Question

Which of the following lines best presents the dominant moral of "The Monk's Tale"?

A. He was a soldier with a manly heart / So dear to him was honest decency
B. Thus Fortune with a light / Turn of her wheel brings men from joy to sorrow.
C. And then he saw that of his own perdition / He was sole author and he fled away.
D. He swore to sin no more, until the hour / Of death when at last he was interred, / He recognized God's mercy and his power.

Answer 1

B) Thus Fortune with a light / Turn of her wheel brings men from joy to sorrow is the answer

Answer 2

Answer:

B. Thus Fortune with a light / Turn of her wheel brings men from joy to sorrow.

Explanation:

The Monk's Tale is a set of 17 short stories and it is part of the "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The moral of his story, as it is seen in these lines, is that fate is random and impossible to control. Your destiny is fixed and no matter what you do you do not decide what will happen in your life.