Chaucer

Link to General Prologue

http://www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm

Questions for General Prologue · What season is described in the opening passage of //The Canterbury Tales//? What do people especially want to do when this season comes, according to the narrator? · Where especially do English people want to go? Why do they want to go there? · How many pilgrims does the narrator claim he meets at the Tabard inn?

Link to The Pardoner's Tale http://www.librarius.com/canttran/pardtrfs.htm

Questions for The Pardoner's Tale 1. What is an allegory? 2. What abstract qualities are portrayed by the evil young men in the story? 3. What is the theme of this tale? 4. What is the moral lesson of this tale? 5. What characteristics does the Pardoner reveal in his prologue? 6. How does this story fit the character of the Pardoner? 7. Why would medieval audiences have been familiar with The Pardoner's Tale? 8. How does the youngest reveler plan to kill the other two? 9. Does he kill them? 10. How does the youngest die?