Shane Moore
Mrs. Adcock
4th Hour
5 December 2015 The Four Broken Vows
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, is a book from the middle ages that tells a story about pilgrims going on a journey. These Characters are religious and have four vows they are not to break. Most of them get drunk, lie, and do other thing that goes against their religion. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, most of the Characters break one of their religions four vows.
In this poem all characters break similar vows. The nun is the first to break her vow of chastity. The nun is one of the three who breaks this vow. “Whence hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen/ on which their first was graven a crowned “A”, and lower, Amor vincit omnia” (Chaucer, Geoffrey). This means that the Nun has most likely loved or been in love. He seduced young girls and often flirted with them.” He kept his trippet stuffed with pins for curls/ and pocket-knives to give to pretty girls”(Chaucer, Geoffrey). The Summoner breaks the vow of chastity along with the other two. “He was as hot and lecherous as a sparrow” (Chaucer, Geoffrey). This means he was always lusting over women. …show more content…
The Summoner breaks the vow of poverty. The Summoner drinks to much wine and had expensive taste. “But had you tried to test his wits and groupe for more you have found nothing in the bag. Then, Questio Quid Juris” was his tag.”(Chaucer, Geoffrey).The Nun is also guilty of breaking the vow of poverty. She values her materials and dresses like she is wealthy. ” Her cloak, I noticed, a coral trinket on her arm/ a set of beads, the gaudies tricked in green, where hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen”(Chaucer, Geoffrey). The last of the three that breaks the vow is the Monk.“I saw his sleeves were garnished at the hand/ with fine grey fur, the finest in the land / and on his hood , to fasten it at his chin/ he had a wrought-gold cunningly fashioned pin” (Chaucer,
Mrs. Adcock
4th Hour
5 December 2015 The Four Broken Vows
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, is a book from the middle ages that tells a story about pilgrims going on a journey. These Characters are religious and have four vows they are not to break. Most of them get drunk, lie, and do other thing that goes against their religion. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, most of the Characters break one of their religions four vows.
In this poem all characters break similar vows. The nun is the first to break her vow of chastity. The nun is one of the three who breaks this vow. “Whence hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen/ on which their first was graven a crowned “A”, and lower, Amor vincit omnia” (Chaucer, Geoffrey). This means that the Nun has most likely loved or been in love. He seduced young girls and often flirted with them.” He kept his trippet stuffed with pins for curls/ and pocket-knives to give to pretty girls”(Chaucer, Geoffrey). The Summoner breaks the vow of chastity along with the other two. “He was as hot and lecherous as a sparrow” (Chaucer, Geoffrey). This means he was always lusting over women. …show more content…
The Summoner breaks the vow of poverty. The Summoner drinks to much wine and had expensive taste. “But had you tried to test his wits and groupe for more you have found nothing in the bag. Then, Questio Quid Juris” was his tag.”(Chaucer, Geoffrey).The Nun is also guilty of breaking the vow of poverty. She values her materials and dresses like she is wealthy. ” Her cloak, I noticed, a coral trinket on her arm/ a set of beads, the gaudies tricked in green, where hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen”(Chaucer, Geoffrey). The last of the three that breaks the vow is the Monk.“I saw his sleeves were garnished at the hand/ with fine grey fur, the finest in the land / and on his hood , to fasten it at his chin/ he had a wrought-gold cunningly fashioned pin” (Chaucer,