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Monday, September 13, 2010

Canterbury Tales 102-112

Please post your TEXTY response below. As discussed in class, if you have trouble posting please write your response and bring it to class. Sorry this posting is online a little bit late!

11 comments:

  1. I don't know what "TEXTY" means.
    This story makes me think of someone sitting in a park people watching.

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  2. I read that every two lines, the last word of each line rhymes with the other. "To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick/ To give his help to them when they were sick" (17-18). What point is Chaucer trying to get by with the rhyming words. If Chaucer did this for a rhythmic reason, that would relate to me because i do a lot of things that involve rhythm such as music and memorizing things.

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  3. I observed that this was obviously written in some sort of poetic format. I enjoy this tale so far because it gives one an inside look into how different people led their lives back when this was written.

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  4. What I read was a very clever rhyming scheme that had some sort of nice beat to, just as others above have mentioned. A great line was when Chaucer was describing the nun, and he says, "no morsel from her lips did she let fall."(133) This showed the goodness in the character and did a good job describing, and introducing her. What I didn't understand was why the monk was an expert hunter. that seemed out of place. Lastly, this related to me as I am also involved in music, and i enjoyed the rhythmic scheme concocted by the author.

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  5. T- there was a group of 30 people very diverse as it seems. They all stayed at the " Tabard "
    EX- The narrator gives detailed description to who each person is and what " Class" they belong to. hard to follow who they all are though.
    T- Why so many people at once come to this in? I would have thought that these people would want a solo join to there " god " Thinking they would make more of spiritual bond.
    Y- This reading was interesting but I would have to say I really dislike the way religion is disregarded and force upon. Line (68) "For him against another heathen Turk."

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  6. Chaucer is a very clever writer with a great flow to his writing. I like how he rhymes and keeps the reader interested. So far the reading has been good and descriptive.

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  7. The reading was some what hard to comprehend and I found the development of the characters very interesting. I enjoyed reading about the Yeoman, "And he was clad in coat and hood of green."103. This quote reminded me of robin hood, and made it easy to paint a picture of the character. One of the questions I came across was why they had a "Skipper" when they were not near an ocean? These stories relate to me because I enjoy meeting knew people and sharing stories.

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  9. T- The story was very descriptiive so far. He went off ondescribing how people appeared and acted. I also noticed the rhyming scheme.
    EX- "He was embroidered like a meadow bright/ And full of freshest flowers, red and white" (Chaucer 104)
    T- Why did he feel the need to go into such detail, will the whole story be like this when scenes and characters change?
    Y- This relates to me because I watch people all the time, and even though I questioned why he went into so much detail, I do the same things in my head.

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  10. T- I noticed that the author used a good rhyming scheme. I liked how descriptive he was when he was describing the people he saw.
    EX-"His head was like a nut,his face was brown/He knew the whole of woodcraft up and down"(Chaucer 105)
    T- Does the rhythmic scheme have some importance to the story or the author?
    Y- This relates to me because I love to watch people sometimes. Its interesting to see what people are doing and how they react to certain situations.

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  11. From what i read in "The Pardoner's Tale", three drunk men are trying to kill "Death". "If we can only catch him, Death is dead!"(50). I am pretty sure "Death" is a person, but why is "Death" doing what he/she is doing? When i read this, i was pulled in because i am very interested in reading about death.

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