An Explanation and Recapitulation by W. Alexander Huckleberry

Tonnesen and A. Frank Gregory Sharkey

Nun’s Priest’s Social Presence

Priests were of the upper echelon in medieval society, and the nun’s priest would have been no exception. He would have been a member of the upper religious class, i.e. clergy.

He was in a caravan with two other priests and two nuns, who between them had a great amount of wealth and trinkets “She wore a coral

trinket on her arm, a set of beads…golden broach of brightest sheen” (Chaucer 7)

The Nun’s Priest’s Tale of the Cock and the Hen, Chanticleer and the Par tlet

Unfortunately, the physical characteristics of the Nun’s Priest are nowhere to be

found, or at least such is true in the life experiences of both me and Alex. We

apologize, but as consolation, here is a picture that represents that, clearly, someone found more than

we did.

The Tale Itself

Getting Down to the Knitty-Grtty

A rooster named Chanticleer is having nightmares that he’s being attacked, and his wife tells him not to worry Says that he’ll be fine if he just takes some

laxatives He defeats her logic by citing famous

literature where the prophets of the story foresaw their own deaths.

What happens next?

Moral:Don’t consume yourself with

imitation, for your true self will be eaten (metaphorically/literally)

Moral:Pride thyself only on that which is

accomplished, for thy chickens cannot be counted as whole before the time of their

hatching.

He ends up getting killed by a fox while he’s singing and he hits a high note. His eyes were closed when

he tried to crow as loudly as his father.

The rooster was more vulnerable in his distraction

Now, the fox gets cocky. He is being chased, and

opens his mouth to taunt his pursuers.

As such, Chanticleer is released from the fox’s mouth, and is able to fly up into a tree for safety.

The fox tried to get Chanticleer to come down, but he wouldn’t, because he’s not stupid.

Whaddositallmeen?

The story is a fable that is based on many stories present in the Anglo-Saxon regions of the time. As mentioned, it has two major morals contained in it.

The story speaks to the values of the Anglo-Saxon culture that was present at the time Chaucer wrote it, even while the British Isles were under French Influence.

FINEnjoyThe

Cake!