Do you think that The Canterbury Tales remains relevant to a modern audience? Which pilgrim did you find the most compelling in The Canterbury Tales?
You must cite passages from the literature to support your ideas, and you must include a Works Cited entry.
No other resources are required — just the assigned reading material.
Initial response should be 150-200 words
Replies to at least two of your classmates must be 150+ words as well.
Posts made after the due date will not receive credit.
You must use the literature to support your ideas. Be sure to cite your sources using MLA citation style.
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And these are essays you need to reply:
1.The Canterbury Tales has its own limitations. Many themes in the tales are not only outdated, but also discriminatory in modern standard. However, there are still relevant lessons for today’s audience.
The most compelling story to me is the Tale of the Wife of Bath. The story revolves with a knight convicted of rape. The queen decides to spare the knight from death if he can find out “what thing it is that women most desire” within a year (Tale of the Wife of Bath, 49). The knight eventually finds out that “women desire to have the sovereignty. As well upon their husband as their love, and to have mastery their man above” (Tale of the Wife of Bath, 182-184). The knight follows this rule and respects the will of his old wife, who rewarded him by becoming a faithful and desirable woman.
The story shows the desire of women that is still relevant today. Women desires equality, respect, and autonomy. Given today’s development, we have partially overcome the gender bias and discrimination. Women today are independent entity that enjoys the same legal right as men. However, our society still has prejudice and practices against women. We should learn from the 800 years old tale and build a community respecting women right and will.
Works Cited
Chaucer, Geoffrey. “Tale of the Wife of Bath.” The Canterbury Tales. Translated by A. S. Kline, Poetry in Translation, 2007. www.poetryintranslation.com.
2.Some writing withstands the test of time and is able to stick around for years if not centuries and still make an impact on peoples lives and is able to be relevant all that time later. These writings are the ones that turn into readings read by students everywhere and are staple points in literature classes.
In The Canterbury Tales there are multiple themes throughout the story that are relevant to the world and lives we live today in twenty eighteen. One of the themes that caught my eye in being relevant today is located in The Miller’s Tale. The themes that I notice are ones of love, jealousy, lust, and doubt. In the tale there is a carpenter who has a young 18 year old wife and he has some doubt, “And she was come to eighteen years of age. Jealous he was and held her close in cage. For she was wild and young, and he was old, And deemed himself as like to be cuckold”(The Miller’s Tale, 37-40). This section shows that even back many centuries ago people struggled with relationships the same way we do today. One partner will have doubts about either them self or their significant other that will turn to jealousy and that person being over protective. The same thing happens today all the time.
The most intriguing pilgrim to me is The Miller, as discussed above. Seeing how relevant the themes told from The Miller is astounding to me to see the pattern of behavior from humans when in the field of love. It just goes to show that emotions and strong feelings like love will never change over time and those emotions are attached to the human experience.
Citations:
Chaucer, Geoffrey. “The Miller’s Tale.” The Canterbury Tales. Translated by A. S. Kline,
Poetry in Translation, 2007. www.poetryintranslation.com.
