Canterbury Tales Genre Paragraphs

the Wife of Bath
A folk tale features common folks, such as peasants, and common place events.   There maybe be some "make-believe" elements, like talking animals, but the stories, overall, sound logical - even realistic.  Folk tales seek to explain things about life, nature, or the human condition.The Wife of Bath's tale  is a folk tale because it is set in a imaginary world, there are  magical elements and the story explain things about life. The imaginary world and where the story is told is set in Camelot is not a real world but a legendary one.,it talks about life sir Codsbrain needs to find what women most desire and that explain sort of life ,and at the end when the old smelly women turns into a beautiful tidy girl that is a magical thing.that makes the story a folk tale.



the knight tale
a chivalric romance is a story with romance and knights who act very romantic (different from other knight)The knight tale is a chivalric romance because there are romantic knights who obviously fall in love with the same person.there is a romance there with the knights and there love Emily.they fight for her.Emily isnt happy she prays to Diana to give the person who loves her most not the fight.that makes it a Chivalric romance




the nun priest
a fable are Short stories, in verse or prose, with a moral ending.  These types of stories are credited Aesop (6th century BC), who told tales of animals and other inanimate objects that teach lessons about life. The nun's priest is a fable because there is animals called Chaunticleer,sir Russel Fox and pertelote.Sir Russel fox is the flatter he wants to eat Chaunticleer,the lesson and the moral is remember to not get trick by flatteurs that is a lesson for every body ,this explain that the nun''s priest is a fable


the pardonner tales
a morality tale is a story A moral or morality tale is a type of story, popular during the 15th and 16th centuries, that uses allegory to portray the struggle between good and evil, often culminating in a lesson. Typically, morality tales featured personifications or avatars of vices and virtues.The Pardonner 's tale is a morality tale,the moral is if you find death don't be suprised to find it,the struggle between good and bad is when dick,tom and harry find gold they start to become mean because they want to have the money for themselfs that makes them sort of evil.,that makes it a morality tale.

the knight tale

The knight tale

Track the storyline for any two of our stories. 
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settings:in the castle.

• Ordinary world (characters and setting)answer:Knight,Theseus,Emily,Palamon,Arcite,Mars,Venus,Diana
• Disruption (catalyst?)answer:When They see Emily They fall in love and fighted for her.
• Conflicts (rising action)answer:Man Vs Man when Palamon and Arcite fight for amanda
• Climax answer:When Palamon fight against Arcite Because we don't kknow who is going to win
• Outcomes answer:Palamon wins the prize Amanda

Character

The main Character are Palamon and Arcite because they explain the story

Palamon is Romantic and strong,Arcite is gready and just came out of prison he likes Emily but wants 
victory more then her.

Wife of bath

The Wife of Bath

Track the story line for any two of our stories. 
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settings:the old and magical England past

• Ordinary world (characters and setting)answer:Wife of bath,Sir Codsbrain,Queen Guinevere,King Arthure,Amanda,the priest ,the old lady
• Disruption (catalyst?)answer:When Sir Codsbrain sees Amanda so he changes to an other story not his normal one.
• Conflicts (rising action)Man Vs Society when Sir Codsbrain is going to be decapiteded
• Climax:answer:When Sir Codsbrain is going to be Decapiteted because we dont know if he is going to die or not or when he sees the old women because we don t know what she is going to do
• Outcomes:answer:Sir Codsbrain marries the old women who transformes into a beautiful girl

Character

The Main Characters are
Sir Codsbrain .He is brainless and thinks he is a good brave and smart knight but it is totally the other way around he might be the most important character but he is not a hero at all, just a brainless knight

Genre

     

Clock work

Clock work

1. Words to look up on vocabulary.com and use in a good sentence.

Optimist:An optimist is someone who always sees the bright side of any situation 

Pessimist: a person disposed to take a favorable view of things                                                 

Oscillate:, meaning it moves back and forth in a steady motion.

Cog:putting stuff together

Chime:a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

Dynasty:A dynasty is a series of leaders in the same family, like the British Royal Family, or a local business dynasty

Heir:a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

Glower:look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

2. Make a list of the comparing and contrasting (similarities/differences) between Karl, Gretl, and Fritz

How they are described

How they think

How they act

How they change

Their role in the story

What happens to them in the end

Find examples from the story to back up your ideas.

answer:

karl

• he is descibed as a selfish clock-maker
• he think that his ideas for the clock work was bad
• he acts scared because he has no ideas of what to do for the clock towel
• he changes bad because he gets really scared
• karl is a foil
• he dies because of the sir iron soul

gretl

• gretl is described as a very nice girl
• she thinks she can help every body because she wants to be a hero
• she becomes a hero
• she is the protagonist because she is a hero
•  she becomes a hero

Fritz

• Fritz is described as a normal man
• he is scared because his story is not finished
• he acts scared
• he is terefied so he runs away
• he is a foil because he is the writer of the story
• he runs of the town because he is scared

3. Pg. 16 What does the author mean by an artistic temperament?

How does he feel about the idea? Why?answer: someone who does not get on with a job and fusses about it .he does not really like it he thinks it is non sense.

4. Pg. 49 Princess Mariposa stood at the palace window, she heard the chiming of the cathedral clock, and said “I wish I had a child as sound as a bell and as true as a clock”, and when she had said those words she felt her heart lift.  Can you explain how this uses simile and metaphor?answer:the metaphor is she felt her heart lift this is a metaphor because your heart cannot lift.

as sound as a bell and as true as a clock this is a simile because it uses the word as and compares things to things

5. The author uses clock terms and references throughout the story.

Find 5 from each part of the book (at least a sentence each, none from the same page please)

Describe what kind of language use each is.answer: 

1.In the old days,when this story took place,time used to run by clock work

2.instead there was a little piece of clock work just a few cogs and springs

3.Princess Mariposa stood at the palace window, she heard the chiming of the cathedral clock, and said “I wish I had a child as sound as a bell and as true as a clock”, and when she had said those words she felt her heart lift.

4.Even prince Otto,in his madness didnt believe that a clock work toy could resemble;a living child

5.two children ,because the prince was not clockwork any more;he was a child as real as any other

BONUS

6. When we say, "it works like clockwork" we usually mean something that works well, precisely, and exactly as expected.

In what ways does this story work like clockwork? In what ways does it not?

List your examples.

Explain why you think the author chose to do this

answer: