The Pardoner’s Tale, by Chaucer’s famous work, points out many inherent flaws of human nature, all of which still apply today. One can fail to realize the truth in this timeless statement because of its repetition throughout history. Many things have changed since the fourteenth century, but human’s ability to act foolish is not one of them. This poem is a lesson on showing how selfish people can be. The three friends all wanted the gold to themselves so they all tried to figure out a way to have it to themselves, and at the end no one got the gold they all died. In lines 315 to 318 it shows how they all suffered at the end. “ Trust me, ghastlier section to transcend

In the poem, The Nun’s Priest’s tale, also written by Chaucer was a tale that taught the lesson of an individual’s thoughts and feelings. In this tale there was a cock named Chanticleer and one of his seven wife but his favorite of all Lady Pertelote. One morning before first light, Chanticleer suddenly began to tremble in his sleep, he dreamt that a monster crept up behind him to harm him. In lines 88 through 90 Lady Pertelote was ashamed, she told him that bad dreams are nothing but a symptom of indigestion.” For shame, you timorous poltroon alas, what cowardice! By god above, you’ve forfeited my heart and lost my love”. Lady Pertelote thinks that Chanticleer is a coward for believing that Chanticleer’s dream may come true and wouldn’t love him from there on. But throughout the poem she learns her lesson, and learns that there are many ways to view things, and not to think that ones thought is untrue. And one afternoon Chanticleer was out in the fields singing pleasantly, and startled him was a fox that was sneaky and sly. The fox honored him with his singing and asked for him to continue. As shown in lines 469 through 476 “Are you afraid of me, that am your friend? A fiend, or worse, I should be, to intend you harm, or practice villainy upon you; Dear sir, I w

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