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The Monk, who is the tale's supposed narrator, announces that he is going to talk on the subject of tragedy. All of the people about whom he speaks were once powerful or important. All of them suffered terrible falls from grace or died horrible deaths. The Monk explains to his audience that his intention is to show them that they cannot expect to live in happiness and comfort for their entire lives. He also intends to show his listeners that they cannot escape the fate which Fortune has selected for them. In "The Monk's Tale", Fortune is treated as a living being who has power over all people's lives. The Monk explains that he will not necessarily follow chronological order when telling his stories but will tell each tale as he remembers it.

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  • The Monk, who is the tale's supposed narrator, announces that he is going to talk on the subject of tragedy. All of the people about whom he speaks were once powerful or important. All of them suffered terrible falls from grace or died horrible deaths. The Monk explains to his audience that his intention is to show them that they cannot expect to live in happiness and comfort for their entire lives. He also intends to show his listeners that they cannot escape the fate which Fortune has selected for them. In "The Monk's Tale", Fortune is treated as a living being who has power over all people's lives. The Monk explains that he will not necessarily follow chronological order when telling his stories but will tell each tale as he remembers it.
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  • The Monk, who is the tale's supposed narrator, announces that he is going to talk on the subject of tragedy. All of the people about whom he speaks were once powerful or important. All of them suffered terrible falls from grace or died horrible deaths. The Monk explains to his audience that his intention is to show them that they cannot expect to live in happiness and comfort for their entire lives. He also intends to show his listeners that they cannot escape the fate which Fortune has selected for them. In "The Monk's Tale", Fortune is treated as a living being who has power over all people's lives. The Monk explains that he will not necessarily follow chronological order when telling his stories but will tell each tale as he remembers it. Chaucer's primary sources for "The Monk's Tale" are On the Fortunes of Famous Men, a work written in Latin by the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, and The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
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