Canterbury Tales (II): What a Character!

Alec,Liz,Mathew,and I started on the Student's Tale. I was really interested in reading about the student-clerk while reading the prologue. These notes are from student prologue and part I

-sophism = fallacious argument

-The student states that he's telling a story told to him by a scholar from Padua. He's a smart guy and knows what he's learned and I think that him telling a story from another scholar kind of makes a circle. The story he tells is going to have some meaning and is going to be done well, I believe

-the tone he uses is sort of lighthearted

-marquis = noble man ranking above a count and below a duke

-the people of the town speak to the marquis and want him to marry, time is running out and they're concerned. They like him and enjoy his rule, they don't want a stranger if he dies with no heir. The wife: he will find her, he says she doesn't have to be noble or rich, he trusts God. He set a date to marry a woman by.

-the scholar tells a story, so far, about doing what's right and about good people who really care about one another. The town doesn't want the marquis to die without an heir and the marquis doesn't want to let the townspeople down. I think that the story reflects the student's character in that he likes how full of good this story starts