2.1.7 Analyze themes r in literature

1. Describe the structure of The Canterbury Tales.

A series of nested stories (like Russian dolls)


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2. What do the parables in "The Monk's Tale" tell us about the intentions of the monk?

He makes fortune out to be a strange character.

3. What do the parables in "The Monk's Tale" tell us about the intentions of Chaucer?

The parables where used to show clear morals, or series of morals, that are designed to promote certain kinds of behavior and discourage different kinds of bad behaviour.

4. What are two ways that Chaucer's language is unique in The Canterbury Tales?

He invented his own form of poetic meter, called decasyllabic meter.

• He used both perfect and slant rhyme in The Canterbury Tales.