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This lesson contains 21 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
The Miller's tale
A student lesson by Maria, Evelien, Noan and Anouk
Slide 1 - Slide
Content
Plot Discussion
Character Analysis
Literary Devices
Genre
Style
Features of the Period
Slide 2 - Slide
Plot discussion
The prologue
The trick
A vision from god
Tubs to the roof
Absolon
Crazy
Slide 3 - Slide
Character Analysis
Slide 4 - Slide
John
Nicest person
Suffers the most
Extremely jealous but devoted to Alisoun
Stupid and naive
Slide 5 - Slide
Alisoun
Young and beautiful
Narrator compares her to wild animals
Always kept home because of her jealous husband
Prevent that she will find another man of her own age
Slide 6 - Slide
Nicholas
Poor, young scholar
Studies astrology and wants to predict the future
Described as quite feminine: "like a mayden meke for see" and "as sweete as is the roote/of lycorys"
Wants to spend the night with Alisoun -> tricks john
Is punished for his actions
Slide 7 - Slide
Absolon
Parish clerk
Also portrayed quite feminine (extremely tidy and pays great attention to his personal grooming
Disgusted by farting (important for the plot)
Artistic man
Determined to get Alisoun
True motive is lust instead of love
Slide 8 - Slide
Is Alisoun responsible for cheating on John with Nicholas or can't she be blamed because she's so beautiful and married to a man who is much older? Give your opinion and explain why.
Slide 9 - Open question
Literary Devices
Imagery
Allegory
Symbolism
Slide 10 - Slide
Which literary device do you recognize in this sentence? "Ah Sunflower, weary of time. Who countest the steps of the sun; seeking after that sweet golden clime, where the traveler's journey is done."
A
Symbolism
B
Allegory
C
Imagery
Slide 11 - Quiz
Which literary device do you recognize in this sentence? "The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe shows no one escapes death."
A
Symbolism
B
Allegory
C
Imagery
Slide 12 - Quiz
Which literary device do you recognize in this sentence? "He felt like the flowers were waving him a hello."
A
Symbolism
B
Allegory
C
Imagery
Slide 13 - Quiz
Which literary device do you recognize in this sentence? "Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is showinng the Devil's staff being used to defy God and eat the forbidden fruit."
A
Symbolism
B
Allegory
C
Imagery
Slide 14 - Quiz
Which literary device do you recognize in this sentence? "Black is used to represent death or evil."
A
Symbolism
B
Allegory
C
Imagery
Slide 15 - Quiz
Which literary device do you recognize in this sentence? "He could hear the footsteps of doom nearing."
A
Symbolism
B
Allegory
C
Imagery
Slide 16 - Quiz
Genre
Fabliau
Medieval literature
Love triangle
Parody
Slide 17 - Slide
Style
Late middle English
Twisting sentences "Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages"
Avoids targeting specific audience
Vocabulary
Language
Slide 18 - Slide
Features of the Period
Sex and sexuality
Earthy
Nature Imagery: "thakked hire aboute the lendes weel"