This tale is told using the technique of the mock-heroic, which takes a trivial event and elevates it into something of great universal import. To suggest that animals behave like humans is to suggest that humans often behave like animals. Consequently, this type of fable is often an insult to man or a commentary on man's foibles. The tale is an outstanding example of the literary style known as a bestiary (or a beast fable) in which animals behave like human beings. The Nun's Priest's Tale is one of Chaucer's most brilliant tales, and it functions on several levels. He thanks 'Sir Priest' for the fine tale and turns to another for the next tale. Observing the Priest's magnificent physique, he comments that, if the Priest were secular, his manhood would require not just seven hens, but seventeen. The fox tries once again to lure Chaunticleer down by compliments and flattery, but the rooster has learned his lesson.ДЄt the conclusion of the tale, the Host praises the Nun's Priest. The fox, thinking Chaunticleer's idea a good one, opens his mouth, and Chaunticleer nimbly escapes to a treetop. Soon the widow, her two daughters, the dogs, hens, geese, ducks, and even the bees, are chasing the fox.Д¬haunticleer suggests to the fox to turn around and shout insults at his pursuers. The hens in the barnyard make such a terrible commotion that they arouse the entire household. At that moment, the fox races to the cock, grasps him about the neck, and makes off with him. Hearing this, the vain cock shuts his eyes and bursts into song. Chaunticleer begins to run, but the fox gently calls out that he only came to hear Chaunticleer's beautiful voice. Later, Chaunticleer catches sight of a fox named Don Russel, who is hiding near the farmyard.

Chaunticleer graciously thanks Lady Pertelote, but he quotes authorities who maintain that dreams have a very definite meaning and insists that he does not need a laxative. She tells him he dreamed because he ate too much and that it is well known that dreams have no meaning he simply needs a laxative. fy on you, herteless') and tells him that being afraid of dreams is cowardly and that, by showing such fear, he has lost her love.

Fie on you / heartless coward' ('Avoi (coward). This beast's color and markings were much the same as a fox. One spring morning, Chaunticleer awakens from a terrible dream of a beast roaming in the yard trying to seize him.

The Sovereignty of Marriage versus the Wife's Obedience.

The priests