1 / 10

Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales. The Four Humours And The Seven Deadly Sins Mrs. Kinney. The Four Humours.

aislin
Download Presentation

Canterbury Tales

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Canterbury Tales The Four Humours And The Seven Deadly Sins Mrs. Kinney

  2. The Four Humours • A theory of physiology in which the state of health—and by extension the state of mind, or character---depended upon a balance among the four elemental fluids: blood, yellow bile, phlegm and black bile. These were closely allied with the four elements: air, fire, water and earth. The four humours gave off vapors ascended to the brain; an individual’s personal characteristics (physical, mental and moral) were explained by his or her “temperament,” or the state of the person’s “humours.”

  3. Seven Deadly Sins • Allegory: a tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities • In the Medieval period, the seven deadly sins were often personified in literature.

  4. Pride • Arrogance, impudence and boasting. The remedy is humility.

  5. Envy • Sorrow for what others have. The remedy is to love God.

  6. Wrath • Anger; wicked will for vengeance. The remedy is patience.

  7. Sloth • Laziness, unproductive. The remedy is fortitude.

  8. Avarice • Greed, a lecherous desire for earthly things. The remedy is mercy.

  9. Gluttony • An immeasurable appetite to eat or drink. The remedy is abstinence.

  10. Lust • Uncontrolled desire for material and carnal things. The remedy is chastity.

More Related