THE NUN’S PRIEST’S TALE Middle English terms: bestiary/ fables: animals behave like human beings. • to man to suggest that animals behave like humans is to suggest that humans often behave like animals Chanticleer: clear crowing: boasting or bragging • THE NUN’S PRIEST’S TALE poor vs. rich poor: widow -little income -sparse Christian life -easier to
THE NUN’S PRIEST’S TALE Middle English terms: • bestiary/ fables: animals behave like human beings. to man to suggest that animals behave like humans is to suggest that humans often behave like animals • Chanticleer: clear crowing: boasting or bragging THE NUN’S PRIEST’S TALE poor vs. rich poor: widow -little income -sparse Christian life -easier to
the_canterbury_tales_intro.docx