m house in Oxford, Alisoun Plot Summary England. Beginning action: Nicholas The carpenter, John, leaves the Absalon town and Alisoun and Nicholas Description on the starts flirting. Description about the setting: Rising Action: main characters: Nicholas tells John about the John is a carpenter A university town “flood” that will come. Alisoun is a beautiful with a large student Climax: 18-year old woman population. Nicholas and Alisoun sleep Nicholas is an oxford Mood created by together in the gullible John’s student bed. the setting: Falling action: Absalon admires Crowded John wakes up panicked and Alisoun, but the injures himself. feelings are not mutual. Literary devices Resolution: Protagonists: used by author: John made a fool out of himself. John Figures of speech Author: Alisoun Geoffrey Chaucer Tone Antagonists: Narrator’s POV: Mood Third person (Limited Nicholas PLANAS, XIAN LANBERT T. omniscient) Absalon 9-Capernaum