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44 Cards in this Set
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what is an allegory? |
a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meaning that lie outside the narrative itself.
in the bible, the snake represents evil, the tree of knowledge represents temptation. |
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what are the conditions/stages of christianity? |
surveillance
transgression exposure punishment atonement redemption |
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how does Lancelot die?
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he starves himself as atonement for satisfying his hunger for Guinevere |
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surveillance |
God is watching you; Mordred and Agravain |
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Transgression |
sin, eating of apple; affair of Lancelot and Guinevere |
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exposure |
God confronts Adam; informed Arthur confronts Guinevere |
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punishment |
expulsion from garden; war between Arthur and Lancelot; war between Arthur and Mordered Longest Stage! |
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atonement |
human history; suffering; penance of Lancelot and Guinevere |
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redemption |
guinevere buried beside Arthur; apotheosis of Lancelot |
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apotheosis |
being lifted into heaven |
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iambic |
unstressed, stressed |
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trochee |
stressed, unstressed |
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anapest |
unstressed, unstressed, stressed |
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dactyl |
stressed, unstressed, unstressed |
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Monometer |
one foot per line |
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Dimeter |
two feet per line |
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Trimeter |
three feet per line |
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Tetrameter |
four feet per line |
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Pentameter |
five feet per line |
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Hexameter |
six feet per line |
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The Knight (Prologue) |
- led by truth, honor, courtesy, freedom, chivalry - taught rhythm through poetry and music - tried to die with feet pointed to the East (Jerusalem) - doesn't curse - models life after Christ |
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The Squire(Prologue) |
knight in training |
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The Yeoman(Prologue) |
working class servant kill and cook food for knight |
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St Christopher |
patron saint of travellers |
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The Priorist(Prologue) |
a nun spoke French, but had not been to Paris she loved being in court would weep if saw mouse in trap violated some of her vows (not in poverty) clerical satire |
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The Monk(Prologue) |
manly man loved riding and building questioned monly life doesn't want to study |
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The Friar(Prologue) |
hangs out with well to do people
familiarity with women enteratiner, knew all taverns and bar maids had lisp, sweet talker |
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The Merchant(Prologue) |
nice dresser only cares about making money no name NOT a money lender! |
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The Clerk(Prologue) |
poor scholar (worldly, not holy) lean and sober wants to learn and teach |
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The Sergeant of Law(Prologue) |
like a judge |
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the 4 humors |
sanguine - "blood" melancholy - "depression" choleric - "bad temper" phlegmatic - "mucus" |
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The Frankelain(Prologue) |
an Epicurus (too much pleasure is bad) had all the food and drink he wanted |
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guilds |
like modern day unions haberdasher, carpenter, webbe, dyer, tapicer |
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The Cook(Prologue) |
has ulcer on leg |
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The Shipman(Prologue) |
captain of the ship |
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Doctors |
moved from village to village |
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The Apothecary(Prologue) |
had very strong drugs |
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Wife of Bathe(Prologue) |
gap-toothed (oversexed) better clothe maker great talker 1st marriage at age 12 |
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Parson(Prologue) |
only man to not be satired a learned man, devoutly taught had a big parrish (he went to every corner no matter what) practiced what he preached! "gold rusts as does iron" clergy will rust as do common men does NOT give easy absolution leads people to heaven by fairness |
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The Miller(Prologue) |
wins every sport (wrestling, won the ram) muscular loud, vulgar man |
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The Reeve (Prologue) |
quick to anger (choleric) lecherous as a sparrow children cried at how ugly he was had bad acne from STDs |
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The Pardoner(Prologue) |
church employee
could sell pardons from the Pope (get families reduced time for loved ones in purgatory) makes money for church bad man high pitched voice Chaucer accuses him of being a Eunuch essence of evil commonly duped people more money in 1 day than Parson makes in 6 months |
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The Miller's Tale (setup) |
Fabliau Earlier than the Canterbury Tales Makes fun of commoners Italian Theatre Harlequin (good looking young man who seduces widows) The Miller is drunk, knows it, and doesn't care The Reeve is angry (carpenter) Meant to be warning to not become a cuckold (keep wife in order) |
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The Miller's Tale |
About John, old man carpenter, Alison, his young 18 year old wife, Nicholas, a young astrology student, and Absalon, Alison's unwanted admirer John rents room to Nicholas Nicholas grabs Alison by crotch and demands sex, she gives in Nicholas conviences John a flood is coming and has him sleep in 1 of 3 tubs made into a boat Nicholas and Alison have sex all night Absalon comes by and licks Alison's ass from window, hears Nicholas and Alison laughing at him Absalon gets hot poker and shoves it into Nicholas' ass when he pokes it out window John hears Nicholas scream for water and thinks flood is coming. cuts ropes and boat crashes into floor. all neighbors come and laugh at him |
