13.August.2010
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And so we’ve reached the end of this journey…
The Parson’s Tale brings us full circle: again, the tree with its roots. The Parson’s is a root system of penitence from which springs the tree of life. The fruit, the seeds, the leaves, the branches all remind us of our first day.
And the retraction, perhaps, mirrors our own good intentions: we have done our best, if we have offended, please forgive. We are, after all, like Chaucer, human.
I think we’re ready to go, perhaps a bit sad to sever the connections we’ve grown so fond of.
Before the end of class today we “voted” on our Favorite and Least Favorite tales, and the ones with the Most Sentence and Solaas:
Favorite: Nun’s Priest’s Tale (5 votes), Wife of Bath’s Tale (3 votes), Knight’s Tale (2 votes), Miller’s Tale, Merchant’s Tale (2 votes), Manciple’s Tale (2 votes), Franklin’s Tale (3 votes), Canon Yeoman’s Tale (1 vote).
Least Favorite: Physician’s Tale, Parson’s Tale, The Tale of Melibee, Canon Yeoman’s Tale
Sentence and Solaas: Pardoner’s Tale (3 votes), Nun’s Priest’s Tale (7 votes), Knight’s Tale (4 votes), Wife of Bath’s Tale (2 votes), Miller’s Tale (Susanna’s choice)
Most Teachable: Monk’s Tale (teach vignettes), Manciple’s Tale (interesting discussions), Clerk’s Tale (good debates), Franklin’s Tale, Reeve’s Tale.
