TODAY IN CLASS
(Apart from the district survey) We finished the fairly difficult Friar, showing all of the ways in which he not only misrepresented himself (and the actual duties permitted to a "limiter") but also hurt others by swindling them out of money, allowing them to make a false (invalid) confession, and even luring young girls into his snare. As you know, there were three other pilgrims you should have focused on for today. (See Friday's blog if you did not do this over the week-end.)
In class we had some time to compare notes in your groups for the first pilgrim in each set, and we barely got started in talking about them.
FOR TOMORROW
As long as you have taken notes on all three pilgrims and given thought to what we should really think of them, you're OK on them. We'll continue talking about them tomorrow.
But also for tomorrow, read "The Pardoner's Tale" and all of the surrounding material (pp. 141-150). Note that this NOT the story that immediately follows the General Prologue--it is the one after that!
Why is it important to read this for Tuesday even though we will be still talking about the pilgrims? Because there is a longer story to read for the later part of the week, with some significant questions to answer for Thursday and Friday.
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