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The Cook’s Tale

The Cook’s Tale. Nancy Umana and Amanda Fiorellino A Moral Tale. Prologue. The Cook praises both the Reeve and the Miller for their own tales He promises that his own tale will be just as great But it won’t be up to their standards, because he is dishonest in his work. Tale Summary.

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The Cook’s Tale

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  1. The Cook’s Tale Nancy Umana and Amanda Fiorellino A Moral Tale

  2. Prologue • The Cook praises both the Reeve and the Miller for their own tales • He promises that his own tale will be just as great • But it won’t be up to their standards, because he is dishonest in his work.

  3. Tale Summary • New apprentice starts living in the cooks town, who is known as Perkin Reveler • He loves to sing and dance • But he also loves to gamble and drink

  4. Summary continued • He would gamble everyday • He was the best apprentice in town who, “rattled dice and threw them down” • His master saw how easily he spent his money and became aware of his problems • “He often found his box bare”

  5. Summary Continued • “When a prentice takes to vice… his master in the shop shall be the one who pays though having no part in the fun” • The apprentice’s master was sick of his terrible behavior • He thought about an old proverb, “ A rotten apples better thrown away before it spoils the barrel.”

  6. Summary Continued • The master let the apprentice go • The apprentice then left and found refuge with his friend, “a chap of his own sort” • His friend’s wife owned a store, but it was only for public appearances to mask her prostitution.

  7. Literary Devices • Irony: At first the Cook comes across as a nice, cheery man. In the prologue, we find out he serves old food to people and gets pilgrims poisoned by his rotten food. For example, “There’s many a pilgrim wishes you Christ’s curse; Your parsley has them feeling all the worse (They ate it with your stubble-nourished goose), For in your shop so many flies are loose”.

  8. Literary Devices Continued • Figurative language: • Simile: “ The Reeve’s Tale pleased the London cook as much as a back-scratching” and “He was as full of love, as is the beehive full of honey sweet.” • Alliteration: “And play at dice at such-and-such a street”

  9. Our Reflection • We didn’t like the plot of the tale because it doesn’t advance and the characters don’t develop • The tale is left unfinished by Chaucer, we don’t know if it was purposely left unfinished or if the pages were possibly lost • Both the Cook and the apprentice have similar characteristics and it is possible that the tale might actually be an autobiography • The cook came across like a honest man, but was very hypocritical.

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