DECAMERON / CANTERBURY TALES CROSSWORD

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