DECAMERON / CANTERBURY TALES

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