tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post1233690556060307579..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: The Canterbury Tales ~~ The Prioress' Prologue and TaleCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-14033148684904895812015-10-06T20:08:55.514-07:002015-10-06T20:08:55.514-07:00Yes, I finally actually found a painting for my Ch...Yes, I finally actually found a painting for my Chaucer post! I wonder why more artists didn't chose his subject matter. It's been difficult to find pictures to use.<br /><br />I think Chaucer was pointing out the judgementalism (is that a word?) that the Prioress is displaying. In the Prologue, while she seems to have "holy" thoughts, she is still concerned with unholy things. Of anyone, as a believer, she should have had compassion for the Jews but instead she not only judges them but makes them appear worse than they probably were. I can understand her horror at their actions, but she judges them as a race as a whole, not individually as people who commited a crime (it actually reminds me of Hitler). She's vindictive, not a loveable trait in a Christian prioress.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-60535094103952084602015-10-06T17:12:31.745-07:002015-10-06T17:12:31.745-07:00I love the medieval and PreRaphaelite art you used...I love the medieval and PreRaphaelite art you used for your review here.<br /><br />As for the Prioress' "beard" in the painting, she's wearing a wimple, still in vogue with certain nun sisterhoods, although most don't wear habits anymore.<br /><br />It certainly is a shame how anti-semitic Europe was (and still is on a certain level). <br /><br />I wonder if Chaucer was just recording how Jews were viewed as a matter of fact or was being satirical, trying to show how phony such piety, such as the Prioress' is.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.com