The Millers tale is by far my favorite tale in the Canterbury tales. It has everything from adultery, to funny religious pranks, to a hot poker in someones "arse" i mean whats not to love? I also enjoyed Nicks nickname Tricky Nicky i believe that fit him perfectly. And who could forget the carpenter the man that hung himself to the rafters in a bathtub to escape the predicted flood. First of all if there is going to be a flood that compares to that of Noah's no one will survive unless god willed it. And if God willed for someone to survive a bathtub I'm sure is not God's suggestion on surviving. It is not going to hold you. Your house and bathtub will sadly be swallowed by the giant waves that would cover the earth. Sadly the Carpenter falls for this trick that Nicky plays on him and and his ignorance loses his social standing and his wife. Then again he did see his wife as a bit of a trophy so i suppose he got what he deserved.
To wrap up my rampaging ill share what i believed to be the best part in the whole story. Nicky just after relieving himself goes to the window to greet Absalom's lips with his "arse" and after farting so hard him his face that it almost blinds him (ALMOST BLINDS HIM i thought that was funny can you imagine how much of a force it must have been to make him flinch?) he gets a hot iron (so hot its orange for those of you that have ever had or seen an orange ember from a campfire or coals know exactly how hot that is) shoved into his "arse" that is hilarious and and at the same time very painful. So painful in fact that when i read that it started to melt away his flesh and cause boils i even cringed. And then to top it off the Carpenter falls from the ceiling in his bathtub and breaks his arm as he hits the floor. Imagine all the chaos Nicky screaming The carpenter smashes into the floor like a meteor and Absalom is either laughing or ran away or maybe eating dirt to get Nicky's fart taste out of his mouth. And I'm also sure Alison is freaking cause she doesn't know what is going on.
I guess ill wrap it up now but this was one of the best stories i have ever heard.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Beowolf's Heroic Aura?
At the beginning of Beowulf it tells of how Grendel (a demon descended from Cain) is terrorizing the people of Danes and after twelve years Hrothgar is powerless to stop him and yadayada Grendel now controls Heorot. Hearing of what has happened Beowulf decides to take the challenge and rides to help this noble cause. As he approaches Hrothgar's kingdom he and his men are stopped and questioned by a watchmen. The watchmen demands Beowulf tell him his business. Beowulf explains that he is there with his many armored soldiers to help fight Grendel. This shows to me that Beowulf must have an aura that he puts of that makes those he speaks to believe he is there for for a noble and heroic cause. I mean Grendel is a DEMON. A demon that has not been able to be stopped for 12 years and all of a sudden one man with his small army strolls up and claims they can slay the beast. I figured there would be a bit more questioning but no they just let him walk right into the kingdom for all they knew he could have just claimed a hero and pulled the old Trojan horse trick. I mean he is a hero but the watchmen don't really think twice before letting him walk into the kingdom they just take his word and let them go on his way.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
My Character- Essay 1
Okay so most of you had quite a laugh when i described my character in class so just in case you would like your characters to meet mine in your "trip to Disney" ill be happy to provide a description.
Name: Tyrese Conner
Ethnicity: Afroamerican
Likes: Watermelon, Grape Juice, KFC
Occupation: Unemployed
Description: 6 foot 4 inches tall dark hair that he always has into cornrows, but keeps a comb in his small drawstring bag for when he "goes afro", has 8 kids but has only seen 2, has never been married, Won trip to Disney from a cereal box, wears $150 outfits with his shoes being $135, has rims more expensive then his cadillac, Womanizer, prefers white women but wont turn his nose at any woman big or small. Never met his daddy, enjoys basketball and the other luxuries of the hood.
Hope this unique character finds his way into many of your stories!
Name: Tyrese Conner
Ethnicity: Afroamerican
Likes: Watermelon, Grape Juice, KFC
Occupation: Unemployed
Description: 6 foot 4 inches tall dark hair that he always has into cornrows, but keeps a comb in his small drawstring bag for when he "goes afro", has 8 kids but has only seen 2, has never been married, Won trip to Disney from a cereal box, wears $150 outfits with his shoes being $135, has rims more expensive then his cadillac, Womanizer, prefers white women but wont turn his nose at any woman big or small. Never met his daddy, enjoys basketball and the other luxuries of the hood.
Hope this unique character finds his way into many of your stories!
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