Reading Diary A: Canterbury Tales Unit

Canterbury Tales Unit

"The Canterbury Tales" by Eljiasan. Source: DeviantArt.

READING A:

The Wife of Bath's Tale: The Unknown Bride
The Unknown Bride (cont.)

• I had a feeling that this story would end up as a "happily ever after" with the old woman actually being a beautiful young maiden
• It kind of reminds me of the beginning of Beauty and the Beast where the witch disguised herself as an old hag
• I really liked this story
• Possible storytelling post

The Friar's Tale: The Story of the Summoner
The Story of the Summoner (cont.)

• I didn't really understand what was happening until the end of the story for this one
• So the fiend was actually a devil from hell. I thought he was just joking.

The Franklin's Tale: The Promise of Dorigen
The Promise of Dorigen (cont.)
The Promise of Dorigen (cont. again)
The Promise of Dorigen (end)

• It's sweet to see how much Dorigen loved her husband.
• The squire had a kind of "love at first sight" moment
• Arviragus was actually really nice to let his wife go... I would have thought he would fight for her.
• I felt like Arviragus was the most generous, but all three were very generous
• that was a great story too

The Pardoner's Tale: The Revelers
The Revelers (cont.)
The Revelers (end)

• The ending was very clever in that they were trying to find Death and eventually did find him
• The 3 men were equally wretched in this story
• I wonder who the old man really was; was he Death?