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    The Monk's Tale from The Canterbury Tales is summarized in 3 sentences: The tale discusses the downfalls of 12 figures from history and literature including Lucifer, Adam and Eve, Samson and Delilah, Hercules, Nebudchanezzar, Balthasar, Zenobia, King Pedro of Spain, King of Cyprus Bernabo Visonti, Ogolino, Nero, Holofernes, Antiochus Epiphanes, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Croesus - all who fell from fortune despite their prosperity and power. The moral conveyed is that no man can control fate or fortune, and one should not trust blind prosperity.

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    The Monk's Tale from The Canterbury Tales is summarized in 3 sentences: The tale discusses the downfalls of 12 figures from history and literature including Lucifer, Adam and Eve, Samson and Delilah, Hercules, Nebudchanezzar, Balthasar, Zenobia, King Pedro of Spain, King of Cyprus Bernabo Visonti, Ogolino, Nero, Holofernes, Antiochus Epiphanes, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Croesus - all who fell from fortune despite their prosperity and power. The moral conveyed is that no man can control fate or fortune, and one should not trust blind prosperity.

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    The Monk's Tale from The Canterbury Tales is summarized in 3 sentences: The tale discusses the downfalls of 12 figures from history and literature including Lucifer, Adam and Eve, Samson and Delilah, Hercules, Nebudchanezzar, Balthasar, Zenobia, King Pedro of Spain, King of Cyprus Bernabo Visonti, Ogolino, Nero, Holofernes, Antiochus Epiphanes, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Croesus - all who fell from fortune despite their prosperity and power. The moral conveyed is that no man can control fate or fortune, and one should not trust blind prosperity.

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    The Canterbury Tales

    THE MONK’S TAL


    “For sure it is, if fortune decides to flee, No man may
    stay her course or keep his hold; Let no one trust a
    blind prosperity.”
    TRAGEDY
    Lucifer
    Adam and Eve
    Samson and
    Delilah
    Hercules
    Nebudchanezzar
    Balthasar
    Zenobia
    King Pedro of Spain
    King of Cyprus Bernabo Visonti Ogolino
    Nero Holofernes Antiochus Epiphanes
    Alexander
    the Great
    Julius Caesar Croesus

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