Monday the 24th, we had our Coat of Arms projects due. We spent the entire period presenting them to the class. At the end of the period we found out that Mr. Lazarow wasn't going to be in class the next day so we were to bring any and all information we needed to research our pilgrim with us to class.
11/25/08
Tuesday the 25th, Mr. Lazarow wasn't in class and we spent the entire period working on our Canterbury Tales pilgrim presentations.
11/26/08
We started the Canterbury Tales presentations with Mr. Lazarow's presentation of "The Knight."
The Knight
- 1st of the 29 pilgrims
- lives by truth, honor, freedom, amd all courtesy
- one of the most highly regarded Knights in the world
- worthy to his lord in time of war
- "thrice in the lists"- Chosen 3 times for single combat
- honored everywhere for his worthiness
- his prize wasn't money or wealth, only fame
- traveled the world fighting enemies
- very wise, with no vileness
- came straight from a voyage amd is going directly on the pilgrimage-thus, in his clothes and not his armour
- his son is traveling with him (the Squire)
It is socially acceptable to begin with the knight, so when it came to drawing straws Chaucer made it that the Knight would draw the shortest straw.
The Knight's Tale
- A Roman- A tale originally told in Latin, it was a tale about adventure and sometimes love.
- Theseus-The Lord and Governer of Athens, Rich and Wise, fights against the Amazonians who are ruled by Hippolyta.
- Theseus and the Athenians defeat the Amazonians
- After the battle Theseus marries Hippolyta
- Hippolyta's sister Emily, comes back to Athens with Theseus and Hippolyta
Mourning Wives
- On the way back Theseus sees a group of Mourning Wives
- Wives were very noble, rich women
- Creon had killed their husbands in battle, and now refuses to allow them to retrieve their dead husbands off of the battlefield.
- Theseus made sure that he will go after Creon in order to get vengeance for the women's husbands.
- Theseus takes over Thebes
- As they are going over the battlefield, the Athenians discover 2 wounded Thebian knights, Palamon and Arcita.
- Theseus decides to imprison them for life with no chance for ransom instead of executing them.
Emily
- Among the most beautiful of women
- has a garden in the castle by Palamon and Arcita's Jail cell.
- Palamon is looking out the window, sees Emily and instantly falls in love with her.
- Palamon screams and Arcita runs to the window and also falls in love with Emily.
- Both decide that they can love Emily as much as they want but they will just have to love her from afar.
-Celia Coltre
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