An essay is
a. a subgenre of fiction in which authors tend to employ experimental techniques.
b. a poetic and often dramatic type of writing that can sometimes lack coherence due to its freedom from logical structure.
c. a type of nonfiction writing in which the author makes deliberate style, structure, and diction choices to support a thesis.
d. a nonstylized and completely factual form of nonfiction in which the author's voice and style are completely absent.

bildungsroman is a german word for novel covering youth to adulthood which describes a coming-of-age story

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.