• Have your literature book and study guide on your desk.

Recap

• Okay, what happened yesterday?

Prioress

Vocabulary• Prioress– • At meat– • Withal– • Courtliness– • Sedately–

Vocabulary• Prioress– a nun ranking just below the

head of the convent• At meat– • Withal– • Courtliness– • Sedately–

Vocabulary• Prioress– a nun ranking just below the

head of the convent• At meat– • Withal– • Courtliness– • Sedately–

Vocabulary• Prioress– a nun ranking just below the

head of the convent• At meat– when dining• Withal– • Courtliness– • Sedately–

Vocabulary• Prioress– a nun ranking just below the

head of the convent• At meat– when dining• Withal– moreover • Courtliness– • Sedately–

Vocabulary• Prioress– a nun ranking just below the

head of the convent• At meat– when dining• Withal– moreover • Courtliness– refined behavior; elegance• Sedately–

Vocabulary• Prioress– a nun ranking just below the

head of the convent• At meat– when dining• Withal– moreover • Courtliness– refined behavior; elegance• Sedately– in a composed, dignified

manner; calmly

Question

• How do you think the French spoken there differed from that spoken in Paris?

PrioressPrioress—Questions Answers

How does Chaucer use the name Madame Eglantyne to further his description of the Prioress?

What details about her seem to impress the reader most of all?

Is there anything contradictory in the description of her?

The Monk

Vocabulary

• Abbot—

• Dainty—

• Prior of the cell—

Vocabulary

• Abbot— the head of the monastary

• Dainty—

• Prior of the cell—

Vocabulary

• Abbot— the head of the monastary

• Dainty— excellent

• Prior of the cell—

Vocabulary

• Abbot— the head of the monastary

• Dainty— excellent

• Prior of the cell— head of a subsidiary group of monks

Question

• What does the narrator mean by the “modern world’s more spacious way?

The MonkMonk—Questions Answers

How does Chaucer describe the monk?

What evidence is there to indicate that Chaucer does not agree with the monk?

The Merchant

Vocabulary

• Motley—

• Flemish—

• Exchanges—

Vocabulary

• Motley— Multicolored

• Flemish—

• Exchanges—

Vocabulary

• Motley— Multicolored

• Flemish— From Flanders, an area in which is now Belgium and northern France.

• Exchanges—

Vocabulary

• Motley— Multicolored

• Flemish— From Flanders, an area in which is now Belgium and northern France.

• Exchanges— Selling foreign currency as a profit

Question

• From his dabbling in this practice, which was illegal in Chaucer’s day, what can you conclude about the Merchant?

The MerchantMerchant—Questions Answers

What attitude does Chaucer express toward the Merchant?

Why does Chaucer find it necessary to comment on the fact that he doesn’t know the Merchant’s name?

Wife of Bath

Vocabulary

• Bath—

• Wrath—

• Ground—

• Hose—

Vocabulary

• Bath— a city in Southwestern England

• Wrath—

• Ground—

• Hose—

Vocabulary

• Bath— a city in Southwestern England

• Wrath— angry

• Ground—

• Hose—

Vocabulary

• Bath— a city in Southwestern England

• Wrath— angry

• Ground— a textured fabric

• Hose—

Vocabulary

• Bath— a city in Southwestern England

• Wrath— angry

• Ground— a textured fabric

• Hose— stockings

Vocabulary

• All at the church door—

Vocabulary

• All at the church door— in Medieval Times, a marriage was performed outside or just within the doors of a church; afterwards, the marriage party went inside for a mass.

Vocabulary

• Forsooth—

• Wimpled—

• Buckler—

Vocabulary

• Forsooth— in truth; indeed

• Wimpled—

• Buckler—

Vocabulary

• Forsooth— in truth; indeed

• Wimpled— with her hair and neck covered by a cloth headdress

• Buckler—

Vocabulary

• Forsooth— in truth; indeed

• Wimpled— with her hair and neck covered by a cloth headdress

• Buckler— small round shield

Question

• Why might the narrator feel it necessary to mention that all five weddings were church weddings?

Reminder

• Bring literature book and study guide to class tomorrow!