Canterbury Tales

So... I'm trying to catch up on all my blogs and I thought that i might as well post this blog up now:)

The Canterbury Tales were funny!

I can't believe the first one, the Miller's Prologue and Tale.

Mostly the tale though! It was so... how do i say it. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Guys tricking other guys, girls sticking their gluteus maximus out the window for another to kiss, farting in a guys face, and having a hot iron thing get shoved up the... well you should know! It was waayy out there, but I guess that's what i should've expected from the drunk miller(whose name is Robin).

The other Tale that grabbed my attention was the Wife's Tale. I agree with her in many things: mostly the sovereignty for women part:)

Women should be the one's with power in the house! We can't let men walk over us! But maybe we can share the power.... That would be better then competing for it. It was kind of gross that she was so old married with that young guy though. What was that guy thinking! EW! People were real wierd back in those days.

Now, the Pardoner's Tale surprised me:o

It was the most interesting and even though he wasn't listening to his own advice, he gave good advice. He also personified death which made the story more interesting. It's funny how at the end they all kill each other and find death because of greed. Its a great story to explain the evil of greed. 

The Nun's Priest's Tale was wierd. I didn't really understand it much at first. I had to reread it like five times! That's how i learned the names! except for the rooster's... that one is still hard to even pronounce. But overall it was a good tale:)

They all were... I'm kind of glad we didn't have to read ALL of the Tales tho! That would've taken FOREVER!

Everyman

This was the story I chose for my presentation in class. 

It was sooooooo IRONIC!! I had no clue what it was about. All I knew was that it was a play(that's the reason I chose it), and it ended up being about the catholic religion.. or at least based on it! AND I'M CATHOLIC!! It made it so much easier to understand the story, and this was the first one I could actually read! The language wasn't so hard.

I love how the author personified all the characters. It kind of added more interest to the play. The play is a morality play.. so it's basically like a sermon at church!  It says that we shouldn't be so dependent on physical features or material need because, at the end, all we take to heaven is our soul/spirit. Our bodies stay here and rot along with the rest of our belongings.. unless we give them away....  We should go to confession more often to kind of purify our souls. Confessions are not as easy as it seams... you have to really repent for that(hopefully). Then we are given a penance whether it be pray every night, pray a certain prayer, say sorry to the one's you've hurt, etc. At confession, we see how God is a God of mercy. He forgives as long as you repent and you want to be forgiven, but for all this, you need knowledge! Without knowledge, we wouldn't know what to do, and once our bodies are pure, we have our Good Deeds left with us to help us better ourselves.

But any how....

I loved this story and I'm so glad i chose it for my presentation. I made up a whole game using the character! Except Doctor. I didn't know how to put him into the game. I worked really hard on it and I hope everyone will enjoy it:)

Canterbury Tales: The hidden Character

Meet Nacha. Atleast Everyone else calls her Nacha, but you may call her by her real name, Rafaela Ignacia Berengaria Antonietta de La Cruz Garza Hernandez Sotelo Acevedo Ramirez. She's is 15 years old and LOOOVVEESSS meat! She is hispanic, but doesn't know spanish. In other words, she is what you would call "white-washed". Although she may look emo, she is the biggest prep you will ever meet! She speaks her mind, and has a one of a kind attitude: fiesty! She hates how her mom is always borrowing her clothes, and she has one older brother that is 30 and still lives with them. She has one dog that she never takes care of; actually, the last time she saw it was about three months ago. She fantasizes about  being famous and hopes to have her big break soon( but her singing voice is terrible!) And Last but not least, She never shaves for she hopes to travel to France and marry a French dude and she heard that they like their girls harry, besides, it keeps her warm during the winter. :P