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Pardoner’s Tale: Vocabulary Words

Pardoner’s Tale: Vocabulary Words. 1. pallor (n.)- unnatural lack of color; paleness 2. hoary (adj.)- white or gray with age 3. tarry (v.) to delay or linger 4. apothecary (n.)- pharmacist 5. deftly (adv.) skillfully; with ease and quickness 6. sauntered (v.) walked at an unhurried pace.

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Pardoner’s Tale: Vocabulary Words

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  1. Pardoner’s Tale: Vocabulary Words • 1. pallor (n.)- unnatural lack of color; paleness • 2. hoary (adj.)- white or gray with age • 3. tarry (v.) to delay or linger • 4. apothecary (n.)- pharmacist • 5. deftly (adv.) skillfully; with ease and quickness • 6. sauntered (v.) walked at an unhurried pace

  2. Pardoner’s Tale: Literary Analysis • Allegories-narratives that have both literal and deeper, symbolic meanings. • Pardoner’s Tale- exemplum-type of allegory • Against the sin of greed • “Love of money is the root of all evil” • Archetypal narrative elements of allegory: • 1. Characters, events, and other things that come in threes • 2. a test of characters’ morality 3. mysterious guide who points way 4. just ending

  3. Wife of Bath: Vocabulary Words • 1. implored (v.)- begged earnestly • 2. relates (v.)- tells • 3. contemptuous (adj.) scornful • 4. bequeath (v.)- hand down as inheritance • 5. prowess (n.)- heroism; distinction • 6. esteemed (adj.)- highly respected; held in high regard • 7. rebuke (v.)- criticize strongly

  4. Wife of Bath: Literary Analysis • Frame Story- contains or frames another story or group of stories • Frame story in the Canterbury Tales is characters’ pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral • Within frame story- tales told by characters on journey • “The Wife of Bath” contains frame story + inner tale • Individual tales reflect description of storytellers’ personalities + lives you find in frame story • Setting of individual tale does not match setting of frame story

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