PRESENTATION
The Prioress
CANTERBURY Tales
Index
The nun of Monza of the Betrothed
Geoffrey Chaucer
Pag. I-II
Pag. XI-XII
Canterbury Tales-plot
Thanks
Pag. III-IV
Pag.XIII
The Prioress
Pag. V-XI
PRESENTATION
Goeffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer, who is considered the ‘father’ of English literature, because he was the first to write in the dialect spoken in London which became standard english.
PRESENTATION
Goeffrey Chaucer
Biography
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in 1340. He belonged to a rich family, therefore he lived in close contact with nobles. Then he travelled to France and Italy, where he discovered the works of many italians authors. His masterpiece, in fact, has a structure very similar to Boccaccio’s “Decameron”.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
Structure
The poet meets 29 pilgrims on the way to a pilgrimage. They are going to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket. Each pilgrim was supposed to tell 2 stories on the way to Canterbury and 2 stories on the way back. Chaucer is invited to join the company. The stories were supposed to be 120 but the poem was never finished, so just 23 pilgrims told their stories.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
Plot
In describing his characters the poet uses irony. The fact that Chaucer joins the pilgrimage gives credibility to his narrative. He introduces his characters without consideration of rank to say that the old feudal values are disappearing.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
One of Chaucer’s pilgrims is the Prioress. Her biggest curse is "By Sant'Eligio!" and she is known as Mother Eglentyne. She is the head of a convent of nuns and she belongs to the upper class.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
Therefore she is an aristocratic lady as we can see from her behavior at the table. In fact Chaucer underlines that she never let any piece of food fall from her lips; she always wipes her upper lip so well that not the slightest trace of grease can be seen in her cup when she has drunk and she doesn’t dip her fingers into the sauce.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
She speaks French fluently and elegantly with a beautiful nasal accent as she learned at the Stratford-Atte-Bowe school.
Her physical appearance is described in every detail: she has an elegant nose, gray eyes, a small mouth and wide forehead.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
Her way of dressing reveals that she was not indifferent to the fashion of her time. Her veil was gathered in a good way and her cloak was charming. She actually breaks the monastic rules which require nuns to cover their foreheads and sides of their faces but the description of the Prioress’ head reveals that it was not covered properly. She dresses in fine, expensive clothes, demonstrating again that she prioritizes her own appearance over her role.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
Moreover she wore a coral bracelet with a golden brooch on which a quote from the Roman poet Virgil was engraved: "Amor vincit omnia”. This sentence is ambivalent since it could refer to divine love but it may also refer to worldly love. This broach is inappropriate for a prioress both because it's a show of wealth and because it references a pagan text concerned with romantic love.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
In describing the Prioress, Chaucer hints at the corruption of the Church using a gentle irony. At first she seems to be all good feelings and tender heart, but then we understand that her charity is more directed to her own dogs than to poor people, who are supposed to be helped by the nuns. She used to give her dogs white bread and the finest meat which were far better food than most of the English populace ate.
PRESENTATION
The nun of Monza of the Betrothed
In Alessandro Manzoni's masterpiece, "The Betrothed'', there actually is a character that is really similar to the Prioress, the nun of Monza. Both these characters came from an aristocratic family and were forced to become nuns. In past centuries, in fact, rich people used to leave all the properties to the first-born son and force the other daughters to become nuns.
PRESENTATION
The nun of Monza of the Betrothed
Goeffrey Chaucer and Alessandro Manzoni
The two authors underline precisely this: the corruption of the church. Also, both these characters probably had a relationship with a man; in the case of the nun of Monza, Alessandro Manzoni describes their love story, but in the case of the Prioress, Chaucer just hints at a worldly love.
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PRESENTATION
The Prioress
CANTERBURY Tales
Index
The nun of Monza of the Betrothed
Geoffrey Chaucer
Pag. I-II
Pag. XI-XII
Canterbury Tales-plot
Thanks
Pag. III-IV
Pag.XIII
The Prioress
Pag. V-XI
PRESENTATION
Goeffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer, who is considered the ‘father’ of English literature, because he was the first to write in the dialect spoken in London which became standard english.
PRESENTATION
Goeffrey Chaucer
Biography
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in 1340. He belonged to a rich family, therefore he lived in close contact with nobles. Then he travelled to France and Italy, where he discovered the works of many italians authors. His masterpiece, in fact, has a structure very similar to Boccaccio’s “Decameron”.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
Structure
The poet meets 29 pilgrims on the way to a pilgrimage. They are going to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket. Each pilgrim was supposed to tell 2 stories on the way to Canterbury and 2 stories on the way back. Chaucer is invited to join the company. The stories were supposed to be 120 but the poem was never finished, so just 23 pilgrims told their stories.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
Plot
In describing his characters the poet uses irony. The fact that Chaucer joins the pilgrimage gives credibility to his narrative. He introduces his characters without consideration of rank to say that the old feudal values are disappearing.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
One of Chaucer’s pilgrims is the Prioress. Her biggest curse is "By Sant'Eligio!" and she is known as Mother Eglentyne. She is the head of a convent of nuns and she belongs to the upper class.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
Therefore she is an aristocratic lady as we can see from her behavior at the table. In fact Chaucer underlines that she never let any piece of food fall from her lips; she always wipes her upper lip so well that not the slightest trace of grease can be seen in her cup when she has drunk and she doesn’t dip her fingers into the sauce.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
She speaks French fluently and elegantly with a beautiful nasal accent as she learned at the Stratford-Atte-Bowe school.
Her physical appearance is described in every detail: she has an elegant nose, gray eyes, a small mouth and wide forehead.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
Her way of dressing reveals that she was not indifferent to the fashion of her time. Her veil was gathered in a good way and her cloak was charming. She actually breaks the monastic rules which require nuns to cover their foreheads and sides of their faces but the description of the Prioress’ head reveals that it was not covered properly. She dresses in fine, expensive clothes, demonstrating again that she prioritizes her own appearance over her role.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
Moreover she wore a coral bracelet with a golden brooch on which a quote from the Roman poet Virgil was engraved: "Amor vincit omnia”. This sentence is ambivalent since it could refer to divine love but it may also refer to worldly love. This broach is inappropriate for a prioress both because it's a show of wealth and because it references a pagan text concerned with romantic love.
PRESENTATION
The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress
In describing the Prioress, Chaucer hints at the corruption of the Church using a gentle irony. At first she seems to be all good feelings and tender heart, but then we understand that her charity is more directed to her own dogs than to poor people, who are supposed to be helped by the nuns. She used to give her dogs white bread and the finest meat which were far better food than most of the English populace ate.
PRESENTATION
The nun of Monza of the Betrothed
In Alessandro Manzoni's masterpiece, "The Betrothed'', there actually is a character that is really similar to the Prioress, the nun of Monza. Both these characters came from an aristocratic family and were forced to become nuns. In past centuries, in fact, rich people used to leave all the properties to the first-born son and force the other daughters to become nuns.
PRESENTATION
The nun of Monza of the Betrothed
Goeffrey Chaucer and Alessandro Manzoni
The two authors underline precisely this: the corruption of the church. Also, both these characters probably had a relationship with a man; in the case of the nun of Monza, Alessandro Manzoni describes their love story, but in the case of the Prioress, Chaucer just hints at a worldly love.
presentation
Thanks for the attention
Cutolo Dina, D’Aponte Rebecca, Iossa Sophia, Mungiello Alessia