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What do we learn about religion from studying the general prologue of The Canterbury Tales, With reference to two of the characters, the prioress and the Monk? Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1340, his family were from London. Chaucer became a page in royal court and was educated with highly experience of people around him from the very rich to the ordinary working man helped him to write the Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales is a framework story. It is about a group of pilgrims who go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury.
While at the Tabard Inn, on the night before the journey, Chaucer describes them, The Monk and the Prioress are two of the pilgrims travelling with Chaucer. Using irony, Chaser seems at first to be compliment them. This is when his character he realises he is pointing out their fault and the criticising the church. The prioress was a Nun who travelled with Chaucer to Canterbury. While in the Inn Chaucer describes her, saying, 'That of hie smylyng was ful simple and coy.
' Chaucer also writes, 'hir gretteste ooth was by saint Loy. '
Nuns are meant to be holy, they have committed there lives to God, they are meant to follow the commandments given to Moses, not even to swear a little bit is acceptable let alone to swear at all. Chaucer also writes, 'Ful;wel she song the survace divine,' She was singing not to please God but to catch the eye of the other people in the church.
Chaucer says that the prioress ate her meal with elegance, he said she had beautiful manners and that she was entertaining to watch, 'Mate wel y taught was she with alla,' 'Amyable of port. '
Later on in the text Chaucer comments about her beauty on a number of occasions. Nuns have to take a vow of poverty and should not have any possessions. Clearly she possesses make-up and fine clothes. God should be the Centre of her life and she should only be doing things he wants her to do. Chaucer thinks that the prioress isn't acting and behaving as she should and that she should forget about the pilgrimage to Canterbury and start to learn once again about being a nun. The Monk was according to Chaucer a fine looking man, 'Fair for the mainstrve,' This man was not just a monk but 'an outryere. '
In those days lots of irony was used and an outrider was a person who could go out of his monasteries to do work for the church. Chaucer also sats that this monk, 'lovede Venerye' and 'Ful many a deyntee hors haddle he in stable. ' The monk had taken a vow of poverty just like the prioress, so this monk shoulden't have any possessions. Chaucer also writes about his 'brydel' which was 'Gynglen in a whistynge waynge wynd. ' This monk was also drawing attention to himself while he was meant to be out doing the work of the church; he was treating this work like a holiday. This monk was fashionable and enjoyed best quality food.
'A fat swan love he best of any roast. ' Swans were very expensive, so he must have eaten this while he was out doing the work of the church. He was caring for his freedom, not commitment while he should have been caring for the poor not indulging himself. Although Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales about 600 years ago, it is still valid today. The nun and the Monk speak for themselves, they say that human nature doesn't change and that some people will always be greedy and selficha dns some people will be nice and kind, this was Chaucer's job, to show them up in his writings.
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"Kutumia simu yako ya mkononi, unaweza kuandika ""Save to my list"" au ""Remove from my list"" na kujifunza kuhusu dini kwa kuchunguza maelezo ya awali ya kitabu cha ""The Canterbury Tales"" na kuelezea hadithi ya watu wawili, yule mtawa na yule mtawa." Geoffrey Chaucer alizaliwa mwaka 1340 na familia yake ilikuwa ya London. Chaucer alikuwa mtu wa kifalme na alikuwa na uzoefu wa watu wa karibu naye, kutoka tajiri sana hadi mfanyakazi wa kawaida, ambao walimsaidia kuandika hadithi za Canterbury. Hadithi za Canterbury ni hadithi ya muundo. Ni kuhusu kikundi cha waabudu wanaokwenda katika safari ya kuabudu huko Canterbury. Wakati katika Tabard Inn, usiku kabla ya safari, Chaucer anawaelezea, The Monk na Prioress ni wawili wa waabudu kusafiri na Chaucer. Kwa kutumia ucheshi, mwanzoni Chaser anaonekana kuwapa pongezi. Hii ni wakati tabia yake yeye anatambua yeye ni kuelekeza makosa yao na kukosoa kanisa. Mtawa huyo alikuwa Mtawa aliyesafiri pamoja na Chaucer hadi Canterbury. Wakati katika Inn Chaucer anaelezea yake, akisema, 'Hiyo ya hie smylyng ilikuwa ful rahisi na shy. ' Chaucer pia anaandika, 'heshima yake kubwa ilikuwa kwa mtakatifu Loy. ' "Mwanamke wa kike ni mtakatifu, ana wajibu wa kumtumikia Mungu, ana wajibu wa kufuata amri za Musa, hata kuapa kidogo ni kibali, na hata kuapa kidogo ni kibali.""" "Chaucer aliandika hivi: ""Hakuna mtu yeyote aliyewahi kuimba wimbo wa Mungu, lakini yeye alikuwa akiimba ili kumfurahisha Mungu, bali ili kuvutia watu wengine katika kanisa.""" Chaucer anasema kwamba Prioress alikula chakula chake kwa elegance, alisema alikuwa na tabia nzuri na kwamba alikuwa kufurahisha kuangalia, 'Mate wel y kufundishwa alikuwa yeye na alla,' 'Amyable ya bandari. ' Baadaye katika maandishi hayo Chaucer anataja uzuri wake mara kadhaa. Wasisiri wanapaswa kuapa umaskini na hawapaswi kuwa na mali yoyote. Ni wazi kwamba ana vipodozi na mavazi mazuri. Mungu ndiye anayepaswa kuwa kitovu cha maisha yake na anapaswa kufanya tu kile anachotaka afanye. Chaucer anafikiri kwamba mtawa huyo haendi kama anavyofaa na kwamba anapaswa kusahau kuhusu safari ya Canterbury na kuanza kujifunza tena kuhusu kuwa mtawa. The Monk alikuwa kulingana na Chaucer mtu mzuri kuangalia, 'Fair kwa ajili ya mainstrve, 'Mtu huyu hakuwa tu mtawa lakini 'outryere. ' Katika siku hizo, watu walitumia maneno mengi ya kejeli, na mtu aliyejiuzulu alikuwa mtu ambaye angeweza kutoka kwenye makao yake ya watawa na kufanya kazi kwa ajili ya kanisa. Chaucer pia sats kwamba mtawa huyu, 'lovede Venerye' na 'Ful wengi a deyntee hors haddle yeye katika imara. ' Mtawa huyo alikuwa amefanya nadhiri ya umaskini kama yule mtawa, kwa hiyo mtawa huyo hakupaswa kuwa na mali yoyote. Chaucer pia anaandika kuhusu 'brydel' yake ambayo ilikuwa 'Gynglen katika whistynge waynge wynd. ' Mtawa huyu pia alikuwa akivuta uangalifu juu yake mwenyewe wakati alipaswa kuwa nje kufanya kazi ya kanisa; alikuwa akichukulia kazi hii kama likizo. Mtawa huyo alikuwa mwenye mtindo na alifurahia chakula cha hali ya juu zaidi. 'Swan mafuta upendo yeye bora ya roast yoyote. ' Kwa kuwa mbweha ni wa bei ghali sana, ni lazima alile mbweha huyo alipokuwa nje akifanya kazi ya kanisa. Alihitaji uhuru wake, si wajibu, wakati alipaswa kuwa na huduma kwa maskini, si kujifurahisha mwenyewe. Ingawa Chaucer aliandika hadithi za Canterbury miaka 600 hivi iliyopita, bado zina umuhimu leo. "Mwanamke na Mtawa wanazungumza kwa ajili yao wenyewe, wanasema kwamba asili ya binadamu haibadiliki na kwamba watu wengine daima watakuwa na pupa na kujivunia, wengine watakuwa wazuri na wema, hii ilikuwa kazi ya Chaucer, kuwaonyesha katika maandishi yake.""" <unk> Hebu! Mimi ni msaidizi wako smart Amy! Hujui ni wapi pa kuanza? Kuandika mahitaji yako na mimi itabidi kuunganisha wewe kwa mtaalamu wa kitaaluma ndani ya dakika 3 kupata msaada na kazi yako.