Resetting The Canterbury Tales: Stage 4

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is a timeless classic of about very distinct members of society resting all together in a tavern from their pilgrimage. As Chaucer made his stories a resetting of the Decameron, I tell my story, as a resetting of the Canterbury Tales, here in Georgia Tech. The story opens up with individuals of different social statuses, or castes, meeting in one place, a tavern, with a common goal, to travel to the shrine of Saint Becket. This would be the one place during medieval times one would find such a diverse crowd. What better setting is this than the Georgia Tech cafeteria, well known as Britain. Britain serves as a resetting of the Canterbury Tales for it serves as a resting place for the main purpose of Tech, allows diverse groups of students to meet together in one place, and serves as a reminder of purpose of attending Georgia Tech.Different groups of students meet together, in one place, ready to make their journey back to their studies, just as the citizens of the Canterbury Tales met to travel to the shrine of their martyr. The pictures I have chosen best corporate the mood of Britain. The first, two people walk through the front doors of Britain, which represents a transition of a place where knowledge is acquired to a place of relaxation. Once inside, the picture with the television and people eating and chatting, represents a place where all different types of students meet, no one is unwanted or discriminated. This is different than say a fraternity cafeteria, where one would find only a specific group of students. The tale of the Knight would be traded for that of an athlete, the nun would be replaced with a member of the Christian Fraternity, and the wife of Bath’s would be one of the few women of Tech whom are very promiscuous. Lastly, the picture of the stain glassed window servers as a reminder for students of their main goal, to exceed in the acquiring of knowledge. This relates to how the Canterbury Tales mostly focuses on the tales of the pilgrims, Chaucer still reminds you of their purpose. As the tales go on, Chaucer disengages you from the actual tavern, pilgrimage, and the diversity of the group, and instead focuses on the tales or in Tech’s case the knowledge to be acquired. No multimodal presentation would be complete without audio stimulation. An excerpt from the Lord of the Rings Theme song serves as a perfect representation of the ingenious. As Frodo had to embark on his epic journey to destroy the One Ring, the song played all throughout the trilogy. The directors played the song every time Frodo would have a hardship on his long quest. The song fills the listener with excitement and is more at tentative to the quest. As the pilgrims make their journey, this song will play for them, as it will for the students stepping outside Britain, ready to challenge the world with their knowledge.

Works Cited
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics). New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2007. Print.
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The Ring Goes South. Cond. Howard Shore. 2003. Http://en.wikipedia.org/. Web. .