The Deerslayer Schlange", an East German Red Western from DEFA studios, starring Gojko Mitić. 1990: "", a Soviet version. In 1932, the "Leatherstocking Tales" were adapted as a thirteen-part serial radio drama. It is directed and performed by Charles Fredrick Lindsay and contains both "Deerslayer" and "Last of the Mohicans". A made-for-television film was released in 1978. The film was directed by Richard Friedenberg and starred Steve Forrest as Hawkeye. The Deerslayer The Deerslayer, or The First War-path (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and
The Canterbury Tales emphasised chivalry during his reign. Two tales, "Sir Topas" and "The Tale of Melibee", are told by Chaucer himself, who is travelling with the pilgrims in his own story. Both tales seem to focus on the ill-effects of chivalry—the first making fun of chivalric rules and the second warning against violence. The "Tales" constantly reflect the conflict between classes. For example, the division of the three estates: the characters are all divided into three distinct classes, the classes being "those who pray" (the clergy), "those who fight" (the nobility), and "those who work" (the commoners and peasantry). Most of the