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Andreina Olsen
Period Six
Values may be expressed in many ways; Gregory Chance uses techniques to explain his values in the Canterbury Tales. Some examples of the techniques are irony and techniques. Within the tales, Chancer was able to use descriptions and couplets along with simile and allusions.
Chancer uses the technique of irony in the Pardoner tale of three men and how the greed got the best of them to express his view on men of the church. Three men find a treasure and send one of the men to fetch wine and food to celebrate. The man who got the wine, poisons it and the two who stay behind arrange to kill the man coming back to have the money for themselves. In the end of the story, the three men kill one another in attempt to have the fortunate findings to them as a consequence, no one gets the money. Following the tale, the Pardoner tries to sell indulgences to the people on their holy trip. Chancer, with the story of the pardoner, shows the hypocrisy of the leaders in the church and how they do not follow the Golden Rule.
A main technique in which all the stories contain is imagery. Chancer uses this technique to allow the reader to make his own judgment on the character. As in the Reeve’s and Miller’s tale, the reader would need to decide whether the Miller or Reeve was the foolish one. With imagery, the reader is given the possibility to obtain a mental picture; such as when it came to the nun whom was looked as a great prioress. As well as the mental picture, Chancer believes in right action and uses imagery to demonstrate his value of integrity through action of the character.
With such techniques, the readers themselves are able to understand more of the characters and connect with them.
Period Six
Values may be expressed in many ways; Gregory Chance uses techniques to explain his values in the Canterbury Tales. Some examples of the techniques are irony and techniques. Within the tales, Chancer was able to use descriptions and couplets along with simile and allusions.
Chancer uses the technique of irony in the Pardoner tale of three men and how the greed got the best of them to express his view on men of the church. Three men find a treasure and send one of the men to fetch wine and food to celebrate. The man who got the wine, poisons it and the two who stay behind arrange to kill the man coming back to have the money for themselves. In the end of the story, the three men kill one another in attempt to have the fortunate findings to them as a consequence, no one gets the money. Following the tale, the Pardoner tries to sell indulgences to the people on their holy trip. Chancer, with the story of the pardoner, shows the hypocrisy of the leaders in the church and how they do not follow the Golden Rule.
A main technique in which all the stories contain is imagery. Chancer uses this technique to allow the reader to make his own judgment on the character. As in the Reeve’s and Miller’s tale, the reader would need to decide whether the Miller or Reeve was the foolish one. With imagery, the reader is given the possibility to obtain a mental picture; such as when it came to the nun whom was looked as a great prioress. As well as the mental picture, Chancer believes in right action and uses imagery to demonstrate his value of integrity through action of the character.
With such techniques, the readers themselves are able to understand more of the characters and connect with them.