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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * CP * * * * * * * CP * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Read The Franklin’s Prologue and Tale and answer corresponding questions. What does it mean to have honor? How important is a person’s word in our day and age? Is it still important? How does Dorigen fit into the medieval concept of womanhood? Why would the Franklin, a member of the middle class, tell the story of the nobility? Contrast the description of marriage in The Franklin’s Tale with the description of marriage in The Wife of Bath’s Tale. Read The Pardoner’s Introduction, Prologue, and Tale and answer corresponding questions. In our current society, greed can be hard to define. What do you think some of the fundamental differences are between being greedy and merely being ambitious? Is there any difference at all, or is the want to be successful just a natural human inclination? Explain in detail the moral lesson conveyed in The Pardoner’s Tale. Give a full character description of the pilgrim Pardoner. This tale warns against such vices as avarice, gluttony, sloth, and most notably greed. Write a modern day exemplum that places money as the root of all evil. Include characters, dialogue, and make the moral lesson clear. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CP * * * * * CP * * * * * Fabliau A short tale, usually vulgar, with a quick funny ending. The Merchant’s Tale is also an example of this. Contrast The Knight’s Tale with The Miller’s Tale. Fully describe the character Absalom. Contemplate Chaucer’s reason for including such a crude tale and the response medieval audiences may have had to the story. Read The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue and Tale and answer corresponding questions. Why have authors used animals to teach lessons in literature? What can they accomplish that human beings perhaps cannot? Allegory – an extended metaphor in which a person, abstract idea, or event stands for itself and for something else It usually involves moral or spiritual concepts which are more significa