https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer en-us 2018-03-19 16:14:20 UTC 2023-03-11 10:40:48 UTC hello@padlet.com mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243659054 Born- 1343?
Died- 1400
Father of English Literature
Born into middle class
Wife: Philippa Pan
Kids: Elizabeth, Thomas, Lewis]]> 2018-03-19 17:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243659054 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243661504 Known as one of the greatest English works. It is also his best known and most acclaimed work.  
Was written on Chaucer's way to Canterbury on a pilgrimage. He wrote down the stories of those on the trip with him. 
Supposed to be 120 tales, only 24 were finished. 
14th Century England]]> 2018-03-19 17:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243661504 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243663990 One of the 24 tales
Main Characters: Chanticleer the Rooster, Lady Pertelote, Sir Russel Fox
Themes: Do not fall for flattery. Learn from your mistakes. Trust your instincts. 

]]> 2018-03-19 17:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243663990 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243669624 2018-03-19 17:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243669624 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243671214 Geoffrey Chaucer has at least 9 other major works, other than The Canterbury Tales.
He also wrote many short poems as well. ]]> 2018-03-19 18:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243671214 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243673662 Chaucer was a Prisoner of War during the Hundred Years' War. ]]> 2018-03-19 18:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243673662 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243674445 There is a crater on the far side of the moon named after Chaucer]]> 2018-03-19 18:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243674445 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243675747 In 1998, an original Caxton printing of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales sold at auction for $7.4 million. ]]> 2018-03-19 18:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243675747 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243676034 On St. George’s Day 1374, Edward III granted Geoffrey Chaucer a gallon of wine for every day for the rest of the poet’s life. ]]> 2018-03-19 18:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243676034 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243676852 One of the 24 tales
Exemplum-brief short story that illustrates a point. 
Includes:
1) come in threes 2)moral test 3)mysterious guide 4)just ending
Themes: "Love of money is the root of all evil". Greed is a very large sin.]]> 2018-03-19 18:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243676852 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243681204 His writings also consistently reflect an all-pervasive humor combined with serious and tolerant consideration of important philosophical questions. ]]> 2018-03-19 18:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243681204 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243697568 Current with the time period, Chaucer used Middle English which is a mix of many languages which makes it hard to read if not trained/used to reading in it]]> 2018-03-19 18:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243697568 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243699024 Geoffrey Chaucer's gravestone became the first of what would be called Poet's Corner in the Westminster Abbey.]]> 2018-03-19 18:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/243699024 mdolson1 https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/248113007 Chaucer created/began using:
-seven line pentameter stanza
-Middle English
-iambic pentameter
-rhyming in conversation
-dream-vision poems]]> 2018-04-03 13:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mdolson1/geoffreychaucer/wish/248113007