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1 Analysis of “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale”
By Geoffrey Chaucer

2 Genre Beast Fable Mock Epic

3 Sources A variety, ranging from the Bible to Aesop.

4 Structure Opening in Barnyard Dream Discussion Seizing of Chanticleer
Fox Dream Discussion Seizing of Chanticleer Escape of Chanticleer Flattery

5 Themes and Style Woman is to blame for the Fall of Man
Frequently “ludicrous” Barnyard vs. philosophical

6 Moral or lesson Flattery will get you nowhere
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

7 Here Endeth the Lesson Produced by Chaucer, Inc.
Directed by Mr. Jackson Copyright MCMLXXXIII, all rights reserved.

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