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British Poetry

Notes 12.4 Keywords

Pageboy : A woman’s hairstyle consisting of a shoulder-length bob with the ends rolled under.
Privy : A person having a part or interest in any action.
Furious : Extremely angry.
Elide : Join together.

12.5 Review Questions
1. What insulting remark about Summoners is made by the Friar in his prologue?
2. What causes the Summoner in the tale to declare enternal brotherhood for the stranger?
3. Why don’t the farmer’s curses send his animal to hell?
4. What happen in the Summoner’s joke about the Friars?
5. Why is Thomas so angry with the Friar?
6. How does the Friar try to calm his benefactor’s anger?

Answers: Self Assessment
1. He say he will pay the Friar back when he tells his own tale.
2. He could give the Summoner money.
3. He say he is a bailiff.
4. He is a demon from hell.
5. The old woman’s curses are totally sincere.
6. He is infuriated.
7. All the names of those who donate are erased so the prayers never get offered.
8. He gives the Friar a fart.
9. The Friar goes to the overlord of the district.
10. The young squire of the lord concocts an outlandish solution.

12.6 Further Readings

The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales — Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales — Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer — Harold Bloom

Online links http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmCanterbury02.asp
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