Do you have a favourite?
Any favourite word/lexicon and quotes would be great!
Canterbury Tales
Do you have a favourite?
Any favourite word/lexicon and quotes would be great!
Last edited by cacian; 01-10-2013 at 11:00 AM.
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
Now this is a great question Cacian.
I love The Miller's Tale. So bawdy and ribald.
And then I've always had a thing for the Sir Thopas tale as well.
It's been too long since I've read them, but I taught "The Pardoner's Tale" a year or so back. I always enjoy that one.
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''radix malorum est cupiditas'' or greed the root of evil. This somehow reminds me of the l'Avare by Moliere.Originally Posted by qimissung
Any reason why you do enjoy this one qimissung?
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
Summoner's is probably the funniest. The teenager in me always laughs at the fact that the tale builds up to an epic fart joke. I was also always partial to the Pardoner's Tale, which reminds me a lot of of one my favorite films, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The Kngiht's Tale may be the most beautifully written.
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Thank you islandclimeber. I am not so much familiar with the Miller's Tale but I am reading now to acquaint myself. Do you have favourite piece or quote from the tales. I gather it is heavily biblical the Miller's tale. Noah and the flood is being mentioned.
Last edited by cacian; 01-10-2013 at 06:00 AM.
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
I love the Merchant's Tale, with the Miller's a very close second. That said, my favourite characters overall are Dame Allison and Chaucer himself.
You'll enjoy the Miller, cacian - and whilst there are biblical tones, it is very much meant to be a dirty story!
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
It is the only one I've read, and yet, I am sure hands down that it is my favourite, and that's of course the Miller's Tale.
You know why
Last edited by FenwickS; 01-10-2013 at 07:42 AM.
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My favorite is The Wife of Bath: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_of_Bath%27s_Tale
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I'd only read one of the Canterbury Tales, involving gold greed being the death of all involved. A local book store had this huge Encyclopedia edition in a single volume which is still published in the UK, despite the internet, and awesome quick reference book for a great many fields of study, I can't thing of its name now? Anyway, one small area of the book dealt with common quotes and sayings, I was surprise to learn there is almost an equal amount for Chaucer as Shakespeare.
It's so hard to pick. The Knight's Tale for when I want great poetry, The Reeve's tale when I want bawdy humour (although the Miller's Tale is great too for that) - Wife of Bath's Tale for a solid Romance....but I think the Nun's Priest's tale tops my list.
I wrote a poem on a leaf and it blew away...
Hi YesNo thank you this is great. I am researching into how the tales came about.
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
Looking at all these posts, I need to read these, I'm must. Thanks for all the great recommendations!
Many of them are based on older stories (folk stories, fables &c.) and others - particularly the more down to earth ones - are oral stories that were circulating around at the time.
I wrote a poem on a leaf and it blew away...
Charles I thank you. May I ask do you have a favourite passage quote or words from the Nun's Priest? I am just collecting these.
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
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