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“The General Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales ProjectYou will be assigned a character from “The General Prologue” to analyze. The characters include:Group SY- The Squire lines 81-102 and The Yeoman lines 103-121Group P- The Prioress/Nun lines 122-168A prioress is a nun in charge of a priory, a monastery for a group of nuns, members of a religious order for women. All persons belonging to a religious order took vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. Does she violate any?Group M- The Monk lines 169-211A monk is a member of a religious brotherhood living in a monastery and committed to a certain discipline or set of religious rules. All persons belonging to religious orders took vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. Does he violate any?Group F- The Friar lines 212-279A friar is a member of a religious order; unlike a monk, a friar does not live in a monastery but was allowed to travel in the outside world and support himself through begging for charity. All persons belonging to religious orders took vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. Group MC- The Merchant line2 280-294 and The Cleric lines 295-318Group SF- The Sergeant at Law lines 319-340 and The Franklin lines 341-370A Franklin is a wealthy landowner in the Middle Ages. Group HDC- The Haberdasher, Dyer, Carpenter, Weaver and Carpet-maker lines 371-388; The Cook lines 389-397; The Skipper lines 388-420Group D- The Doctor lines 421-454Group WB- The Wife of Bath lines 455-486Based on what you know about women in the Middle Ages, why might she be unusual, or what does her unusual status suggest about the later Middle Ages since that the time in which The Canterbury Tales is composed and takes place? What does she do for a living?Group P- The Parson lines 487-538A parson is a preacher, a minister. All persons belonging to religious order took vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. Group PM- The Plowman lines 539-560 and The Miller lines 561-584A miller was the owner/operator of a mill, someone who ground the cereal crops of farmers into flour or meal. He made his money by charging the farmer based on the weight of the amount of grain ground into flour.Group MR- The Manciple lines 585-604 and The Reeve lines 605-640Group S- The Summoner lines 641-688Group Par- The Pardoner lines 689-734A pardoner (literally someone who pardons sins) sold indulgences (certificates signed by the pope forgiving a person’s sins and thereby reducing that person’s time in Purgatory) in exchange for a charitable contribution to the church.Group H- The Host lines 767-829This project is worth 100 points and is broken up into the following assignments:Assignment Day 1: Understanding the character and language from “The General Prologue”Task: Independently read your assigned lines and paraphrase (think of it as a line by line translation of Chaucer’s text into your own words) Chaucer’s description on a loose-leaf sheet of paper, which you will hand in. Make sure to look up words you do not know.Assignment Day 2: Research your character’s profession and life during the medieval period (you are researching to find out what this occupation would have been like during the Medieval period and not the character in the story). You will later compare your findings to Chaucer’s description and determine if depiction of this character was accurate.Task: FIRST, compare your paraphrase/translation to the one from the site provided in class.THEN, Vist the sites provided in class to answer the following questions on the back of your paraphrase from Day 1. Make sure to cite the source of your information. ?What specific occupation does your character practice? Describe his daily job.?What does the need for this occupation tell us about the time period? I.e., What is the historical significance of this pilgrim’s occupation??What was his or her social standing? How does he/she fit into Medieval society??What might your character’s day to day life be like? What do we need to know about the Medieval Period to understand this person??What details about this character does Chaucer not include in his description? ?What modern day occupation might correspond to your medieval character and why?Take notes on other information you find that relates to your character.Assignment Day 3: Identify and analyze characterization of character by Chaucer.Task: In groups, FIRST discuss your research findings. THEN, Annotate text by highlighting characterization and writing inference in margins. Make sure you read the quote in context, i.e., look at the lines before and after to make sure you are correctly interpreting the quote. Remember, if the character is depicted in a negative way, anything positive that Chaucer writes may be sarcasm. Characterize your assigned person by answering the following questions through your annotations:Identify(Indirect) What are the character’s actions and words as described by the narrator? What is the character’s effect on others? Identify S.T.E.A.L. (speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, looks).(Direct) What are the narrator’s direct comments (adjectives) that describe the character?Infer (figure out, speculate on, guess, draw conclusions about)- WRITE THIS IN THE MARGINS.What do the character’s actions and words really tell you about the character? What do the narrator’s direct comments tell you about the character?Language- Make sure to look up words that you do not know.Identify metaphors, similes, and other figurative language used to describe the character.Identify areas where the narrator seems to be exaggerating (hyperbole) features and characteristics of the character.Identify areas where the narrator is being sarcastic (possibly by saying the opposite of what he means)Find an example of iambic pentameter. Find an example of a couplet. Archetype or Stereotype?An archetype is a pattern or model that serves as the basis for different versions of a character, plot, or theme (E.g. Beowulf is an archetype epic hero.). In this case you are looking for a model character. The knight, for example, is a model of a hero.A stereotype is a generalization about a person or group based on appearance, ethnicity, age, gender, profession, etc… (E.g. All cops eat donuts.)Bottom Line: It’s not always a huge difference between a stereotype and archetype. Stereotypes tend to be more narrowly drawn (and are often based on negative assumptions about a group of people based on race, ethnicity, or some other characteristic). If Chaucer seems to be poking fun at a character, it is quite possible that the character is a stereotype. Determine whether your character is an archetype or a stereotype and thoroughly EXPLAIN your answer.NOTE: If you are unsure or think you may be misunderstanding/misinterpreting the character, PLEASE talk to me. Do not wait until the presentation to say you were unsure about something.Assignment Day 4: Prepare PowerPoint PresentationsTask: Create a PowerPoint Presentation about your research findings, analysis, and conclusions. If you have more than one character, present one character entirely first, then the other. Do not go back and forth between characters because that leads to confusion. Guidelines include:Information should include:Cover slide with group members names, period, characterResearch information about your character (occupation; role in society)Direct characterization- provide examples from text Indirect characterization- provide examples from text (remember STEAL)Research v. characterization- is characterization by Chaucer accurate based on your research?Archetype or Stereotype?Chaucer’s commentary- What is Chaucer’s commentary through this character?Slides should be visually appealing by including appropriate images.Minimum 9 slides; Maximum 12 slides; minimum 24 point fontMechanics and usage (grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure)Assignment Day 5: Presentations! Woohoo!What you will turn in before you present:A copy of your printed PPT presentation (one per group)Annotations and research questions (one per group)Paraphrase (one per member)Group 1- The Knight lines 43-80Group 2- The Squire lines 81-102 and The Yeoman lines 103-121Group 3- The Prioress/Nun lines 122-168A prioress is a nun in charge of a priory, a monastery for a group of nuns, members of a religious order for women. All persons belonging to a religious order took vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. Does she violate any?Group 4- The Monk lines 169-211A monk is a member of a religious brotherhood living in a monastery and committed to a certain discipline or set of religious rules. All persons belonging to religious orders took vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. Does he violate any?Group 5- The Friar lines 212-279A friar is a member of a religious order; unlike a monk, a friar does not live in a monastery but was allowed to travel in the outside world and support himself through begging for charity. All persons belonging to religious orders took vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. Group 6- The Merchant line2 280-294 and The Cleric lines 295-318Group 7- The Sergeant at Law lines 319-340 and The Franklin lines 341-370A Franklin is a wealthy landowner in the Middle Ages. Group 8- The Haberdasher, Dyer, Carpenter, Weaver and Carpet-maker lines 371-388; The Cook lines 389-397; The Skipper lines 388-420Group 9- The Doctor lines 421-454Group 10- The Wife of Bath lines 455-486Based on what you know about women in the Middle Ages, why might she be unusual, or what does her unusual status suggest about the later Middle Ages since that the time in which The Canterbury Tales is composed and takes place? What does she do for a living?Group 11- The Parson lines 487-538A parson is a preacher, a minister. All persons belonging to religious order took vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. Group 12- The Plowman lines 539-560 and The Miller lines 561-584A miller was the owner/operator of a mill, someone who ground the cereal crops of farmers into flour or meal. He made his money by charging the farmer based on the weight of the amount of grain ground into flour.Group 13- The Manciple and The ReeveGroup 14- The SummonerGroup 15- The PardonerA pardoner (literally someone who pardons sins) sold indulgences (certificates signed by the pope forgiving a person’s sins and thereby reducing that person’s time in Purgatory) in exchange for a charitable contribution to the church.Group 16- The Host ................
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