Two stories, regardless of being written in 14th Century Europe they still have valuable lessons. “The Pardoner’s Tale”, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, is a short story from The Canterbury Tales which is a book of short stories of those who traveled to The Canterbury Cathedral with Chaucer. “The Pardoner’s Tale” holds similar qualities to Giovanni Boccaccio’s short story “Federigo’s Falcon” from The Decameron. For example both of these stories share the same interwoven literary elements such as: irony and symbolism. Through these the authors skillfully portray a battle of overcoming fate. Together these stories act as an example of right and wrong actions. The pair are faced with similar situations, yet it is how they reacted that dictates the outcome. In Giovanni’s Federigo’s Falcon, the underlying message is that if you sacrifice yourself for the one you love, you will be rewarded …show more content…
Meaning that Federigo’s humbleness leads to his downfall and salvation. Federigo’s infatuation with maiden, Monna Giovanna is the cause of him “spending money without any restraint whatsoever. But since she was no less chaste than she was fair, the lady took no notice” (Boccaccio 161). By cause of this, Federigo “lost his entire fortune and reduced himself to poverty” (Boccaccio 161) for the reason that he spent all of his fortune. Moreover, his unconditional love for her holds precedence over all other things, and if need be, he would give every little possession he owns for her, and he did. One morning, Monna came over to ask a special request of him, and being completely unprepared he had to resort to drastic measures to please his lady. “He was still determined to entertain the gentlewoman some sort of meal, and not” wanting to beg for assistance, “his gaze alighted on his precious falcon… So without thinking twice about it, he wrung the bird's neck” (Giovanni
To begin with, I will begin with a brief summary of both stories in order to better
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Lorenzo de Ponte’s libretto provides the main character traits of Don Giovanni , Leporello , and The Commendatore. It gives an easy way of distinguishing between the characters. Don Giovanni is portrayed as being smart , charming , and brave , yet selfish , arrogant , womanizing , and pompous. We see all of these traits in the final dinner scene. These opposing traits set up a love hate relationship of Don Giovanni.
For instance, in “Federigo’s Falcon” Federigo was willing to kill his last source of happiness in order make the women he loved appreciate him and “without thinking twice he wrung the bird’s neck and promptly handed it over to the housekeeper…” (Boccaccio 163). By killing his bird Federigo ironically ruins the one thing she, Mona, had wanted from him. While in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” the knight is given an ultimatum by the old woman for her to be young and unfaithful or old and faithful and in response the knight states “In honor to us both I don’t care which;/…‘And I have won the mastery?’ Said she,” (Chaucer 378-382). Thus, the knight surrenders his power, and puts his fate into the hands of the old woman, with the hope she will choose to become young and beautiful. Hence, both tales have their similar themes of sacrifice, although some discrepancies behind the meaning of each sacrifice seem to be
While these two stories show great similarities, they also contain many differences. Because they are derived from the same original work, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, they are greatly deviated in their structure, vocabulary, and story line. Version I, the text from the textbook that was translated by Nevill Coghill was more indicative of Old England based on the old and sophisticated language used and the verse of the text. Version II, the adaptation be another author into a narrative was an easier read and used lower-level vocabulary and although it attempted to use an old style form of writing, it did not seem likely to a reader that the narrative was close to the original.
Renaissance Humanism became increasingly concerned with the self and the fashioning of the self. In Il Cortegiano (The Courtier), published in 1528, Conte Baldassare Castiglione's ideal courtier is an exponent of the latter. The education or the self-fashioning of the courtier involves almost everything under the sun. Therefore, as the courtier must learn the proper skills of war, he must also learn how to love. Love, the deportment of the courtier towards court-ladies, keeps recurring in the conversation in the court at Urbino during the discourses of all four nights and the many controversies generated by Gaspar Pallavicino, Lord Julian, and Bernard Bibiena all involve love and culminate ultimately in Pietro Bembo's inspired Platonic exposition.
...est of trust; however, the two tales’ themes and rhetorical strategies allow the reader to create their own opinions on the many issues depicted in the stories. The same humanistic merit of the 14th Century still affects us today and may even question some of our own morals or outlook on life.
Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, depicts an ancient feud ended by a pair of star-crossed lovers’ deaths. A lord and lady from warring families seek a forbidden love with guidance from a friar and nurse. Due to a tragic course of mischances and fateful errors, their attempt of eloping led the lovers to a tragic end. Because of rash decisions, the four characters are torn apart by miscalculating events and misunderstandings. Ultimately, the four characters encounter a heartbreaking ending, as a result of their hastiness.
works of literature have tremendous amounts of similarity especially in the characters. Each character is usually unique and symbolizes the quality of a person in the real world. But in both stories, each character was alike, they represented honor, loyalty, chivalry, strength and wisdom. Each character is faced with a difficult decision as well as a journey in which they have to determine how to save their own lives. Both these pieces of literatures are exquisite and extremely interesting in their own ways.
The sincerity of Claudio's love is thrown into question by the fact that his 'soft and delicate desires,/ All prompting him how fair young Hero is, are not confessed until he has ascertained that she will bring her husband a fortune.
Throughout literature, relationships can often be found between the author of a story and the story that he writes. In Geoffrey Chaucer's frame story, Canterbury Tales, many of the characters make this idea evident with the tales that they tell. A distinct relationship can be made between the character of the Pardoner and the tale that he tells.
“Romeo and Juliet” is so much like “Pyramus and Thisbe” it is excruciatingly obvious. These timeless tales tell the story of true love, and also the loss of death. “Romeo and Juliet” can compare to “Pyramus and Thisbe” for three reasons; the lovers come from disagreeing families, the tales are both tragedy, and they are based on misconception and ill-timing. Although these stories are painful, they are also true to human nature, and that is why they are so similar.
In the Middle Ages, when The Canterbury Tales was written, society became captivated by love and the thought of courtly and debonair love was the governing part of all relationships and commanded how love should be conducted. These principles changed literature completely and created a new genre dedicated to brave, valorous knights embarking on noble quests with the intention of some reward, whether that be their life, lover, or any other want. The Canterbury Tales, written in the 14th century by Geoffrey Chaucer, accurately portrays and depicts this type of genre. Containing a collection of stories within the main novel, only one of those stories, entitled “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, truly outlines the 14th century community beliefs on courtly love.
The Canterbury Tales: The Clerk’s Tale is Chaucer’s exaggerated version of Petrarch’s who based his version on the original by Boccaccio. The tale exaggerates that of an abusive relationship, between Griselda, and her tyrannical husband Walter during the medieval times. Chaucer does everything he can to distinguish between the two as victim and tyrant in order to convince readers of his own opinion of Walter and Griselda.
The Duke of Ferrara was made jealous by everything the duchess did, no matter how unimportant it was. He was especially jealous of Fra Pandolf, the man who painted the duchess in the poem. A woman should be pleased only by her husband, as was not the case with the duchess and Fra Pandolf. She was “too easily impressed'; by the painter (line 23). Fra Pandolf was not the only man that made the duke jealous. Everyone who passed the duchess received “much the same smile'; as the duke (line 44). The duke expected to be the only man to receive a smile from his wife.