First Knight: 5:00-7:30

The End Of The Journey

"2996 Certeyne dayes and duracioun

2997 To al that is engendred in this place,

2998 Over the whiche day they may nat pace,

2999 Al mowe they yet tho dayes wel abregge.

3000 Ther nedeth noght noon auctoritee t'allegge,

3001 For it is preeved by experience,

3002 But that me list declaren my sentence.

3003 Thanne may men by this ordre wel discerne

3004 That thilke Moevere stable is and eterne.

3005 Wel may men knowe, but it be a fool,

3006 That every part dirryveth from his hool,

3007 For nature hath nat taken his bigynnyng

3008 Of no partie or cantel of a thyng,

3009 But of a thyng that parfit is and stable,

3010 Descendynge so til it be corrumpable.

3011 And therfore, of his wise purveiaunce,

3012 He hath so wel biset his ordinaunce

3013 That speces of thynges and progressiouns

3014 Shullen enduren by successiouns,

3015 And nat eterne, withouten any lye.

3016 This maystow understonde and seen at ye." (2996-3016)

As modern movies prove, the dying man always delivers his last cliché. In this scene of First Knight the King will say his final words which are similar to those of Theseus.

The Madame Bovary Cliché

After reading Madame Bovary for my Pre-Ap Spanish class I cannot help but notice that the characters portrayed by Chaucer are very similar to Emma Bovary. They are not happy with what they own and are always trying to appear as something they are not. The prologue introduces all of the characters and gives the reader a sense of trickery and irony. A Friar that is good with women and knows the bar better than the homeless is an ironical depiction not only of the character but also, of the church in general. The tales take place during the crusades, making religion a very important part of the text. The way Chaucer depicts the church will give the reader a feel for popular sentiment regarding the crusades at the time.

The description that accompanies each characters introduction is made so that the journey moves in different directions. A physical journey, which is led by the night, and a historical journey, that is seen in he descriptions. The journey might start as a cliché:

Because of the time period the book was published in I wonder if clichés were based on these stories.

Internet: The New Travel

As we begin to study about literature in motion, a new way to look at art and literature has been exposed. I his poem, Migrations, Merina is able to capture the essence of a traveling ship. He does this by combining his poem with a video that gives the viewer an abstract look at his poem. By combining the traveling and fast paced images with the illusion of a traveling ship a sense of travel is created. Merina does not only use visual aids to create the traveling environment. He uses words in other languages and mentions certain ingredients that make the viewer feel as if away from home.

I enjoyed this poem because it allows the author and the reader to create a relationship that would otherwise not occur. Because the author can transmit his ideas by different means, he is forcing the reader to embark in the journey with him. If we look a ways of travel over the years we can see how it has become faster and easier to exchange cultures as time moves on. I wonder if the Internet has become the new way of traveling that takes so many people on a trip each day. It allows you to meet new cultures and see new places in a new and exiting way.