"He was a true, perfect gentle knight"
Pilgrim: The Knight
Satirical Technique: Irony
Characterization Type: Direct
"But certainly she had a fair forehead; it was almost a span broad, I believe"
Pilgrim: The Prioress
Satirical Technique: Hyperbole
Characterization Type: Direct
"He didn't give a plucked hen for that text that says hunters are not holy men"
Pilgrim: The Monk
Satirical Technique: Sarcasm
Characterization Type: Indirect
"For it was not fitting for such a worthy man as he, according to his position, to have acquaintance with sick lepers"
Pilgrim: The Friar
Satirical Technique: Euphemism
Characterization Type: Indirect
"This worthy man employed his wit very well: no one knew that he was in debt"
Pilgrim: The Merchant
Satirical Technique: Irony
Characterization Type: Indirect
"For he would rather have at his bed's head twenty books, bound in black or red, of Aristotle and his philosophy, than rich robes, or fiddle, or gay psaltery"
Pilgrim: The Clerk
Satirical Technique: Juxtaposition
Characterization Type: Indirect
"Nowhere was there so busy a man as he, and yet he seemed busier than he was"
Pilgrim: The Sergeant of Law
Satirical Technique: Contradiction
Characterization Type: Direct
"It snowed in his house with meat and drink, of all delicacies that men could think of"
Pilgrim: The Franklin
Satirical Technique: Hyperbole
Characterization Type: Indirect
"She was a worthy woman all her life: she had five husbands at the church door"
Pilgrim: The Wife of Bath
Satirical Technique: Irony
Characterization Type: Direct
"But Christ's teaching and his twelve apostles' he taught, but first he followed it himself"
Pilgrim: The Parson
Satirical Technique: Understatement
Characterization Type: Direct
"Well could he steal corn and take toll thrice; and yet he had a thumb of gold, by God"
Pilgrim: The Miller
Satirical Technique: Irony
Characterization Type: Indirect
"He was secretly very well stored with riches: he could please his lord subtly"
Pilgrim: The Reeve
Satirical Technique: Euphemism
Characterization Type: Indirect
"Men should not find a better fellow: he would allow, for a quart of wine, a good fellow to have his concubine"
Pilgrim: The Summoner
Satirical Technique: Euphemism
Characterization Type: Indirect
"But with these relics, when he found a poor parson dwelling in the country, in one day he got more money than the parson got in two months"
Pilgrim: The Pardoner
Satirical Technique: Contradiction
Characterization Type: Indirect
Satirical Technique
specific methods writers use to criticize society through humor
Irony
Expressing the opposite of what you actually mean
Hyperbole
Deliberate overstatement to emphasize a point
Understatement
Deliberately downplaying something significant
Parody
Imitating and exaggerating a style, work, or person for comedic effect
Caricature
Distorting features or characteristics to create a recognizable but exaggerated version
Juxtaposition
Placing contrasting elements side by side to highlight differences