The Nun's Priest's Tale

by Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Nun's Priest's Tale Questions and Answers

What is the main theme of "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales? Discuss it with examples from the text.

What was the reaction when Chanticleer was captured by the fox in "The Nun's Priest's Tale"?

What are some comical satirical points made in "The Nun's Priest's Tale"?

Who are Chanticleer and Pertelote from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" by Chaucer?

Consider the rhetorical features of "The Nun's Priest's Tale." Discuss in particular the similes.

Compare and contrast the methods of argument that Pertelote and Chanticleer use to defend their interpretations of dreams.

How is the fox able to capture Chanticleer? What moral is this supposed to teach?

In The Canterbury Tales, which three morals best sums up "The Nun's Priest's Tale"?

How does the serious dramatic quality of Pertelote’s complaint (lines 88–101) lend comedy to The Nun's Priest's Tale?

What is the idea Chaucer wishes to convey in "The Nun's Priest's Tale," and how does it relate to  "The Prologue"/The Canterbury Tales?

Provide an example of apostrophe from the Nun's Priest's Tale.

Discuss the narrative art of Chaucer with reference to "The Nonne Preestes Tale."

In The Canterbury Tales what is being satirized in "The Nun's Priest's Tale"?

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In what genre is The Nun's Priest's Tale written?

How is Chauntecleer a round character in the Nun's Priest's Tale?

When Chanticleer first spies the fox in "The Nun's Priest's Tale," what does he do?

In "The Nun's Priest's Tale," why is Chanticleer a round character in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales?

With regard to Chaucer's "The Nun's Priest's Tale," in The Canterbury Tales, how does the human and beastly intersect in Chaunticleer?

What is the idea Chaucer wishes to convey in "The Nonnes Preestes Tale"?

"The Nun's Priest's Tale moves on two levels: the human and the animal." Elaborate.

In The Canterbury Tales, what does it mean when Chanticleer says to the fox: "For he who shuts his eyes when he should see, / And willfully, God let him ne'er be free!"

What is the role of the Nun's Priest in The Canterbury Tales?

In The Canterbury Tales, what is the summary of Chaucer's  "The Nun's Priest's Tale"?

Critically comment on "The Nonne's Preestes Tale" by Chaucer.

What is an example of an apostrophe from the "Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales?

What is your opinion about the Nun's Priest Tale? What are your comments about this tale?

I need help writing an argumentative essay on "The Nun's Priest's Tale."

Is "The Nun's Priest's Tale" simply an amusing story which does not convey any serious reading of life?

Discuss the main theme of "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales.

In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, does the teller suit the tale? In other words, is this tale appropriate for the Nun's Priest to tell?

What is the the historical background of the story of the "Nun's Preist's Tale"? Why did he use animals instead of humans? What is the moral that story discuses?

What is the main theme of the 'Nonne Preestes Tale'? Discuss with explanation from the text.

What god does the narrator pray to here?

What are some details from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" of The Canterbury Tales that support the claim that Chanticleer is a round character?

What are details supporting the claim that Chauntecleer is a round character in "The Nun's Priest's Tale"?

Explain what Chauntecleer is telling the Fox Read the following passage from The Nun's Priest's Tale. "Nay thanne," quod he. "I shrewe us bothe two; But first I shrewe myself, bothe blood and bones, If thou bigile me ofter than ones; Thou shalt namore thurgh thy flaterye, Do me to singe and winken with myn ye. For he that winketh whan he sholde see, Al wilfully, God lat him nevere thee." Please help me, cause i don't understand this.

In The Canterbury Tales from The Nun's Priest's Tale, use your own words to paraphrase what Chauntecleer is telling the Fox. "Nay thanne," quod he, "I shrewe us bothe two, / And first I shrewe myself bothe blood and bones, / If thou bigyle me ofter than ones. / Thou shalt namoore, thurgh thy flaterye, / Do me to synge and wynke with myn ye; / For he that wynketh whan he sholde see, / Al wilfully, God lat him nevere thee."