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The Canterbury Tales CharactersDirections: You will select, research, and analyze one of the following characters from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. On the other side of this page is a delineation of how you will be graded on this project. You are responsible for creating a handout AND a visual representation of your character. Knight -Squire-Yeoman- JaxonNun (a Prioress)-CollinMonk-TristanFriar- BenMerchant- BrennanOxford Cleric- BradySergeant at Law- ReisFranklin-ClayGuildsmen/Tradesman-BrittanyCookSkipper-TiernyDoctor- McKenzeeWife of Bath- SydneyParson- ChanceyPlowman-MattMiller- ChantelManciple- AnthonyReeve-RachelSummoner- MaryPardoner-MariahHost-NelleGeoffrey ChaucerThe Assignment: Character AnalysisEveryone has been assigned a pilgrim and a username and password to their own website. You will use this website to publish the below information about your character. Project:?Be creative. No rules as to how it should look, as long as all elements are included.? However, you must include links on your webpage to any information that is not your own.Presentation:?Someone that looks at your webpage should have a thorough understanding of who your pilgrim is, what s/he is all about, what Chaucer felt about that person, etc. See below for more details. It should be engaging, interesting, and informative. Remember, all elements should be TEXT-BASED.The Canterbury Tales Pilgrim Research ProjectPart OneThe Middle Ages is one of the most interesting and colorful time periods in history. The research questions in Part One of this activity will give you only a brief glimpse into the people of the time and how they lived. It will also demonstrate how Chaucer creates characters that help us understand the complexities of the historical time period. Use the web to research the questions. Be sure to create a link to each site that provides an answer for each of the research questions. You may have more than one site for any one question.Research questions:What specific occupation does your character practice?What does the need for this occupation tell us about the time period?What was his or her social standing?What might your character’s day to day life be like?What details about this character does Chaucer not include?What modern day occupation might correspond to your medieval character and why?Product:?Create an area on your webpage that is specifically for the Part One information.?1. Don't just make a list of the answers. Find a creative way to integrate all answers into your description without saying "The specific occupation..."2. Include links to all websites used in your presentation. You can also make a Works Cited page, or simply a list of sites, regardless, you need hyperlinks. Without this important component, you are plagiarizing.?3. Try to include a picture of your pilgrim. A Google Image search should help. Remember to cite this as well.? Part TwoExamining the language of a specific text can be very complicated. For the purpose of this activity, we will be looking for word choices that give us clues about the author’s tone and attitude about his characters (direct characterization.) Examination of text:-Paraphrase each line of the prologue describing your character. (Paraphrase=putting the passage into your own words. If you character has a passage that is 40 Lines long your paraphrase should be about the same. You are essentially translating each line into your own words for better understanding.)-Which lines in the prologue best describe your character’s physical appearance?-Which lines describe his/her personality?-Which specific words add to your understanding of the character’s personality??Example: Paraphrase. Lines 3-8 best describe so-and-so’s physical appearance because . . . . Lines 10-15 best describe his/her personality . . . .Product:?You need to have a specific area on your website that provides the paraphrase of your character and ensure that your answers to the last three questions are included at the bottom.Part ThreeOnce you have researched the background of your character and examined the text in which your character is developed, you can analyze the language better.Analysis of the passage:(Don’t limit yourself, however; include any additional information that would help a reader understand the text better.)What is Chaucer’s opinion toward this character?What specific lines or words tell you this?What word choices require an understanding of vocabulary from the time period?Product:?Create (at least) a one-page, double-spaced paper of your final character analysis using all of the information that you have compiled so far. -Do not use 1st or 2nd person pronouns. In other words, provide an object analysis.-Include a title, introduction, and conclusion. Your analysis is of course the body of the paper.-We will discuss the requirements in more detail as the due date for Part Three approaches. ................
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