Slide 1 GEOFFREY CHAUCER: THE CANTERBURY TALES Slide 2 Introducing… Geoffrey Chaucer Born 1340 Son of a wine merchant in a middle class household He became the page in…

Slide 1 The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer 1340?--1400 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 A Few Significant Facts! Completed during the third, mature phase of Chaucer’s…

Slide 1 Anglo-Saxon Period 449-1066 Slide 2 Names and Terms to Know 1.Angle land: name given to England by some Europeans after the Anglo-Saxon tribes settled there. 2.Alfred…

Slide 1 The Canterbury Tales The Characters Slide 2 The Narrator The narrator makes it quite clear that he is also a character in his book. Although he is called Chaucer,…

Slide 1 The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Kate Brennan The Host Slide 2 The Host: Character Analysis Also known as Harry Bailly Occupation: the Innkeeper Appearance: “A…

Slide 1 The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer A pilgrimage from the Tabard to Canterbury A pilgrimage from the Tabard to Canterbury IES ‘MARÍA ZAMBRANO’ Slide 2 GENERAL…

GENERAL PROLOGUE At the Tabard Inn, a tavern in Southwark, near London, the narrator joins a company of twenty-nine pilgrims. The pilgrims, like the narrator, are traveling…

Charting character and caricature in Chaucerâs âThe Canterbury Talesâ Mr. Cleon M. McLean Department of English Ontario High School Johann Kaspar Lavater was a Swiss pseudo-scientist…

Assignment Prewriting Choose and Narrow a Research Topic Consider Purpose, Audience, and Tone Make a Research Plan Get an Overview and Find Sources Note Sources Research…

PowerPoint Presentation Canterbury Tales Background Introduction 1 The Journey Begins . . . Premise: pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas aâ Beckett Displays all segments…