TheCanonYeoman
From Wyclif
Contents |
[edit] The Canon Yeoman's Tale
[edit] Prologue
What will this tale be about?
What else is discussed in this prologue, the longest in the Canterbury Tales except for the Wife of Bath’s?
What does the canon’s yeoman reveal about his master? And about himself?
What do the sweating canon and his yeoman foreshadow?
Where does the canon go?
[edit] Part I
Why does the Yeoman keep harping on his appearance?
What good has alchemy done him?
Why does he keep calling alchemy an "elvish" craft?
Does the tale actually start in part I?
[edit] Part II
What trick does the canon perpetrate on the priest?
What should the priest have really known?
What price does this trick cost the priest?
What advice takes up a large part of this "tale"?
[edit] Structure
Three parts: Prologue and tale in two parts (Life and Tricks) – all concerned with the failure of alchemy to produce what it promises.
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