The Canterbury Tales written in Middle English is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.
Chaucer’s humor is not stained with bitter satire. Chaucer looked on and smiled on the foolishness of the people. He was a master of irony and sympathetic humor. Chaucer's humor is almost innocent fun.
Satire is found in the world of Chaucer, but it is rarely coarse, seldom severe, and never savage. His humor is not tinged with fierce and biting satire. He did not hit the strongholds of corruption mercilessly; he simply laughed at them and made us laugh. Bitter satire, in fact, did not penetrate the sympathetic and genial outlook of Chaucer. His interest lay in the depiction rather than in an exposure. His object was to paint life as he saw it, to hold up mirror to nature as he sensed it, with a humorous touch.
The character who exhibits irony in the canterbury tales is:
the Plowman, who works hard in the fields
Answer: B. <u>ow</u> in knowing
Explanation:
In Phonetics, <em>'ow', 'oa', and 'oe'</em> usually produce the same sound when pronounced which is the long o sound.
This is why the<em> 'ow' </em>in<em> 'knowing' </em>is pronounced in the same way as the<em> 'oa'</em> in <em>'approach'</em>. The<em> 'ow' </em>in<em> 'downstairs' </em>is not similar to them due to it's position in the word having changed its sound.
The police asked whether he had reported the incident to the head office.
