Radix malorum est cupiditas

cupidity--n--strong desire, especially for possessions or money; greed
avarice--n--excessive desire for wealth; greed
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1.What saying does this image represent---don't say it out loud!!!
2. Do you agree with this saying? Why or why not? Explain your answer in A PARAGRAPH using any examples that you can think of. (at least one)

quotes from the pardoner that show his true intentions (please copy leaving room to analyze:
"My exclusive purpose is to win..not castigate their sin."----
"they can go blackberrying for all I care"---
"I make my living from avarice"--
"I mean to have wool, cheese, and wheat..agape.."
"I've drunk a draft of corn-ripe ale..."---

More Vocabulary Practice

1. The ________ of limitations of the crime had expired and therefore he could no longer be convicted of the robbery.
2. The trials and ___________ of the basketball player were chronicled in his autobiography.
3. The _______ of some students leads them to the very best of colleges.
4. Please do not __________ my situation as it is not my fault.
5. "You are old and so ______________ poor," said the knight.

abominably prowess rebuke statute temporal tribulations

Notes/Questions for "The Pardoner's Tale"

Moral tale-- teaches a lesson about what is right and wrong in human behavior; the outcome is the “moral” of the story.
Pardoner—licensed by the church to grant indulgences (forgiveness for peoples’ sins). In theory, they were supposed to be granted to people who showed great charity. However, many pardoners simply sold their pardons to make money. To spur sales, unethical pardoners often threatened reluctant buyers with eternal doom. Our pardoner does the same with his story.
Excerpt: “The Pardoner’s Tale”
1. What do the three tavern-goers hear as they drink?
2. Give an example of personification from page 147.
3. Of what did the man die?
4. What vow do the three men make? Is it possible to fulfill? How may their drinking affect this decision?
5. What trade does the old man say no one has yet been willing to make with him?
6. What lesson does the old man try to teach the younger men?
7. Of what do the young men accuse the old man?
8. The gold under the tree foreshadows something. What do you think it foretells?
9. What is their plan for getting the gold?
10. What plan do the two watching the gold make?
11. Who is the Fiend (an allusion—not someone in the tales)?
12. How is Death tricking all three of the men?
13. How do the three of them die?
14. How does this tale prove the Biblical proverb of “reaping what you sow?”

Vocabulary practice sentences

Please choose the correct word from the bank below and fill it in for each of the following sentences:
1. The substitute said the class was so ____________ rude that she had to call the principal.
2. The child was ________ by the dog on the corner.
3. The candidate had to ________ the election because it seemed probable that he would lose.
4. I ______ you to change your mind and do your homework so that you can pass.
5. He walked away feeling ___________ after the girl said she would not go to the prom with him.

statute abominably dejected concede implore maimed

"The Wife of Bath" Vocabulary HW, and Question Link

These are the group questions from class: Questions

"The Wife of Bath" Vocabulary:
abominably
concede
dejected
implore
maim
prowess
rebuke
statute
temporal
tribulation

Write down the definition and sentence from the story in your notes. For homework, write your own sentences (10).

Questions for "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

Answer #1-4 NOW---no need to copy the question
Copy #5-7 and answer for HOMEWORK!

Answer NOW:--to hand in today
1. What do you think the punishment for rape should be?
2. Do you agree or disagree--a promise should never be broken. Why?
3. What is more important in a relationship--faithfulness or physical attraction--why?
4. What do women want most in a relationship? What about men-- what do women want most?

------Copy for HW:
5. Do the wealthy live above the law? Explain and give any examples you know of.
6. Does the social class a person comes from make a difference in their character? Explain.
7. What is the most important factor in a happy marriage?

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Questions that we answered during class:
1. What crime does the knight commit?
2. How is the knight’s life spared? What is the queen’s proposal and conditions?
3. Give 3 different replies the knight receives.
4. What does the narrator say women can never hold?
5. What is the offer the old lady makes to the knight? What does she assure him?
6. What is the answer the knight gives the queen?
7. How might a woman’s power over her lover differ from her power over her husband?
8. How must the knight pay his debt?
9. What is the resolution of this tale between the old woman and the knight?
10. What does the Wife of Bath ask for in life?

The Canterbury Tales: A Story-Telling Contest

Please copy:
GENERAL PROLOGUE
At the Tabard Inn, near London, the narrator joins a company of 29 pilgrims, who like himself, are traveling to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The Host, whose name,is Harry Bailey, suggests that the group ride together and entertain one another with stories. Each person will tell stories on the way to Canterbury and on the way back. Whomever tells the best story will receive a meal at Bailey’s tavern.
So, there are two things we will read: the narrator describing the storyteller
and
the storyteller telling the story.

Notes