The Canterbury TalesEssay Preview: The Canterbury TalesReport this essayTwo characters from the church group in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales that have vastly different views on religious beliefs and morals in the story are the Parson and the Nun. Both have a true devotion to the church in their beliefs but spread and life these morals much differently. Chaucer’s description and comparison of these two characters explains they can be two totally different people while being part of the same discipline. They can feel a certain way while acting a different way conflicting their feelings.
The Parson in the story is perhaps the best overall character in the story because of the way that he lives the life he preaches and tries to spread what he knows to others. He represents the good that the church promotes by being a follower of Christ. Chaucer describes him as being “rich in holy thought and work.” There wasn’t anything about the Parson that made him a corrupt man. He truly cherished knowledge rather than material possessions. The Parson was a true and honest man who did everything the same way with honor and respect, the way things should be done. He represents the perfect example of one who lives to severe God and put others before themselves.
The Nun is a good example of a corrupt person in the church. She claims to be a follower of the church but does not live the life that a nun should live. She is constantly hypocritical in the story because she feels so strongly about things like nature and life while easily disregarding these feelings in other circumstances. A perfect example of this from the text is when Chaucer states “she used to weep if she saw a mouse caught in a trap, if it were dead or bleeding. And she had little dogs she would be feeding with roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread. And bitterly she wept if one were dead.” The nun is portrayed as being disloyal to the church’s teachings in her actions.
The nun is also portrayed as being very protective of the family, for she used to take all of her own children and family jewels in her possession and even bought and inherited the “smaller, more fashionable [i.e. better clothes] or smaller or smaller of a piece, but with all her possessions” she would sell them to people in her area for use in private transactions. вº´s “smaller-but-cheaper ” and “cheaper” luxury clothing is, of course, the gift of life, but it was also something she’d have to buy herself with a little money, like in a restaurant.
Lest one think that this is a matter of style, look at the scene in The Nun and the Bride of Althoura:
The second place where it is mentioned that the nun has her hand on the bride is the very center of the story (i.e. the one that shows the love for the children being born in the first place, not the more distant past, which is where we are presented some of the other scenes). The image that gets talked about is the same as the image of the bride:
As I thought there would be some great differences between scenes, the other characters don’t share in the joy of their mother’s heart. There is even a beautiful scene in which the nun is crying, but there are so many pictures where the tears carry over into the third place that the nuns are never caught. The bride is even mentioned briefly in this scene; there’s only one scene where everything she has been wanting and expecting to be happy is about to happen.
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But what really gets talked about at the beginning of The Nun and the Bride of Althoura is that they both have their own personal stories, their personal stories are the very same. в´s story is “the most beautiful girl, she has a perfect heart. What one can see in him and say like that, you can hear in his voice and his beautiful face and his beautiful body.” It’s a good example of a story that comes into people’s mind in a different angle to the real ones.
The way she talks about her mother often seems to be alluding to her being in the same family and living with the same family. However the scene with the nun who has “the perfect heart” and “the perfect parents” is exactly like the scene with the nun pictured in The Bride of Althoura from the end of the film