This document summarizes the plot of "The Second Nun's Tale" by Chaucer. It follows Saint Cecilia, a Roman woman who converts her husband Valerian and his brother Tibertius to Christianity. They are arrested by the prefect Almachius and sentenced to death for their faith. Though ordered to be boiled alive, Cecilia remains unharmed. She continues preaching until being stabbed, dying three days later. The tale promotes religion as a theme of holiness and devotion to God.

1. The Second
Nun’s Tale

2. Title: The Second Nun’s Tale
 CHARACTERS:
 Saint Cecilia- a Roman woman who was
tutored in the ways of God
 Valerian- supposed to be the man that
Cecilia is going to marry
 Tibertius-the brother of Valerian who
became a Christian
 Almachius- the prefect who ordered the
death of the death of Cecilia, Tibertius
and Valerian
 Maximus- a roman soldier who claimed
that he saw the spirit of Tibertius and
Valerian ascended in heaven

4.  SETTING: Rome, Via Appia
 Climax:
 Almachius ordered that Cecilia shall be
boiled to death and to be slayed in bath

5. PLOT:
 Cecilia told and convinced his husband
Valerian that she can see an angel by
being a Christian follower
 Valerian was baptized and so, he was
able to saw the angel
 Valerian’s brother was also baptized as a
Christian and the three of them live
together with the aid of God
 They were sought by the Roman’s
sergeant and was brought before
Almachius and was sentence to death
 After Valerian and his brother died, their
spirit ascended to heaven

6.  No matter what order of death was given to
Cecilia, she wasn’t afraid and it didn’t hurt her one
bit.
 She was stabbed in the neck and died three days
later after sharing and teaching the Christian faith
to the people
 She was buried among the other saints and the
people built a church and name it St. Cecilia for
her commemoration.

7. THEME
 The team of the story is “Religion”.
 The whole story had revolved around the
theme of the religion, in which the
paragraphs depicts the holiness and
sacredness of God.