The Second Nun's Tale

Faith in God Have you ever wondered if God really cares about you? Does he really look after you, look after your safety and the safety of your loved ones? Does God really matter in the end? The Second Nun’s Tale seeks to answer this question, because quite often it can become a topic of dispute amongst secular and religious debaters. Chaucer’s Second Nun’s Tale is one which covers a woman Cecilia, who is a Christian noble woman, marries a man named Valerian. Cecilia tells Valerian that she wants to remain a virgin for the rest of her life, and that she is protected by a guardian angel who will smite anyone who tries to take her virginity. Valerian can only love Cecilia chastely, and in order for Valerian to see the guardian angel he needs to get baptized by the Pope. A local Roman prefect finds out about the conversions after Valerian refuses to sacrifice to the Roman God Jupiter, and the prefect executes Valerian and his brother Tiberius.…

Among the most memorable tales from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, two of them are also the most religious in their structure. Both the Prioress and her traveling companion and secretary, the Second Nun, are women of faith, so it is only fair and true that both of their stories revolve around the subject of religion. The Prioress who begins with a prayer of praise to the Virgin Mary tells the tale of a young Christian boy who proudly sings Alma Redemptoris Mater. The Second Nun, who…

pick the very best one. In Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales, there are 29 pilgrimes in which they are making a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Each pilgrim is to tell at least a tale to and from Canterbury, resulting in 120 tales in which Chaucer was only able to record 24 tales. Within the telling of these stories, there is a contest in which the pilgrim, the Host, chooses the best Tale. In selecting the winning tale the story must meet the criteria of being morally sound as well as entertaining to…

Draft - Sin of Pride in the Canterbury Tale Back to the fourteenth century, numbers do not only contain numerical values, but also symbolic meanings. Numerological symbolism plays an important role in medieval literature. Lucas Scott points out the significance of medieval people’s belief in numbers: “[medieval reader’s] treatment of numerological prognostication would be incomplete without a discussion of the link between letters and numbers. Medieval Christians explained many of their symbols…

The Canterbury Tales is a compilation of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer around the 14th century. Chaucer was the son of a middle-class merchant, he was constantly around the docks as a kid, so he picked up a lot of lower working class jokes, humor, and mannerisms. When he grew up he worked in the royal court, so he got to also see upper-class life in this time. So Chaucer, knew how every class acted, and he knew that they were not so different, despite their social stratification. Although…

“The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” Analysis Essay “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” is a poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer around the 1390’s which forms part of the “” collection with its own timeline including prequels and sequels. This work is considered one of the most innovative ones during the time of Middle English. However, most people who read it at first do not understand how much of a complex parody of the heroic style used in most tales of the same age “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” is. At…

Tsz Pui, Tong (Zarah) Dr. Susan Hagen EH 350 – Chaucer May 11 2016 Draft - Sin of Pride in the Canterbury Tale Back to the fourteenth century, numbers do not only contain numerical values, but also symbolic meanings. Numerological symbolism plays an important role in medieval literature. Lucas Scott points out the significance of medieval people’s belief in numbers: “[medieval reader’s] treatment of numerological prognostication would be incomplete without a discussion of the link between…

The Strength of Words and the Lessons You Learn During the pilgrimage to Canterbury, 24 tales were told from all different types of people, from the poorest in the city to the richest. In the Canterbury Tales, a famous tale is heard from a Nun’s Priest about a widowed wife left with two daughters to live graciously with what God had given them. One-night Chanticleer: the noblest chicken on their farm, is awoken by a dream, a nightmare of being eaten by a fox. He is called crazy and thought to…

At the point when the Wife of Bath completes her story, the Friar offers his own particular story about a summoner. The Host, in any case, dependably the peacekeeper, rebukes the Friar to let the Summoner alone. The Summoner hinders and says the Friar can do as he enjoys and will be reimbursed with a story about a minister. In any case, the Friar's story about a summoner makes the Summoner so furious that he recounts an indecent tale about the destiny of all ministers and after that proceeds…

Great writers create great stories. In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer writes about the different classes of pilgrims. He has a narrator, Harry Bailey, who speaks highly of the knight but does not care about the Summoner. Bailey tells all the pilgrims that each will have the opportunity to tell a story of which they desire and whoever has the best story will get a dinner paid by the pilgrims. Throughout the stories, women are described as men’s pleasure. Chaucer uses characterization and…