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The Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales Intro

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The Canterbury Tales - Intro The people we read about are as real as the people we brush clothes with in the street,? nay, much more real, for we not only see their faces, and the fashion and texture of their garments, we know also what they think, how they express themselves, and with what eyes they look out to the world. ??Alexander Smith, Dreamthorp BACKGROUND In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses a form that had been used before?the frame tale, a larger story, inside of which are many smaller stories.

The Pardoner Study Guide

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?The Pardoner?s Prologue? Study Guide 1. Review the description of the Pardoner in the ?General Prologue.? Summarize that description. 2. What text does the Pardoner use for his sermons? Why is this ironic? 3. What items does the Pardoner show his listeners when he preaches (see italicized portion)? 4. How does the Pardoner force listeners to pay to use or buy his relics? 5. What are the Pardoner?s real motives for preaching? 6. What part of the Pardoner?s sermon do people especially like? 7. What kind of man is the Pardoner? ?The Pardoner?s Tale? 1. What kind of people are the three young men of the story? 2. According to the boy, who killed the dead man? 3. What do the three men swear to do?
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