Canterbury Tales

Storyline

The Knight's Tale,

The characters: the Knight, Theseus, Emily, Palamon, Artice, Venus, Mars, Diana

The setting: Greece.

The disruption (catalyst): Palamon and Arcite see Emily.

The conflicts: the fights and arguments.

The climax: When Palamon and Arcite fight each other.

The outcome: Palamon wins Emily's hand.

The Pardoner's Tale,

The characters: Jocasta, Giovanni, Amelia, Michelangelo, Pardoner, Tom, Dick, Harry, the old man(Death)

The setting: England

The disruption (catalyst): Tom, Dick and Harry start looking for Death.

The conflicts: Tom, Dick and Harry all want the three bags of gold to their selves and fight each other.

The climax: Tom poisons the wine and when they all stab each other.

The outcome: They all die (If you go looking for Death- don't be surprised if you find him.)


 Characters

                                   Palamon from the night's tale                 
Character traits:         Brave, Smart and Cunning.
                                  
Example:                  I never wanted victory- only you.

                                 Tom from The Pardoner's tale.
Character traits:        He is greedy, evil and sorrowful.

Example:                  If only I could have all that gold for myself- what a happy lad I would be!


Genre

The Pardoner's Tale

The Pardoner's Tale is a morality tale, because it has similarities to a folk tale as it has common people, and common happenings, but it also reminds us of a fable, except there are no talking animals but there is still a moral at the end.

The Nun's Priest's Tale

The Nun's Priest is a fable as there are talking animals, for example: Chaunticleer, Sir Russell fox etc.
There is also a moral at the end of the story.

The Wife of Bath's Tale

The Wife of Bath's tale is a morality tale, because it has similarities to a folk tale as it has common people, and common happenings, but it also reminds us of a fable, except there are no talking animals but there is still a moral at the end.

The Knight's Tale

The Knight's tale is Chivalric romance, this shows the adventures of knights in a more romantic and civilised way than they were in reality.


Examples

The Pardoner's tale's genre is a morality tale; 'if you go looking for death- don't be surprised to find him!

The Nun's Priest's tale is a fable; 'Pull yourself together, you silly bird!'

The Wife of Bath is a folk tale; 'Once upon a time, the land of England was full of magic.'

The Night's tale is a Chivalric romance; 'We'll have a proper joust on Saturday! The winner can marry Emily!'