Wow you guys are lucking out! Two posts from me in one night!
So I wanted to share an interesting tidbit about the Prioress that "A Companion to Chaucer" pointed out in the chapter that Suzanna and I presented on.
The book points out that the Prioress, in the General Prologue, has good etiquette. She "leet no morsel from her lippes falle,/Ne wette hir fingresin hir sauce depe" (128-129.) She doesn't let anything fall onto her chest when she picked it up (130-131.) This entire section (lines 127-134) makes it clear that she is very well learned in manners.
The book points out "whether a nun should pay quite so much attention to courtesy is of course a good question" (157).
I honestly don't know why the Prioress knows so much about etiquette. Does anyone have any ideas?
My comment was too long for the comment section so look for it on 11-18-13.
ReplyDeleteGood question.