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The Canterbury Tales: The Prioress's Tale
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The Prioress's Tale
First some background info:
Medieval Religion
- Christianity
- Catholic Church- only Church
- Convents= Home for Nuns
- Nuns at the top of medieval pyramid
- 3 vows of Nuns
- Reasons for being Nuns
Some women wished to devote
their life to God, some seeked
a safe haven, and some took
their vows to obey their family's
wishes
The Prioress
What is a Prioress?
An Abbess, or the leader
in a group, or convent, of nuns
The Prioress in this story is a kind hearted woman, committed to her faith.
She gets along well with the other pilgrims.
And now her tale...
a young christian boy in Asia runs through a Jewish village singing the hymn "Alma Redemptoris Mater"
By singing this song to the mother, the boy angers the Jews and they kill him.
Boy sees vision of the Holy Mother before he dies
Moral of the story
If you have faith in your lord and savior he will watch over you
Themes:
- -Faith in God and his son
- Jesus Christ
- -Faith in the Catholic church is
- the only accepted religion
The tale reflects her views of faith
She is Catholic, which was
the only accepted religion during
the medieval era,
therefore the Jews were looked down
upon
EXEMPLUM
What is an exemplum?
An exemplum is a story
written to get a point across...
It can be real or fictitious
FUN FACTS!
The Prioress's
Tale has been adapted into an
opera
The Prioress is actually
looked down upon, because
even though she took her
vows and is committed to her
religion she is very vain and rude.
QUIZ TIME!
ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. Poverty, Chastity, Obedience
3. Top of the Pyramid
4. Convent
5. C
6. a moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point
THE END!
Edward Burne-Jones
1898