Middle English Review

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Across
  1. 3. What was Chaucer's purpose in writing The Canterbury Tales
  2. 5. The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize someone
  3. 7. Someone who accepts money in exchange for pardoning someone's sins
  4. 8. The old woman tells the knight that she can be old and faithful, or young and dishonest. He chooses...
  5. 9. storyteller who had many husbands
  6. 10. Character who was supposed to be a holy man but he was a greedy hunter
  7. 13. where the old man says that the three brothers can find death
  8. 16. A journey, typically of religious significance
  9. 18. Characters in The Canterbury Tales that Chaucer seems to respect
  10. 19. Characters in The Canterbury Tales that Chaucer makes fun of
  11. 20. What do the two older brothers plan to do to the youngest
Down
  1. 1. A very typical example of a certain person or thing
  2. 2. the old woman's condition for telling the knight what he wants to know
  3. 4. Why do the three brothers try to kill each other
  4. 6. what the old woman tells that knight that women want most
  5. 11. What do the three men plan to do in the Pardoner's Tale
  6. 12. character sent on a quest to find out what women want most
  7. 14. What does the youngest brother plan to do to the two older brothers
  8. 15. Character who presents himself as a wealthy businessman but is in a lot of debt
  9. 17. Another word for greed