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Which detail from Chaucer's "The Monk’s Tale" best demonstrates that Fortune is a "blind prosperity" that no one should trust?

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he starts with lucifer

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There are numerous details and all of them are seen in the historical overview of how pride and fortune caused the fall of many men. He starts with Lucifer, continues with Adam, Samson, Nero, and many others up until that day.
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