Characters

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Characters I
Medieval Times
The Wife Of Baths Tale
Characters II
The Nuns Priests Tale
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Could make a mean blancmange, casserole, or soup.
Had an ulcer on the knee
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The Cook
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Holy minded. Well-educated. Knew Bible taught
it well. Took care of parishioners sick not
collecting tithes or fees
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The Parson
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Estate Manager who was hated by those who worked
for him. Rode last in the cavalcade.
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The Reeve
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Served as judge of the tales. Owned the Tabard
Inn and established the chal-lenge for the group
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The Host
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Name the Ideal Characters, according to Chaucer
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The Knight, Oxford Cleric, Parson, and Plowman
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What organization competed with the King for
power?
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The Church of England
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What was the reason people took a pilgrimage to
Canterbury?
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To pay homage to Archbishop on the cathedral
steps where he was killed
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What Bishop was killed by King Henry IIs Knights
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Thomas a Becket
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King William the Conqueror came in from what
country?
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France
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When the Normans introduced their language into
England, what types of words changed?
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Fine Dining and Law
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What do women most desire, according the old hag?
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Dominion over their men
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Who sentenced the Knight after he raped the
maiden?
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The Queen
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What was the Knights punishment for his crime?
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He had one year and a day to find out what women
truly desire most.
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How does the Knights and the old hags
definitions of nobility differ?
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He thinks it comes from heritage. She believes
it comes from God.
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In the story within the tale, what was the story
of the wife who couldnt keep a secret?
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The womans husband, King Midas, had ass ears,
and she had to tell someone, so she told the
water and was overheard.
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Had 5 husbands as well as many others before
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The Wife of Bath
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Student of the church who spends all money on
books to study and teach more
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Oxford Cleric
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Went along on the pilgrimage to serve as the
recorder of the tales as they are told
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Carted dung all day long and always stopped to
help another or pay his tithes
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Plowman
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Barbaric man of the sea who makes enemies walk
the plank
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Skipper
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What talent does Chanticleer have?
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Singing
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Why had Chanticleer awakened in the middle of the
night?
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He had a bad dream
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How did the fox outsmart Chanticleer?
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He convinced him to sing out as loudly as he
could to prove he sang better than his father
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How did Chanticleer outsmart the fox?
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He told the fox to turn around tell the others
to leave him to eat in peace. When he opened his
mouth to talk, Chanticleer jumped out.
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What is the moral of the story?
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Listen to your dreams. Dont close your eyes
when they should be left open.Dont listen to
your wife.