The Monk's Tale
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- The Monk's Tale
- Lucifer's Fall and Adam's Sin
- The Tragedy of Sampson
- The Monk's Tale is the 21st story in the Canterbury Tales. The Monk in this story is described as fat, and happy. He prefers to spend time in the taverns. Chaucer finishes his tale of Melibee, and the Host comments that he wishes his wife would be more like Prudence. The Host then turns to the Monk and comments that he would be good for breeding, if he were allowed to. The Monk promises to tell a story about Edward the Confessor, but first will tell a series of tragedies.
- The Tragedy of Hercules
- Lucifer was once an angle who fell down from heaven because he wanted to be more powerful then God. Adam was exiled from Eden because he ate the forbidden fruit. Both of these tragedies take place in the book of Genesis.
- The Tragedy of Nebuchadnezzar, and Balthazar
- Sampson admitted to his wife that his great strength comes from his faith, and not cutting his hair. She betrayed him, and his enemies cut his hair, cut his eyes out, and she imprisoned him. He was kept in a temple, and knocked down two pillars holding it up, killing everyone inside, including himself.
- The Monk's Overall Lesson
- Hercules strength was like no other. He was defeated when Deianeira had Nessus make him a poisoned shirt and sent it to him. His body was placed on a pyre on Mount Oeta, his mortal part was consumed, and his divine part ascended to heaven, becoming a god.
- Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon, he defeated Israel. He had a statue of himself made and commanded his people to praise it. Daniel (a follower of God) refused to praise the statue and Nebuchadnezzar went mad, until God finally healed him. Balthazar was the son of Nebuchadnezzar. He had a feast for thousands of lords, during which he saw a hand writing on the wall. Daniel warned him that his kingdom would be divided by Medes and Persians
- I only worship my God!
- Your kingdom will be divided by Medes and Persians
- The Monk tells of many other famous tragedies. The Monk introduces the first real tragedy. Unlike other stories before him, there's not much of a lesson to these tragedies. Most of them are just fate being cruel to powerful people. The overall them you could say is people should not trust in prosperity, but remain on their guard.
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