" He was as kind and noble a rascal as you could ever hope to fine. Why, for just a quart of wine, he'd allow any good lad to keep a "prostitute" a full year without paying! "
So the irony here is in the form of verbal sarcasm: A kind an noble person does not trade for a year a woman for a quart of wine.
Middle Ages 2 Questions PLEASE HELP
In what way is the character of Sir Gawain different from other epic heroes such as Beowulf?
What is ironic in the words used by the narrator to describe the Summoner in “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales?
You’d meet none better if you went to find one. / Why, he’d allow—just for a quart of wine— / Any good lad to keep a concubine. (ll. 666–668)
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In what way is the character of Sir Gawain different from other epic heroes such as Beowulf?
read the first paragraph in this book https://books.google.com/books?id=foEYDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=n+what+way+is+the+character+of+Sir+Gawain+different+from+other+epic+heroes+such+as+Beowulf?&source=bl&ots=oJgPssBAYS&sig=ubq6XSbi-7DEAmgvZ_p4FTNBOMc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrl9TZ_4XZAhUEZawKHQkADdsQ6AEIdjAO#v=onepage&q=n%20what%20way%20is%20the%20character%20of%20Sir%20Gawain%20different%20from%20other%20epic%20heroes%20such%20as%20Beowulf%3F&f=false
read the first paragraph in this book https://books.google.com/books?id=foEYDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=n+what+way+is+the+character+of+Sir+Gawain+different+from+other+epic+heroes+such+as+Beowulf?&source=bl&ots=oJgPssBAYS&sig=ubq6XSbi-7DEAmgvZ_p4FTNBOMc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrl9TZ_4XZAhUEZawKHQkADdsQ6AEIdjAO#v=onepage&q=n%20what%20way%20is%20the%20character%20of%20Sir%20Gawain%20different%20from%20other%20epic%20heroes%20such%20as%20Beowulf%3F&f=false
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