Monday, November 9, 2015

Reading Diary A: Canterbury Tales

"The Unknown Bride":
A knight was to be put to death when the Queen begged for the release. The Queen told him in order to not be killed after 1 year he must go find the answer to what all women went. After walking the earth and not getting the same two answers he found an old woman. She told him she would give him the answer he desired.

"The Unknown Bride Cont."
Th bride told him the answer was to control their husbands. The old woman said to marry her for saving his life. He did so and was sad because she was ugly. When he chose to stay with her because she was wise and true she turned beautiful and young.

"The Story of the Summoner":
A summoner meats a bailiff and they become friends. The bailiff continues to tell the summoner that he is a fiend form hell.

"The Story of the Summoner Cont.":
The two went to the house of an old woman and told her to give them the money she owed. She told the fiend that he could take the pan and the summoner in pay for her debt.

"The Promise of Dorigen":
Arviragus left the land of Brittany to go to England. Dorigen was heart broken and could do nothing but think of her lost lover and wait for his return each day. A young squire fell in love with her and wrote many songs about her.

"The Promise of Dorigen Cont."
Dorigen became angry with Arelius and told him that he would leave her husband for him only when the rocks near the sea dissapeard. Arviragus came home and Arelius left to Italy to find a magician to make the rocks disappear.

"The Promise of Dorigen Cont.."
The magician made his promise and made each rock disappear. When Arelius went to Dorigen and showed her what had happened she ran to her house and cried. When she told Arviragus what had happened he told her to be true to her word and leave.

The Promise of Dorigen End"
When Dorigen went to Aurelius she had been crying. Aurelius told Dorigen to go back to her husband because he could not stand to see her unhappy. Aurelius went to the magician and the magician told him he didn't need to pay back the money because he was so true to himself.

"The Revelers"
Three friend were in a bar and swore to kill death as it were a person.

"The Revelers Cont."
The three friends find a pile of gold and divide a plan to carry it without being seen.

"The Revelers End"
One of the friends went to the nearby town and asked an apothecary for poison. He put it into wine and gave it to the other two. Those two killed the other guy and drank the wine that killed both go them.




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