After Chaucer finishes describing all the pilgrims on the trip to Canterbury, the pilgrims are ready to begin telling their stories. The group decides that the pilgrim who tells the story with the best moral will win a free dinner when he or she returns to London.
How will they decide which pilgrim tells his her story first?
At the watering hole of Saint Thomas, the Host reminds the pilgrims of their agreement and proposes that they draw straws to decide who goes first. The Knight draws the shortest straw, and so begins the tale-telling contest.
Who will determine which of the pilgrims tells the best stories?
If we trust the General Prologue, Chaucer determined that each pilgrim should tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two tales on the way back. The host of the inn offers to be and is appointed as judge of the tales as they are told and is supposed to determine the best hence winning tale.
Who tells the first story in Canterbury tales?
The Reeve’s Prologue and Tale
The Reeve tells the story of two students, John and Alayn, who go to the mill to watch the miller grind their corn, so that he won’t have a chance to steal any.
Why do the pilgrims decide to tell stories?
To pass the time on the journey, they decide to each tell two tales to the assembled company on the journey there and the journey home.
Which option explains why the knight will be first to tell his tale?
He is going to tell about each one according to his/her station in life. The knight is first because he is of nobility.
WHO proposes that the pilgrims tell stories on the way to Canterbury?
The Narrator describes his newfound traveling companions. The Host at the inn, Harry Bailey, suggests that, to make the trip to Canterbury pass more pleasantly, each member of the party tell two tales on the journey to Canterbury and two more tales on the journey back.
Who suggested to tell stories in The Canterbury Tales?
This idea is reinforced when the Miller interrupts to tell his tale after the Knight has finished his. Having the Knight go first gives one the idea that all will tell their stories by class, with the Monk following the Knight.
How many stories pilgrims should tell?
The original intenent was that each pilgrim was to tell two tales to Canterbury and two on the way back for a free meal; that would have been an estimated 120 tales-instead of the 23 in the book. Indeed, the only Pilgrim who tells two tales is Chaucer himself: Sir Thopas [unfinished] and Tale of Melibee.
How many tales did pilgrim tell?
Each pilgrim was to have told four stories, which would have yielded ultimately 120 stories — the “long hundred” and a round number.
Why do they tell stories on their way to Canterbury?
Why do the characters tell stories in The Canterbury Tales? The characters in The Canterbury Tales tell stories to pass time on their pilgrimage to Canterbury and to compete for a free supper.
What is the starting point of the pilgrimage in The Canterbury Tales?
The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales start their journey together in south London and aim for Canterbury Cathedral, roughly seventy miles away. The Canterbury Cathedral houses the shrine of an English saint: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was martyred in the 1100s.
Where are the narrator and the Pilgrims going and for what reason?
They are making a pilgrimage to Canterbury, to give thanks to Thomas Becket for rescuing them from sickness and escaping the Black Death.
What are 3 facts about pilgrims?
Fun Facts: Pilgrims
- Pilgrims came from England to worship as they pleased or to find work.
- The name of their ship was the Mayflower.
- The Mayflower carried 102 passengers.
- At the end of the first winter in Plymouth over half the Pilgrims had died of disease.
Who was invited to tell a tale before the Miller declared he would tell a tale?
By Geoffrey Chaucer
The Host announces that, now, the game has truly begun. He asks the Monk to tell the next tale. The Miller, who is drunk, yells out that he knows a noble tale with which he will “quite,” or top, the Knight’s tale. The Host tells the Miller that another pilgrim will tell a tale first.
How does the Knight decide what to choose?
She offers the knight a choice: either he can have her be ugly but loyal and good, or he can have her young and fair but also coquettish and unfaithful. The knight ponders in silence. Finally, he replies that he would rather trust her judgment, and he asks her to choose whatever she thinks best.
Why does the Miller tell his tale?
One other very possible purpose for the Miller to tell this story is so that he could make fun of the Reeve. The tale is about a gullible carpenter, and the Reeve, is a carpenter by trade. This last point is very probable since the Reeve is the only one who took any personal offence to the Miller’s tale.
What does he propose to the pilgrims and what will the winner receive?
What does the host propose to the pilgrims to help make their journey more enjoyable? Each pilgrim will tell two stories to Canterbury and two stories on the trip back to London. The winner will receive a supper paid for by the losing pilgrims.
How do you identify who is telling the story?
A narrator can tell a story in three different points of view. You can identify these by looking for pronouns.
The Narrator
- Is the person telling the story in the story?
- Is the person telling the story someone outside of the story?
- What pronouns are being used?
Who is the person who tell the story?
narrator, one who tells a story. In a work of fiction the narrator determines the story’s point of view. If the narrator is a full participant in the story’s action, the narrative is said to be in the first person. A story told by a narrator who is not a character in the story is a third-person narrative.
What are 5 facts that we have learned about the Pilgrims?
5 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About The Pilgrims
- The Mayflower didn’t land in Plymouth first.
- Plymouth, Massachusetts Wasn’t Named For Plymouth, England.
- Some of the Mayflower’s passengers had been to America before.
- The pilgrims dwindled – and then flourished.
- The first Thanksgiving meal wasn’t “traditional.”