Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Reading Notes: Canterbury Tales, Part B

The Prioress's Tales: Little Hugh
  • A young boy in the Jewish quarter sang a song so loudly that the evil Jews plotted to have him killed but instead of dying he lived long enough to fill the whole town with his song
  • Instead of dying and since he called out to Christ's mother, perhaps he doesn't die in the end and the whole town is gifted with music
 Nun's Priest's Tale: The Cock, the Hen, and the Fox
  • The cock had a dream that the Fox was chasing him and the Hen said she didn't like his cowardice, but the Fox could actually steal the Hen away or even woo her
  • Could talk about the man who had 3 identical dreams that his friend was being murdered but since he didn't believe his dreams, they came true. Could even change it to modern day.
  • The Fox steals the Cock away while he is distracted by singing and they could run off together and become best friends in some far away country


The Canon's Yeoman's Tales: The Priest who Learned to be a Philosopher
  • A Canon told a Priest that he could teach him how to be a philosopher by teaching him to pour coal in a crucible, but he sneaked a coal with silver fillings into the crucible
  • Could expand on the trickery of the Canon and make them go on ridiculous errands to satisfy the "recipe" and the Priest is none the wiser
Bibliography: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in a modern adaptation called Chaucer's Story Book by Eva March Tappan (1908).

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