Third Person (Omniscient) What is the point of view in The Canterbury Tales? Though narrated by different pilgrims, each of the tales is told from an omniscient third-person point of view, providing the reader with the thoughts as well as actions of the characters. Tone The Canterbury Tales incorporates an impressive range of attitudes toward …
7 Knightly Virtues Courage. More than bravado or bluster, a knight must have the courage of the heart necessary to undertake tasks which are difficult, tedious or unglamorous, and to graciously accept the sacrifices involved. Justice. Mercy. Generosity. Faith. Nobility. Hope. What values should a knight have? These values go back to the Middle Ages …
The meter that Chaucer used in writing meter is iambic pentameter. What kind of meter does Chaucer use? iambic pentameterThe point here is that the way the word is positioned in the line evokes the register of one language, not that the word is warped to the metrical template. Chaucer’s meter is clearly iambic pentameter, …
The form ‘Sir‘ is first documented in English in 1297, as the title of honour of a knight, and latterly a baronet, being a variant of sire, which was already used in English since at least c. Is a knight a lord or a Sir? Sir is used to address a man who has the …
A knight was called Sir, and was usually of a noble or a genteel family. Knighthood, however, was not inheritedit had to be earned by many years of training. Besides a sword and a shield, a knight in combat might carry a battle-ax, mace, or lance. What were knights called in the Middle Ages? The …
Who is Friar Laurence? Friar Laurence is a key character in Romeo and Juliet. He is a Franciscan monk who lives on his own in a humble shack in the countryside near Verona. What kind of man is Friar Lawrence? Friar Lawrence is typically analysed as wise, trustworthy, caring, well-intentioned. However, he could equally be …
Hubert. The Friar is one of many religious figures that Chaucer put on the journey to Canterbury. His actual name is Hubert, and he’s also one of many that is corrupt. Why is the Friar named Hubert? 4 It is m y contention that Chaucer uses the Friar’s portrait to establish the character of a …
– The narrator gives ironic compliments to the Pardoner: -“In church he was a noble ecclesiast” (714) The Pardoner is anything but noble. What class is the Pardoner? Chaucer’s description of the Pardoner suggests he’s part of the Middle Age’s emerging middle class. He is well-dressed and groomed; Chaucer even describes him as a bit …
Character Speaker Gender LAURENCE FRIAR LAURENCE, a Franciscan male MERCUTIO MERCUTIO, kinsman to the Prince and friend of Romeo male MONTAGUE MONTAGUE, head of a Veronese family at feud with the Capulets male NURSE NURSE of Juliet, her foster-mother [Angelica] female Is Friar Lawrence a man? Friar Laurence is presented as a holy man who …
When describing the Parson, the narrator says, ‘There was a good man of religion, too, A country parson, poor, I warrant you; But rich he was in holy thought and work. He was a learned man also, a clerk, Who Christ’s own gospel truly sought to preach; Devoutly his parishioners would he teach. How does …
