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| The Knight, from an old manuscript of The Canterbury Tales (Wikipedia) |
Note: "There is no new thing under the sun": another love triangle, this one with a Chaucerian twist at the end.
Get Ready: Are there hard-and-fast rules in relationships? Or is "all fair"?
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| An illustration of Aesop's version of the tale (Wikipedia) |
Note: This popular story was retold in "The Nun's Priest's Tale," one of The Canterbury Tales by the great English poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Get Ready: What might happen if one is too proud of one's accomplishments?
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| The Pardoner, by William Blake (Wikipedia) |
Note: In one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, three young men want to meet and challenge Death, but they get more than they bargained for!
Get Ready: How would you react to the death of a friend?
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| Valentine receives a rosary from the Virgin Mary (Wikipedia) |
Note: Every lover loves Valentine's Day. But did you know it is more properly called "The Feast of Saint Valentine"?
Get Ready: Do you celebrate Valentines Day, or some version of it? What do you do on that day?
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| The Wife of Bath in an old manuscript (Wikipedia) |
Note: The Canterbury Tales are one of the greatest collections of stories in English--and an early one, at that, predating Shakespeare by roughly two centuries!
Get Ready: Have you seen the movie Shrek? Do you remember the plot twist at the end?
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| A 1909 Valentine's card (Wikipedia) |
Note: By all means, let's celebrate Saint Valentine--even though we don't have a clue who he really was! Come explore the mystery.
Get Ready: Do you think it's okay to celebrate a person's supposed actions, even if we're not sure he or she ever lived?
