Prioress
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The Prioress is a pious yet vain and sentimental nun in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, notable for her affected manners, concern with courtly elegance, and morally troubling anti-Semitic tale.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prioress canonical | 2 |
| the Prioress | 1 |
| the Prioress is portrayed as sentimentally pious | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ nun ⓘ pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Canterbury Tales
ⓘ
The General Prologue ⓘ
surface form:
The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
The Prioress's Tale ⓘ
surface form:
The Prioress’s Tale
|
| associatedWithGenre | hagiographic miracle tale ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
affected manners
ⓘ
compassionate toward animals ⓘ concerned with courtly elegance ⓘ fastidious table manners ⓘ hypocritical (often interpreted) ⓘ pious ⓘ sentimental ⓘ status-conscious ⓘ vain ⓘ |
| concernedWith |
courtly refinement
ⓘ
proper table manners ⓘ social appearance ⓘ |
| createdBy | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | anti-Jewish violence in her tale ⓘ |
| describedAs |
speaking French of Stratford-atte-Bowe
ⓘ
“ful simple and coy” in The General Prologue ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| inscriptionOnBrooch | “Amor vincit omnia” ⓘ |
| language | Middle English (narrative voice) ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | satire of aristocratic affectation in the clergy ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| moralIssue | narrates a violently anti-Semitic miracle tale ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | teller of The Prioress’s Tale ⓘ |
| nationality | English (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | prioress ⓘ |
| partOf | the group of pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| pilgrimageDestination | Canterbury ⓘ |
| religiousDevotionDirectedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Benedictine nun (implied) ⓘ |
| religiousRole | head of a convent ⓘ |
| studiedIn | medieval English literature courses ⓘ |
| themeAssociatedWith |
anti-Semitism
ⓘ
courtly culture ⓘ hypocrisy in religious life ⓘ piety ⓘ sentimentality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | late 14th century England ⓘ |
| wears |
a coral rosary
ⓘ
a golden brooch ⓘ a wimple ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
the Prioress
this entity surface form:
the Prioress is portrayed as sentimentally pious