There was once a priest who knew nothing of virtue and honor as a holy man, yet he felt it his divine right to preach the bible to the world. He often times sought out those who sinned, in hopes to set them straight. However, a crooked man has no right to try to straighten the virtues of others. As a result, many people despised the priest because there were no other men fit for the job in the village. The King who governed the lands also thought it was necessary to have a “holy man”, and asking him about the priest’s reputation was out of the question for him.
One day it so happened that the priest felt it right to have a few drinks. Since the Priest was new to the village his infamous reputation was despised by many, but still unknown by a select few. There was one bar in the village run by the Host and his wife. The Host was not a man of god per se, but a man of good moral standing nonetheless. His virtues were in good standing and would never harm a man unless he utterly deserved it. Inside the bar is the Barman, his wife, a drunken peasant, and a knight. The Priest walks into the bar with high hopes of educating the sinners, while also having a few ales of his own.
Once there was a young man named Lewis, he had a selfish attitude always got him into trouble. Stealing, gambling, and drinking were some of the hobbies he fancied. He had no job other than making life difficult for others. It seemed as though everyone else was the problem and not himself. Shameless was Lewis, he never seemed to learn to overcome his behavior until one day. There was a knight traveling through the town one day named William. He was a knight of great nobility. William was well versed with the bible and chivalric virtues. As he entered the ga...
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...l. The visions of hell that Lewis dreams of are more of a premonition of what is to come. Earlier in the story it was not God who answered his prayer after the farmer left, but the devil because he was never caught leaving with the pig.
The lesson to be learned here is that; no matter how much you think you can get away with something, it will always catch up with you. It’s a form of karma in a sense. If you (as the reader) had the attitude, personality, and perspective that Lewis had on the world around him, then there could be similar consequences for you as well. This is the sort of “Scared-Straight” archetype that we see in The Adulterous Falmouth Squire where the son is shown the horrible images of hell in order to steer him away from sin. In my story, Lewis does not listen to his premonition and his life-changing injury followed soon after as a result.
Canturberry Tales - The Nun's Priest's Tale This is a charming little fable cleverly disguised as a barnyard story. In the first twenty-six lines, the setting of the story is described as a small farm, belonging to a very plain widow and her two daughters. The widow is a simple woman of good heath, who has managed to make it despite her unfortunate circumstance of being slightly impoverished. In lines twenty-seven through forty-four we are introduced to the story's main character, Chanticleer
The Hidden Meaning of The Nun's Priest's Tale It has been suggested that a "Chaucer tale exploits the nature of its genre but also draws attention to the ideological biases and exclusions inherent in the genre"2. In my opinion The Nun's Priest's Tale is a wonderful example of Chaucer testing the bounds of his chosen genre - in this case the beast fable. What is a beast fable? Obviously a tale about animals, but one where "animals are used as embodiments or caricatures of human virtues, vices
Told by a charming priest and kindly man, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is a beast fable in Chaucer’s genius framed narrative, The Canterbury Tales. Written in the late 14th century, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is a fable about an all too egotistic rooster named Chanticleer who dreams of his impending doom which takes the form of a beast. Deeply troubled, he seeks the consolation of other wise barn animals and his favorite wife, Pertelote. Being a beast fable, the Nun’s Priest mocks the Court World by lowering
Chanticleer a nice poor old guy, father of two daughters, and husband of many wives. The article “Nun’s Priest’s Tale” states, “The protagonist of this mock-heroic story is Chanticleer, a rooster with seven wives, foremost among them the hen Pertelote. Pertelote dismisses Chanticleer's dream of being attacked and tells him to go about his business.” Chanticleer has one very close wife, and he tells her what he dreamt but she just thinks that he is sick. The rooster believes his dream means something
Chaucer's "The Nun's Priest's Tale" is at once a fable, a tale of courtly love, and a satire mocking fables and courtly love traditions. To this end, Chaucer makes use of several stylistic techniques involving both framing and content. The tale begins and ends with "a poor widwe somdeel stape in age" (line 1), but the majority of the content involves not the widow but the animals on her farm, in particular an arrogant rooster name Chauntecleer. The first mention of the main character does not
of the Nun’s Priest. Only in the prologue to his tale do we finally get a glimpse of who he might be, albeit rather obtusely. As Harry Bailey rather disparagingly remarks: “Telle us swich thyng as may oure hertes glade./Be blithe, though thou ryde upon a jade” (p.235, ll2811-2812). I say this cautiously because much criticism has surrounded the supposed character of the Nun’s Priest, his role in the tale, and his relationship to the Canterbury Tales as a whole. One example, in my opinion, of an unsatisfactory
or jam on a sandwich. These decisions even ones that seem minute have a ripple effect in your life, for an hour, day or even years. This idea of choice and its repercussions is demonstrated throughout the texts “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales and Edmund Spencer’s “First Booke of the Faerie Queene” from The Faerie Queene. In both of these texts the choices made by the protagonists of Chauntecleer and Red Cross Knight in addition to the cast of characters they meet
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale The tale told by the Nun’s Priest is a fable or story with animals as the main characters and usually ends with a moral of some sort. This tale takes place on the farm of and old, poor widow. All that she posses can be summed up in a few lines. It is among her possessions that we find the rooster Chanticleer, who’s crowing is more precise than any clock and a voice that was jollier than any church organ. The tale is told from the point-of-view of Chanticleer. One night
Summary and Analysis of The Nun's Priest's Tale (The Canterbury Tales) Prologue to the Nun's Priest's Tale: The Knight interrupts the Monk's Tale, for as a man who has reached a certain estate, he does not like to hear tales of a man's fall from grace. He would rather hear of men who rise in esteem and status. The Host refuses to allow the Monk to continue, instead telling the Nun's Priest to tell his tale. The Nun's Priest's Tale: The Nun's Priest tells a tale of an old woman who had a small
in The Pardoners Tale and The Nun's Priest's Tale Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting,or amusing contradictions. 1 Two stories that serve as excellent demonstrations of irony are "The Pardoners Tale" and " The Nun's Priest's Tale," both from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Although these two stories are very different, they both use irony to teach a lesson. Of the stories, "The Pardoners Tale" displays the most
The Beast Fable and Romance in the Nun's Priest Tale Chaucer utilized many literary forms when composing his Canterbury Tales. Among these forms he utilized were the beast fable and romance. We find elements of both of these forms in the Nun's Priest's Tale. Yet Chaucer was a decidingly original poet. When he took these forms he made them his. He often diverged from the accepted norms to come up with stories that were familiar to the fourteenth century reader yet also original. First let
wages on this piece of decorative, Maggie is attempting to improve her appearances and tricking Pete into thinking that she is more glamorous than she really is. Maggie’s obsession with outer perfection is similar to Chanticleer’s in the Nun’s Priest’s Tale. Chanticleer is very conscious about his outer appearances and this obsession almost cost the rooster his life. In a similar way, the more time Maggie spends with Pete, the more she began to notice the poverty-stricken environment that she lived
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, many familiar medieval literary genres may be found. A very common tale that Chaucer uses is the fabliau, which is best portrayed in "The Miller's Tale." Another comedic genre, the beast fable, creates a moral through the use of animals instead of humans. In the Nun's Priest's Tale, Chaucer uses this fable to great effect. A third type of tale, the Breton lays, uses "The Franklin's Tale" to bring out the nobility of love. All three of these tales bring comedy and structure
Chaucer begins The Nun’s Priest’s Tale by describing a simple widow and her two simple daughters. They own a barn where a magnificently handsome cock with a beautiful and accurate “cock-a-doodle-doo”. Here, his seven wives also live; his favorite is the most beautiful Pertelote. He one day speaks to her about a dream. In this dream, a fox eats Chanticleer, the cock, and Chanticleer now worries that it may come true. Pertelote does not believe in this predestination and gives her argument. She then
rampart throughout the lands. Many people felt that there was a great need for moral improvement in society. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales he clearly brings to light his thoughts and concerns of “ethical cleansing.” No tale more fully expresses this idea than that of “The Pardoner’s Tale” and “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale.” “The Pardoner’s Tale” suggests a profile of the Pardoner as a moral man, a man of God. The narrator is viewed as a wise, gentle, and truthful man who wants to share his