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Which of Chaucer's descriptions from "The Monk's Tale" best illustrates Fortune as deceitful?

A. O Fortune! It was grievous cruelty / To put such birds in such a cage, alive!
B. Who then may trust the dice, at Fortune's throw?
C. When Fortune would elect / To trick a man, she plots his overthrow
D. And Fortune laughed, for she had had her joke.

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Chaucer's descriptions from "The Monk's Tale" which best illustrates Fortune as deceitful is,

"Who then may trust the dice, at Fortune's throw?'

The Monk tale is a series of tragedies which represents the news that the wealth and position is just an illusion. He refers through the example of many falling from high to low ends, such as the example of Lucifer falling from heaven. Through such example and stories, he continues to show the people who have fallen from grace.

Model of tragedies which Monk offers is a Boethian one that is which is a reminder of the versatility of the life itself, to bring on top to those who are crashing down on the grounds and that the tendency of the feminine, whimsical fortune to spin her wheels. Hence, it is a simple narrative and Boethian reminder that high status often ends inadequately.


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