Analyze

Each answer should be 350−500 words. Excellent answers will address each portion of the question, provide concrete evidence of the student's reading, and be grammatically and structurally correct. For "The Canterbury Tales," assess, in detail, Chaucer's stance toward one of the pilgrims. Read through his/her description in the Prologue, and glance at his/her tale. How is the tale appropriate to the person telling it? What aspect of the character does the author approve of? What does he disapprove of? What literary devices does he use to indirectly communicate this approval or disapproval?

1. Define the ideal Christian knight as described in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." How well does Gawain himself live up to this ideal? How does he fail, and how does he succeed in his quest?