DECAMERON / CANTERBURY TALES

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Across
  1. 6. ? story is a story within a story.
  2. 7. ? PERSONIFIED (throws you off of your horse)
  3. 9. ? means to criticize or berate
  4. 12. There are ?? stories in The Decameron.
  5. 14. ? Irony (Pardoner makes a speech at the end trying to sell forgiveness (he doesn't believe in it.)
  6. 15. ? means greed (The theme of The Pardoner’s Tale)
  7. 16. In The Pardoner’s Tale, ___?___ drinkers go looking for Death because he killed their friend.
  8. 18. The teacher tells the senior ???? at the end of Mr. Clark's horror story.
  9. 20. ?? PERSONIFIED is wisdom that quotes the Bible.
  10. 22. ? Irony (They expect to find Death under the tree; instead they find gold, which leads to their death.)
  11. 24. In The Decameron, the story involves ? characters who amuse themselves by telling stories to each other.
  12. 25. Chaucer is buried in ??
Down
  1. 1. In Canterbury Tales, the characters go to the ? of THOMAS BECKET.
  2. 2. ? Irony (Readers are aware that the rioters have conspired against each other but the characters do not know.)
  3. 3. Thomas Becket is a ? and martyr.
  4. 4. ? introduces the characters and setting
  5. 5. Thomas Becket was ? of Canterbury until his murder in 1170.
  6. 8. Chaucer is the ? of the English language.
  7. 10. ? PERSONIFIED is a thief that cannot be captured and killed
  8. 11. ? means a discussion or conference between opponents
  9. 13. In The Decameron, the frame, or outer story, involves characters who go to the country to ???
  10. 17. ?? PERSONIFIED can open up, let you in, and embrace you.
  11. 19. The old man quotes this (??) to the rioters.
  12. 21. Instead of finding Death under the tree, the men find ? baskets of gold.
  13. 23. In The Canterbury Tales, they hold a storytelling competition. There are ?? storytellers in all.