When is the last time you read a Tale or a Story?
What is a Tale anyway?
It has been defined as follows: Tale is a series of events or facts presented (Merriam-Webster.com).
This week we have discussed about tales. We have read "The Canterbury Tales". We even reported in front of the class using PowerPoint presentations and by role playing.
The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of 14 century.
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Geoffrey Chaucer is well known as the Father of English Literature (Wikipedia.com).
The book has many tales, I have read the, "Knight’s Tale", "Miller’s Tale", "Wife of Bath" and "The Pardoner’s Tales". The tale that I like the most is the Pardoner’s Tale.
One of my favorites is “The Pardoner’s Tale”. I like that tale because of the story of three men’s greediness and their friendship was tested. That’s the reasons why it became one of my favorite tales.
A three drunken men was ready to kill because of their friend and all other people who have passed away. An old dying man asked Death to take him, but the old man failed. The old man told the three men that there is a large amount of gold coins at the foot of the three. When they arrived at the Oak Tree they saw a large amount of gold coins. Then they have decided to sleep under an Oak tree, for them to take the coins in the morning. When the morning comes, they talk about who is going to find food and drinks. The youngest of them leave to find food and drinks. When the youngest of them leave, the two men planned to kill the youngest of them. The youngest of them met an old man; the old man gave him a wine with poison. When the youngest of them came back, they stabbed him with a knife on his stomach. Then the two men got the wine and they drink it. The poison made an effect on the two men. Then the two men die. All of them were found dead. That's how the story ended.
Sometimes we need to be contented on what we have. We need to be fair to our fellow friends, family members, and other people. We don’t need to have a big pile of money, every awesome thing in order for us to be cool. “He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me (John Barrymore – thinkexist.com).”
