The Host just wants to have a good time, which is why he gets so upset with pilgrims like the Monk or the Physician, who tell stories about tragedy and death, and so delighted with those like the Nun’s Priest’s, whose stories are comedies.
What offer does the host make to the pilgrims?
Whomever the Host decides has told the most meaningful and comforting stories will receive a meal paid for by the rest of the pilgrims upon their return. The Host also declares that he will ride with the pilgrims and serve as their guide at his own cost.
Why does the host propose the story telling contest?
In The Canterbury Tales, the Host proposes a storytelling contest to help pass the time as the pilgrims’ journey to Canterbury.
What does the host in The Canterbury Tales purpose?
A cheerful, friendly person, the Host focuses the pilgrims and keeps the storytelling contest from devolving into chaos. Although Chaucer narrates the events of the frame story, the Host takes charge of the contest and creates structure.
What prize does the host offer for the winner of the storytelling contest?
a free dinner
In The Canterbury Tales, each pilgrim is supposed to tell four stories. The pilgrim who tells the best story wins the prize. The contest prize is a free dinner.
What does the host propose to the Pilgrims to help make their journey more enjoyable?
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.
What contest does the host propose?
What does the host propose? Something to keep everyone entertained on their journey to Canterbury, a storytelling contest.
What does the host of the inn suggest the pilgrims do what incentive does he give?
The Host, Harry Bailey, of the inn suggests that to pass the time the pilgrims should tell tales. The person who tells the best tale will be rewarded with a meal upon his or her return to the inn. They will tell 2 tales on the way there and 2 on the way back.
What purpose does story telling serve?
Stories bring facts to life, make the abstract concrete and, through meaning making, walk the listener through the mind of the scientist or mathematician (Ellis, 2005) to understand the value and application of such concepts. Wells (1986) argued that storytelling is a fundamental means of meaning making.
Who is the host of the story telling competition in the prologue?
The 30 pilgrims who undertake the journey gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, across the Thames from London. They agree to engage in a storytelling contest as they travel, and Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard, serves as master of ceremonies for the contest.
Who is referred as the host in Canterbury Tales?
The Host (Harry Bailly or Harry Bailey) is a character who plays a key role in and throughout Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.
Why is the host mad at the Pardoner?
Because the Pardoner tells the Host that the Host is especially enveloped in sin, and the Pardoner says that of all the pilgrims, the Host is the one most in need of forgiveness.
What does the host ask the pilgrims to do at the conclusion of the story?
The Pardoner tells a tale in which he proves that, even though he is not a moral man, he can tell a moral tale. At the end of the tale, the Pardoner invites the pilgrims to buy relics and pardons from him and suggests that the Host should begin because he is the most sinful.
Who wins the prize for best story in The Canterbury Tales?
Who wins the storytelling contest? Chaucer does not announce a winner in the storytelling contest because The Canterbury Tales is left unfinished. The pilgrims agree to tell four stories each, two on the way to Canterbury and two on the way back.
What was the reward for the best tale that was told?
In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the prize for telling the best tale on their pilgrimage was a free dinner, paid for by all who are going on the journey to Canterbury.
Where will the winner receive this prize Canterbury Tales?
The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return. It has been suggested that the greatest contribution of The Canterbury Tales to English literature was the popularisation of the English vernacular in mainstream literature, as opposed to French, Italian or Latin.
What reason does the host give the Pilgrims that would entice them to join the contest he proposes?
What reason does the Host give the pilgrims that would entice them to join the contest? To keep from being bored the winner gets free meal. What does the Host get out of the contest since he can’t win the contest? He gets money and he gets to judge.
What reasons do the Pilgrims give for why they have taken this voyage?
The pilgrims came to America in search of religious freedom. At the time, England required its citizens to belong to the Church of England. People wanted to practice their religious beliefs freely, and so many fled to the Netherlands, where laws were more flexible.
How did the Pilgrims thank for help?
Likewise, in the fall of 1621, when their labors were rewarded with a bountiful harvest after a year of sickness and scarcity, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God. They also celebrated their bounty with a tradition called the Harvest Home.
What prize does Penelope propose for the contest?
Lesson Summary
In Book 21 of The Odyssey, Penelope holds a contest. She brings out Odysseus’ bow and tells the suitors she will marry the first one who can string it and shoot an arrow through 12 axes.
What type of contest does Penelope propose?
But then Penelope’s ruse was discovered and the suitors demanded a decision. She came up with another ruse, an archery contest. She would marry whoever could string Odysseus’s bow and fire it through 12 axes.