The pilgrims all met at the Tabard Inn on their way to Canterbury. There they met the Host of the inn. The Host then decided to made up a story telling contest for the pilgrims. They each would tell a story on the way there and one on the way back. The Host would be the judge, and he would graded them on two factors: moral education and entertainment value. The loser would then have to pay for everything throughout the trip. Two tales were told, “The Pardoner’s Tale” and “The Knight’s Tale”. “The Pardoner’s Tale” was centered around three men. The three men wanted to cheat death. They found an old man and asked him where Death was. The man said that he last left death under a tree in the forest. The men then went to look for Death. When they …show more content…
Finally the year has came to an end and the time was came to fight for Emily’s hand. That day Palamon, Arcite, and Emily go to different temples to pray. Palamon went to the altar of Venus to pray. Venus is the goddess of love and beauty. Palamon askes Venus to have pity on him. He said that he is not one to brag about victory, but to please help him win this fight. He just wants to have Emily has his. If he does not win then to end his sorrow. After Palmon said his prayer he then did his sacrifice to Venus. Palamon knew his prer was granted because the stature of Venus shook. Emily went to the altar of Diana to pray. Diana is the goddess of hunting, wild animals, and children. Emily prayed that Diana let her stay the way she is. She does not want to marry anyone or be a mother. She prays to let Palamon and Arcita to live in peace and to let them not love her anymore. Suddenly one of the fires went out and then rekindled. Then the other fire went out. There was also a stream of what looked like blood from the branches tip. Finally Diana appeared and talked to her. Arcita went to the altar of Mars to pray. Mars is the god of war, courage, and battlelust. Arcita asked Mars to have pity on his pain. He wants Mars to help him in the fight and the struggle he is dealing with. If Mars grants him victory he will be his servant for life. After his pray the whole temple shook. The frame of Mars began to shake then there was a voice that said “victory”, Arcita left after giving thanks. Theseus made a few simple rules. He did not want anyone to die that day. He said no crossbows, knives, or pointed blade. If a man is injured then no one should kill him. The fight then be gone and most of the men were injured but non were killed. Arcite was the last one standing and won Emily’s hand. He was talking to Emily and confessing his love for her when he fell to the ground ill. He was in bed for a long time and
The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, is an older book containing a entertaining storytelling contest between a group of pilgrims on a pilgrimage. The pilgrims, on their pilgrimage, venture from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas á Becket. During their pilgrimage, the Host introduces the idea of a storytelling contest. He claims the trip to the shrine of Saint Thomas á Becket will be boring to travel in silence. The Host lays out the plan of each pilgrim telling two tales on the way to Canterbury and two tales on the way back from their adventure. Upon their return, the winner, decided by the Host for the most entertaining and meaningful tale, will receive a meal paid by the rest of the pilgrims. At his own cost, the Host guides the group of pilgrims, while the pilgrims pay for their adventure. To decide who starts the contest off, the members draw straws. The admired Knight is up first.
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.
Money is a very important attribute to have, but worrying about it too much could maybe get you killed. In the canterbury tales there are two tales. One of them is the pardoner's tale and the other is the wife of bath's tale. I believe that the pardoner's tale is the better tale. (Geoffrey Chaucer) author of (The Canterbury Tales). In the Canterbury Tales the narrator goes on a pilgrimage and for entertainment he has the people he went on the pilgrimage with tell him tales. And he would reward whoever told him the best tale. The pardoner's tale is about three friends who let greed and money get to their heads which end up killing their friendships and themselves. The wife of bath's tale is about a knight who let's lust get to his head instead of loving someone for who they are. Although both tales are great tales and give a great moral lesson, The pardoner's tale is the better tale of the two because of its ability to teach a lesson while still creating a great story.
of Death. When a young boy is asked what happened to a man who had just
A pardoner is a person that could relieve someone from their sins. In the case of the Pardoners Tale, the Pardoner expects money for relieving sinners from their sins and for telling a story. The pardoner in this tale is hypocritical, his scare tactics prove this. He says that greed over things like money is an evil thing, and his audience should give him large amounts of money so he can pardon them from their sins.
When the men were getting closer to the oak tree the found out something. “Till he came to that tree; there they found, Of florins of fine gold, new-minted, round (Pardoner 441-442). Greed is the following sin that is shown in the tale. Going on with the drunk men, in the tale it shows that the men are really greedy. For example, when the men find the gold all that come across there mind is the thought of killing one another just to stay with the gold. After, one of the three men go into town to get some food and drinks for one another, to what he says. The men believe he is going to get something for them to eat and drink, but he is really going to get poison, to kill the other two men so he can stay with the gold. On his way for the poison he stops and asks “Some poison for his rats, some as well For a polecat that in his yard had lain (Pardoner 526-527). The poison was not for some rats like he told the guy, it were for the other two guys that he was traveling with waiting at the oak tree. Although this man seeks for poison, the other two men don;t stay behind as they plan to get rid of the one seeking the poison. One man told the other, “He knows well that the gold is with us two. What shall we say to him? What shall we do? Shall it be a secret?” (Pardoner 489-491). The two men plan on killing the other men when he arrives back from town. When he arrives back the two men go for it and kill the one with the food, after killing him the two men start to eat and drink the food the other men had brought, seconds later they end up dying because of the poison the man had put into their drinks. “Thus ended these two homicides in woe” (Pardoner 565). Greed had finished off the three men and the three men did not end up finding death or becoming rich as they all ended up killing each
Which tale would win the storytelling contest? In The Canterbury Tales, there are several pilgrims traveling 55 miles by horse from Southwark to Canterbury. The Pilgrims are traveling to Canterbury for different reasons, such as physical and spiritual healing, something to do, or they were forced to go. Due to the fact that it was going to be a long trip, The Host proposed to have a storytelling contest. Each Pilgrim would tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, and two more on the way back. The Host would be the one and only judge. The prize for the best tale is a free dinner from The Host’s Tabard Inn, but it must adhere to the criteria necessary to win. If the judge decides that the tale is not morally sound or entertaining then that Pilgrim must pay for the expenses of the pilgrimage. Between The Knight and Prioresses’ tales, The Knight would win the storytelling contest because it is entertaining, morally sound, and the crowd has a positive reaction towards the tale.
Comparing Othello and Canterbury Tales The use of manipulation and misleading for personal gain has proved to be successful for many people throughout history. Famous poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, and famous play writer, William Shakespeare, illustrate characters who possess these manipulating qualities in their personalities. Geoffrey Chaucer’s Pardoner, from The Canterbury Tales, and William Shakespeare’s Iago, from Othello, are good examples deceiving characters. These literary figures manipulating techniques are very effective on the other characters in Chaucer’s and Shakespeare’s works. Iago’s main motivation for his manipulation is his hatred of the main character, Othello.
There are seven deadly sins that, once committed, diminish the prospect of eternal life and happiness in heaven. They are referred to as deadly because each sin is closely linked to another, leading to other greater sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, envy, anger, sloth, gluttony, avarice, and lechery. Geoffrey Chaucer's masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, provided an excellent story about the deadly sins. Focusing mainly on the sins of pride, gluttony and greed, the characters found in The Canterbury Tales, particularly The Pardoner's Tale, were so overwhelmed by their earthly desires and ambitions that they failed to see the effects of their sinful actions, therefore depriving themselves of salvation.
There are many similarities between William Shakespeare’s Othello and Geoffrey Chaucer’s Pardoner, out of his collection of tales entitled The Canterbury Tales. The stories can be compared to each other in different ways. The two most prominent themes in the stories are found in love and deception. The two themes are centered on the idea that tricking someone into trust will gain a person their own desires. The antagonists in both Othello and “The Pardoner’s Tale” are men that have one objective and they use any means necessary to accomplish their selfish and personal pursuit. The stories of both Othello and The Miller’s tale have a trifecta of characters that keep the stories in motion; the similarities between the two stories have very parallel plot structure. They both contain a power struggle, regardless if it is for personal gain between two men over one woman, in relation to how this woman can grant them their desires, or whether it is for the pursuit to get away with their villainous ply for material possessions. Whether it is love, power, or sex. Geoffrey Chaucer’s Pardoner, from The Canterbury Tales, and William Shakespeare’s Iago, from Othello, are both good examples of misleading and deceptive characters. These two literary figures techniques of manipulation are acutely effective on the other characters in Chaucer’s and Shakespeare’s works.
After some time, the Pardoner is ready to present his tale, including both moral interjection and a merrier tone. The Pardoner begins by describing a group of young Flemish people who spend their time drinking and indulging themselves in all forms of excess. He continues to tell the tale, in which the people eventually end up drinking positioned wine and all die. As is, there are more details in the tale that we did not go over, there are some key elements that help us to better understand the Pardoner upon hearing his tale. First of all, we know from The General Prologue that the Pardoner is just as bad or corrupt as others in his “profession”.
The pardoner tells the readers that money and greed is root of all evil throughout this tale. In his tale, there are three drunken men, one day, decide to find Death and annihilate it. They ask one old man where the death is and he points at the tree where a lot of gold are. When they find gold they only think of getting gold as many as possible and end up planning to kill each other. Three men are unaware of their own evil and as a result, three all die. By story-telling this tale which comprehends no interaction with his behavior, the pardoner negate his own moral and advises other people how should they live their life in order to avoid sins.
I mean to have money, wool and cheese and wheat though it were given me by the poorest lad or poorest village widow, though she has a string starving children…” ( Line 44-47, Page 168) . The pardone here tell the reader how greedy he and how he does not care where his money or food come from all he care about is that he has money and food. Yet after what the pardoner say that he teacher his audience and the reader not to greedy. “ Why make a sermon of it? why waste breath? exactly in the way they’d planned his death they fell on him and slew him, two to one… He took a bottle full of poison up and drank; and his companion, nothing loth, drank from it also, and they perished both.” (Line 280-289, Page 175). The Pardoner’s tale is teaching the readers about not being greedy by telling a story about what money and greediness can do when it comes between people, they can kill each other for it. Like the three men who were planning on kill the youngest of them so they can have the money divided on the both of the only, while the youngest man was getting poison to kill the two of them so he can have all they money for
The Canterbury Tales is a literary masterpiece in which the brilliant author Geoffrey Chaucer sought out to accomplish various goals. Chaucer wrote his tales during the late 1300’s. This puts him right at the beginning of the decline of the Middle Ages. Historically, we know that a middle class was just starting to take shape at this time, due to the emerging commerce industry. Chaucer was able to see the importance and future success of the middle class, and wrote his work with them in mind. Knowing that the middle class was not interested in lofty philosophical literature, Chaucer wrote his work as an extremely comical and entertaining piece that would be more interesting to his audience. Also, Chaucer tried to reach the middle class by writing The Canterbury Tales in English, the language of the middle class rather than French, the language of the educated upper class. The most impressive aspect of Chaucer’s writing is how he incorporated into his piece some of his own controversial views of society, but yet kept it very entertaining and light on the surface level. One of the most prevalent of these ideas was his view that certain aspects of the church had become corrupt. This idea sharply contrasted previous Middle Age thought, which excepted the church’s absolute power and goodness unquestionably. He used corrupt church officials in his tales to illustrate to his audience that certain aspects of the church needed to be reformed. The most intriguing of these characters was the Pardoner. Chaucer’s satirical account of the Pardoner is written in a very matter-of-fact manner that made it even more unsettling with his audience. Chaucer uses his straightforwardness regarding the hypocrisy of the Pardoner, suggestive physiognomy of the character, and an interesting scene at the conclusion of the Pardoner’s Tale to inculcate his views of the church to his audience. The way that Chaucer used these literary devices to subtly make his views known to an audience while hooking them with entertainment, shows that Chaucer was truly a literary genius.
In the Pardoners Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, the narrator, the Pardoner, is very greedy an deceitful. His tale is about three rioters who go on a mission to seek death and kill him. Instead of finding death, an old man guided them to a tree which had gold beneath it. The gold symbolizes death because it led the rioters to sin and they became very greedy. The three rioters and the pardoner have a lot in common.