The tale comes from the Histories of Titus Livius and is retold in The Romance of the Rose, John Gower's Confessio Amantis which Chaucer drew on for inspiration along with the biblical story of Jephtha. Exemplum: moral anecdote, brief or extended, that teaches a moral lesson.Ħ The Tale This is a domestic drama about the relationship between a daughter and her father and it is one of the earliest extant poems in English about such subjects and relationships. Sometimes, these moral tales are called parables. Diseases were cured by restoring this balance.Ĥ The Physician His life is based on moderation in his diet and rejection of excess Being a man of science, he didn’t read the Bible Made a lot of money working during the Plague Clad in red and blue “In blood-red garments, slashed with bluish-gray / And lined with taffeta, he rode his way ”ĥ The Tale “The Physician’s Tale” is considered one of the moral tales, along with the Pardoner’s tale and the Knight’s tale.
Medieval medicine was based on the classical notion of 4 humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile) People believed that diseases were caused by an imbalance in these humors. “All his apothecaries in a tribe Were ready with the drugs he would prescribe, And each made money from the other’s guile They had been friendly for a goodish while.”ģ The Physician He had good knowledge about astrology so he could calculate planetary positions. In league with the apothecary-worked with the pharmacist to make more money off of people. Studied the teaching of the famous doctors of antiquity. He believes that gold is good for the heart He knew the cause of every illness, what humor engenders them, and how to cure them. The Canterbury Tales “The Physician’s Tale”
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