Canterbury Tales

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In the Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer were two poems that are discuss in great detail in learning a lesson. The Pardoner’s Tale, and The Nun’s priest Tale. Both of these poems teaches a lesson, either in a mysterious or adventurous way. People don’t always realize what they are up for, until the actual situation occurs. Today learning from your mistake is a big way for people to realize that what they did was actually not right. And in these two tale’s will show that in order for one to learn, they have to be dealt with the situation.
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 what these two wretches suffered at their end. Thus there two murderers received their due, so did the treacherous young poisoner too”. All of the young three hooligans, got what they deserved; Death came, as it always does, sooner or later. Although the men thought that they were sly, and thought that they could threaten him by getting him to tell them where the man was that they wanted to kill. In lines 182 through 188 The old man told them, Well, sirs, he said. “If it be your design to find out Death, turn up this crooked way towards that grove, I felt him there today under a tree, and there you’ll find him waiting. He isn’t one to hide for all your prating. You see that oak? He won’t be far to fi...