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Conventions of an Exemplum

Conventions of an Exemplum. Virtuous or Evil Characters Tightly Structured Plot Events Allegorical or Symbolic Figures A Distinct moral or lesson. Virtuous or Evil Characters. Evil: The Rioters. Tightly Structured Plot Events. The murders of the rioters It happens quickly

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Conventions of an Exemplum

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  1. Conventions of an Exemplum Virtuous or Evil Characters Tightly Structured Plot Events Allegorical or Symbolic Figures A Distinct moral or lesson

  2. Virtuous or Evil Characters • Evil: The Rioters

  3. Tightly Structured Plot Events • The murders of the rioters • It happens quickly • Very little description, completely plot driven

  4. Allegorical or Symbolic Figures • Allegorical = something that stands for an abstract idea, like freedom or peace • Allegorical Figure is Death

  5. A Distinct Moral or Lesson • The love of money is the root of all evil

  6. How did the plague make people vulnerable to the tricks of the Pardoner and other unscrupulous clergymen? Death is definitely coming When it finds you, you will have no time to put your affairs in order. They want to believe in the power of the relics. They don’t have anything else that could help them escape death, except a miracle.

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