BACKGROUND: In The Canterbury Tales, Author Geoffrey Chaucer reveals both good and bad traits in his characters, which leads to the idea that no person is good or all bad. In this story, the plot is the characters telling their stories, which reveals the characters, which leads to the aurthor's message about the human condition.

#1. Read and annotate the following selection from The Canterbury Tales. Indicate examples of negative characterization and of positive characterization.

#2. Using Chaucer's characterization of The Knight as a model, write a characterization of the main character in your favorite television show, story, drama, or novel. Be sure to include both the good and bad traits of the character.

another character. imagine that section narrated in first person point of view from one of the character's perspective, and rewrite it in the space below, attempting to use a similar writing style as the original author. then, in a second paragraph, consider this: are you able to explore some of the same ideas and themes when viewing the situation from the character's first person point of view, as compared to when it is narrated from london's third-person limited

the correct answer is 4) infinitive phrase with a direct object

the explanation is that the infinitive phrase, "to with the younger children", functions as the object. it means the thing that the subject does.

1) no infinitive is incorrect because there is an infinitive verb in the sentence.

2) an infinitive only is incorrect because it is not in isollation. it is part of an infinitive phrase.

3) infinitive phrase with a subject is incorrect because in this example the infinitive phrase does not function as the subject doing the action of the sentence.