For your LAST Canterbury Tales assignment, please do the following:
1. Watch all of the PowToons! They are awesome and highly entertaining (and short). You all did a great job.
2. Pick TWO of them to comment on. Your commentary should focus on ANALYSIS.
Things to think about: What point was Chaucer trying to make through this story? Why did this particular character tell this specific story? What elements of the story are satirical? What people/events/ideas from Chaucer's time was he trying to satirize?
Remember, you can either make a brand new comment on a post with a new idea someone hasn't stated OR you can directly respond to a comment someone has already made, as long as you are bringing a new idea to the table in some way.
20 points in Competency P
O'Connell's Advanced Placement Literature and Composition class's blog about The Canterbury Tales. Bedford High School, Bedford, NH.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Miller's Tale Discussion Question #4
Consider Absalom's revenge. Is it fitting? Why or why not? Is Allison blamed for her role in the deception of John, or for her behavior toward Absalom? Who/what is Chaucer criticizing in this tale?
Miller's Tale Discussion Question #3
Note the clever way in which the cleric Nicholas get the better of the carpenter John. Does this cleverness make him the hero of the tale? Who is the cleverest trickster in the Miller's Tale? Why?
Miller's Tale Discussion Question #2
Note the physicality in the depiction of Alison. How is she described? What type of imagery is used? Does Chaucer seem sympathetic to her unhappiness with her husband? Why or why not?
Miller's Tale Discussion Question #1
Chaucer claims that he is only repeating faithfully what he heard on the pilgrimage and that if any reader is offended, he should not blame the author, but himself. What are the implications concerning an author's responsibility to his readers? What sort of truth is he bound to?
The Miller's Tale
I'm going to post the four discussion questions for The Miller's Tale. Choose TWO of them to respond to in the comments. You do not have to include the entire answer you may have written. Feel free to respond to a comment one of your classmates may have made.....this should be a DISCUSSION, not just a list of everyone's answers.
The Knight's Tale versus The Miller's Tale
The Miller's Tale is a response to the Knight's Tale. Choose one specific character, event, or theme from the summary of the Knight's Tale that you read. How does the Miller take that and twist it for his tale? Please either:
A. Leave a NEW example as an answer in the comments OR
B. Add an original idea (something that has not been said) to the example one of your classmates already left.
A. Leave a NEW example as an answer in the comments OR
B. Add an original idea (something that has not been said) to the example one of your classmates already left.
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