The Peverell Brothers use the links below:
http://youtu.be/TgmEEDyeDv8
The actual story starts at 45 seconds.
Friday, November 1, 2013
3 Peverell Brothers
http://youtu.be/TgmEEDyeDv8
The actual story starts at 45 seconds.
From The Physician
Dear English 318,
OK, OK, Right now you not only don't like me, you hate my story. Well, let me tell you why you are wrong.
Me:
Yes, I'm cheap, greedy, don't read the Bible much, and send my patients to my friend the alchemist (who sends me his patients). However, I do have a lot of knowledge, the knowledge I'm supposed to have. I do watch over my patients. And don't you think my friend the alchemist and I are pretty successful in keeping our patients alive? I mean, otherwise, how would our scam work? It's bad to kill off customers. And if I keep gold I got during the plague, you do realize I had to expose myself more to plague victims than the rich people who hid in the country or their castles.
My Story:
First of all, you should thank me for telling such a short story. Seriously, at this time in the semester, are you really upset that you didn't have more reading and thinking to do?
Look at my words starting on p. 442 lines 111-117.
So what have I to teach you in my story?
First of all, who knows better than I how important it is to have supporters. When people support you, you stay strong and healthy. When people corrupt you or turn against you, you are more likely to engage in risky behavior and / or die. Think about how many times I've seen this with the plague. People take risks with other people and die. People are abandoned by their supporters and die. Even being rich or powerful can't always get you what you want. Even virtue can't protect you from evil or death. Bad things happen to good people.
Finally, how many stories have we had so far that glorified women who killed themselves in order to remain virgins or because they lost their virginity. Go ahead, I dare you to count them. And always these women are praised. But no one really thinks about them. What I did? I showed you in detail what it looks like when a father kills his daughter, with her agreement, to keep her from losing her virginity. Didn't like it, did you? Maybe people ought to rethink all those "noble" examples of women.
Well, that's it for now. Unless...well, I wasn't planning to tell anyone, but I have a cure for the common cold. All you have to do is provide a little gold--some for the recipe, some for the payment. Isn't gold worth not getting colds anymore?
http://www.thadguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/cure-for-cold.png
The Physician
OK, OK, Right now you not only don't like me, you hate my story. Well, let me tell you why you are wrong.
Me:
Yes, I'm cheap, greedy, don't read the Bible much, and send my patients to my friend the alchemist (who sends me his patients). However, I do have a lot of knowledge, the knowledge I'm supposed to have. I do watch over my patients. And don't you think my friend the alchemist and I are pretty successful in keeping our patients alive? I mean, otherwise, how would our scam work? It's bad to kill off customers. And if I keep gold I got during the plague, you do realize I had to expose myself more to plague victims than the rich people who hid in the country or their castles.
My Story:
First of all, you should thank me for telling such a short story. Seriously, at this time in the semester, are you really upset that you didn't have more reading and thinking to do?
Look at my words starting on p. 442 lines 111-117.
For which the fame out sprong on every sideThink of how many patients I've seen that envy other people's good fortune and are glad when other people suffer more than they do. Remember what I said about the best teachers? Either the truly pure and innocent, or those that have experienced life. Well, I'm not a good person, but I am experienced in life. I have knowledge to teach.
Bothe of hir beautee and hir bountee wide,
That thurgh that land they preised hire echone
That loved vertu, save envye allone,
That sory is of oother mennes wele,
And glad is of his sorwe and his unheele--
The Doctour maketh this discripcioun.
So what have I to teach you in my story?
First of all, who knows better than I how important it is to have supporters. When people support you, you stay strong and healthy. When people corrupt you or turn against you, you are more likely to engage in risky behavior and / or die. Think about how many times I've seen this with the plague. People take risks with other people and die. People are abandoned by their supporters and die. Even being rich or powerful can't always get you what you want. Even virtue can't protect you from evil or death. Bad things happen to good people.
Finally, how many stories have we had so far that glorified women who killed themselves in order to remain virgins or because they lost their virginity. Go ahead, I dare you to count them. And always these women are praised. But no one really thinks about them. What I did? I showed you in detail what it looks like when a father kills his daughter, with her agreement, to keep her from losing her virginity. Didn't like it, did you? Maybe people ought to rethink all those "noble" examples of women.
Well, that's it for now. Unless...well, I wasn't planning to tell anyone, but I have a cure for the common cold. All you have to do is provide a little gold--some for the recipe, some for the payment. Isn't gold worth not getting colds anymore?
http://www.thadguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/cure-for-cold.png
The Physician
Women of the Canterbury Tales
I was wondering if I charted this if any patterns
that we haven’t discussed would become apparent. Please let me know if you
notice anything.
Women of the Canterbury Tales (that we’ve met so far
and are named except Merchant’s wife in Shipman’s Tale):
|
NAME
|
QUALITIES
|
|
|
1. Age 2. beauty 3. Sexual status 4. Support of family? 5. Marriage status (appropriate in terms of kinde) 6. Virtue in terms of D&D 7. Status and virtue of husband if applicable 8. Intelligence / personality of suitor/hubby 9. Willingness to accept fortune’s hand 10. Assertiveness 11. Happy ever after? 12. Alive or dead at end of story? If dead, by what means? |
|
Emelye
|
1.
Young
2.
Very beautiful
3.
Virgin and wants to stay that way
4.
Controlled by Theseus
5.
Single (but suitors are appropriate in kinde)
6.
Lawful good
7.
Both suitors chaotic good
8.
Both suitors start out lawful good, eventually are
described as mad. Arcite is more
tricksy and more into winning battle (and maybe Emelye as prize). Palemon is
more lawful, possibly less clever, and more in love. Both are described as
mad.
9.
Mostly accepts fortune, although does ask Diana to
give her to suitor who loves her most
10.
Mostly passive—does ask Diana to let her stay a
virgin
11.
Presumably
12.
Alive
|
|
Alisoun
(Merch)
|
1.
Young
2.
Very good looking in sexy way
3.
Experienced
4.
Unknown
5.
Married but to old guy (not a match in kinde)
6.
Chaotic neutral (cheats)
7.
Lawful good
8.
Jealous about wife, not very smart
9.
Wants to control her fortune
10.
Very assertive
11.
E318 class disagreement about happily ever after
12.
Alive
|
|
Custaunce
|
1.
Young
2.
Beautiful
3.
Virgin till married
4.
Father basically sells her off
5.
Marriage status mostly appropriate
6.
Super-lawful good
7.
Lawful good
8.
Gullible but good hearted
9.
Totally accepts her fortune
10.
Mostly passive—does possibly fight intended rapist
11.
Lives happily ever after
12.
alive
|
|
Alisoun
of Bath
|
1.
middle aged
2.
aging sexy
3.
very experienced
4.
none
5.
first 3 hubbies too old for her. #4 unknown but
bad. #5 too young for her
6.
chaotic good
7.
too hard to label
8.
all eventually less strong in personality than her
9.
yes and no—she accepted the first marriage and
performs wifely duties in marriages, but she also fools around and picks next
hubbies. Mostly no yes and no—she accepted the first marriage and performs
wifely duties in marriages, but she also fools around and picks next hubbies.
Mostly no.
10.
very assertive
11.
with some work happily ever after
12.
alive
|
|
Griselde
|
1.
young
2.
beautiful
3.
virgin till married
4.
father supports her
5.
inappropriate in status and virtue
6.
lawful good
7.
chaotic evil
8.
manipulative, impulsive, sociopath
9.
completely willing to accept fortune
10.
passive
11.
yes
12.
alive
|
|
May
|
1.
young
2.
beautiful
3.
virgin till married
4.
unknown
5.
marriage status inappropriate (young vs. old)
6.
chaotic good (cheats)
7.
lawful
neutral (follows law but not a good person)
8.
Sees wife as object and servant, extremely jealous
and possessive, gullible
9.
Doesn’t accept husband’s sexual control
10.
Manipulative more than assertive
11.
Probably
12.
alive
|
|
Canacee
|
1.
young
2.
beautiful
3.
virgin
4.
yes, possibly excluding incestuous brother
5.
single
6.
chaotic good (likes to look good, does her own
things)
7.
n/a
8.
n/a
9.
seems pretty interested in making her own fortune
10.
medium assertive—haven’t seen her go up against
her dad yet
11.
probably
12.
probably alive
|
|
Dorigene
|
1.
young
2.
beautiful
3.
experienced once married
4.
at least support of friends
5.
yes
6.
lawful good
7.
lawful good
8.
reasonably intelligent, loving, maybe a bit too
into honor
9.
it’s her unwillingness to accept fortune, at least
at some level, that creates all her problems
10.
mostly passive—both she and hubby treat each other
equally, but she defers to hubby’s will in suitor problem
11.
yes
12.
alive
|
|
Virginia
|
1.
young
2.
beautiful
3.
virgin
4.
father “supports” her
5.
single
6.
lawful good
7.
suitor is chaotic evil
8.
suitor is amoral and manipulative
9.
unwilling in sense that would rather die virgin
than accept going to churl
10.
mostly passive
11.
no
12.
dead by father’s hand
|
|
Merchant’s
Wife (Shipman’s tale)
|
1.
young
2.
beautiful
3.
experienced
4.
unknown
5.
married and appropriate kinde
6.
chaotic neutral
7.
chaotic neutral
8.
he matches her in dishonesty and greed
9.
they both make their fortunes
10.
she’s assertive
11.
I think happily ever after
12.
alive
|
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