, Hollow look, sober stare
• Received no promotion in the church
• Poor religious intellectual
• Wouldn’t promote himself, wouldn’t seek a job in the
secular world
• Only spoke when necessary
• Moral, virtuous speech
A SERJEANT AT THE LAW
• Lawyer
• Wise
• Knew everything about the law; very
knowledgeable
• Busy
• Plain looking and dressed, unremarkable
FRANKLIN
• Well to-do land owner
• Lived for pleasure
• Thought that was life’s ultimate goal
• Ultimate pleasure was sensual pleasure
• Held parties all the time
• Ate and drank, no restriction
• Well-liked by everyone
• Served as a Justice
COOK AND SKIPPER
• Had an ulcer on his knee
• Made author concerned with eating his food
• Fine chef
• Serious sailor
• Showed no mercy
• Made his prisoners walk the plank
• Experienced and overcome many dangers at sea
• “Excellent Fellow”
DOCTOR
• Supposedly “Knowledgeable”
• Bases his cures on bogus theories
• Got a lot of money anyway
• Didn’t real the Bible very much.
• Ate a lot.
• Extremely greedy and rich but stingy
WIFE OF BATH
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Somewhat deaf
Intimidating, crafty
5 husbands
Traveled 3 times to Jerusalem
Gap teeth, broad hips
Sociable
PARSON
Priest in a church
Really knew Christ’s gospel
Preach well; holy
Faithful to his parish
Hated cursing, morally upright
Said, “If we can’t trust religious leaders, than who
can we trust?”
• Lived what he believed
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PLOWMAN
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Honest worker
Loved God
Charitable
Paid his tithes
THE MILLER
• Someone who operates a mill (machine to grind
cereal for flower)
• Large fellow, broad
• Boastful about his strength
• Liked to tell drinking stories
• Thief
• Stole grain
• Played bagpipes
THE MANCIPLE
• In charge of purchase and storage of food in
monasteries
• Illiterate but very street smart
• Natural skill in business dealings
• Could teach the well-educated how to stay out of debt
THE REEVE
• Easily excited
• Like a mayor
• Good at his job
• Could predict how much they will harvest
• Efficient
• Feared by people
• Would collect debts
• Carpenter
THE SUMMONER
• Lower class job; bring people before the church to
account for their sins
• Easily bribed and abused people who he found
“sinning”
• Lumpy face
• Many pimples
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Loved garlic and onions
A drunkard
Could be paid off with wine
Slept with prostitutes
Blackmailed for money and other favors
THE PARDONER
• Preacher delegated to raise money for religious
workers by soliciting offerings
• Long yellow hair, had a rat-tail
• Bulging eyeballs
• Rode a castrated horse
• Cheated priests
• Traded them so-called “relics” (things that one time
belonged to saints) for money
• Very greedy
“THE PARDONER’S TALE”
• Complete the questions on Page 154
• “Reading Check” and “Thinking Critically” #s 1-12