Unable to discover what women most desire, the knight meets a loathly lady who offers to tell him the answer if he promises to fulfill her next request of him. The knight definitely has a conflict on his hands here: on the one hand, he desperately needs to know what women most desire. What is …
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A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system. What is a pilgrim person? Definition …
They are making a pilgrimage to Canterbury, to give thanks to Thomas Becket for rescuing them from sickness and escaping the Black Death. Where are the Pilgrims traveling and for what reason? Answer and Explanation: The pilgrims are on their way to Canterbury to pay respect to Saint Thomas Becket. As a martyred Christian, the …
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The host is a striking man with bright eyes and a wide girth. He is wise and tactful, a merry man. How is the host described in the Canterbury Tales? 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 …
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The English term ‘pilgrim’ originally comes from the Latin word peregrinus (per, through + ager, field, country, land), which means a foreigner, a stranger, someone on a journey, or a temporary resident. What makes a pilgrim a pilgrim? A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who …
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. Is the narrator a main character? Is the Narrator the Main Character or the Protagonist? …
The moral lesson of this fragment is that participating in one vice tends to lead to other vices and can even spread to others who would otherwise be good people. What is the cook in the Canterbury Tales? The Cook in The Canterbury Tales is named Roger of Ware; Ware is a town north of …
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in iambic pentameter, with five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables. The rhyme scheme of a poem is the pattern of how the last word in the lines rhymes with others. The Canterbury Tales uses rhyming couplets, with every two lines rhyming with each other. Is Canterbury Tales in …
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Answer and Explanation: The narrator in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is portrayed as a foolish and naïve character whom the reader meets in the Prologue of the story. What is the narrator in Canterbury Tales like? The narrator appears to be naive, yet in reality, he is very observant. He sees peoples’ real personalities …
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The most famous legend about Theseus is his slaying of the Minotaur, half man and half bull. He then goes on to unite Attica under Athenian rule: the synoikismos (‘dwelling together’). As the unifying king, he is credited with building a palace on the fortress of the Acropolis. What is Theseus role? On the one …
