BR:
Click on the link below and read through each slide concerning the compare and contrast essay.
Click on the link below and read through each slide concerning the compare and contrast essay.
Agenda:
- Teacher will review answers to “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” questions
- Teacher will review the essay topics. Students will choose among 4 different ones.
You
must use specific details from the text to support the points you make.
Essay Topics:
Essay Topics:
- Select three characters that Chaucer seems to be satirizing. Using specific references from the text, discuss what he is satirizing about them, and why you think he is satirizing them.
- Compare the ideals of courtly love in “The Knight’s Tale” with those in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.” How are they different? How are they the same? Is there a difference in the way the female characters act in the two tales?
- Who is the old man in “The Pardoner’s Tale”? Is he a spy for Death? Is he an innocent bystander? Is he Death itself? Write an essay in which you assert your position. Use examples from the text for support.
- Compare and contract modern day love with that of the rules of courtly love. . Use examples from the text and research for support.
- Teacher will model how the compare and contrast essay must be organized by reviewing the link the read for their BR.
- Students will go to library to begin brainstorming, researching topics and finally writing the outline.
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