The Knight's Tale'
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- In this lesson, we will focus on the narrative in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Knight's Tale'. We will concentrate on the main characters we meet in the tale.
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7 Questions
Q1.
Who is Harry 'Bells' Bailey?
The first pilgrim to tell a tale in both poems
The Host of 'The Canterbury Tales'
Q2.
What can we call the introduction to a book, play, poem or film?
Context
Personfication
Q3.
What is it called, when a writer puts their text together in a specific way?
Scaffold
Support
Q4.
Who was murdered at Canterbury Cathedral?
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Knight
Q5.
Why is place important in both poems?
It gives us a great route to follow
It shows us where the pilgrims stopped to look at the scenery
Q6.
How do both poets make their pilgrims' journeys feel authentic?
Including a Host
Including names of characters
Q7.
Where is the first place mentioned in 'Telling Tales'?
Old Leg Road
Old Sheep Road
10 Questions
Q1.
Who tells the first tale in 'The Canterbury Tales'?
Arcite
Geoffrey Chaucer
Q2.
Which of these is NOT an example of an oral tradition?
Fairy tale
Myth
Q3.
What is an oral tradition?
Where knowledge and ideas are written down from one generation to another.
Where people speak with the same accent.
Q4.
When was 'The Canterbury Tales' written?
21st century
Stone age
Q5.
Where is 'The Knight's Tale' set?
Ancient Rome
Old England
Q6.
Who does Theseus marry?
Emily
Scythia
Q7.
Who does Theseus battle and kill?
Arcite
Palamon
Q8.
Who sees Emily first and falls in love with her?
Arcite
Creon
Q9.
What is Emily compared to?
Earth
Mars
Q10.
How do we describe the society Emily lives within?
A oral tradition society.
A patriarchy society.