1. Pardoner’s Tale: Vocabulary Words
1. pallor (n.)- unnatural lack of color; paleness
2. hoary (adj.)- white or gray with age
3. tarry (v.) to delay or linger
4. apothecary (n.)- pharmacist
5. deftly (adv.) skillfully; with ease and quickness
6. sauntered (v.) walked at an unhurried pace

2. Pardoner’s Tale: Literary Analysis
Allegories-narratives that have both literal and deeper, symbolic meanings.
Pardoner’s Tale- exemplum-type of allegory
Against the sin of greed
“Love of money is the root of all evil”
Archetypal narrative elements of allegory:
1. Characters, events, and other things that come in threes
2. a test of characters’ morality 3. mysterious guide who points way 4. just ending

3. Wife of Bath: Vocabulary Words
1. implored (v.)- begged earnestly
2. relates (v.)- tells
3. contemptuous (adj.) scornful
4. bequeath (v.)- hand down as inheritance
5. prowess (n.)- heroism; distinction
6. esteemed (adj.)- highly respected; held in high regard
7. rebuke (v.)- criticize strongly

4. Wife of Bath: Literary Analysis
Frame Story- contains or frames another story or group of stories
Frame story in the Canterbury Tales is characters’ pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral
Within frame story- tales told by characters on journey
“The Wife of Bath” contains frame story + inner tale
Individual tales reflect description of storytellers’ personalities + lives you find in frame story
Setting of individual tale does not match setting of frame story