Question

How does the narrator in “the nuns priest tale” make the story seem epic and heroic? How do the word choice and phrasing affect the narration?

Answer 1

The narrator in "The Nun’s Priest’s Tale" decides to tell a humorous fable about farm animals. He chooses the lofty style of epic narration to relate his commonplace story of a rooster and a fox. This style adds a comic element to the story. The nun’s priest compares the rooster Chanticleer to epic Greek heroes such as Hector and Achilles. Chanticleer’s boasts are like those of epic characters. Pertelote’s screams are likened to the loud shrieks of Hasdrubal’s wife on learning of his death in Carthage. The epic style is used to entertain readers and hold their interest in an otherwise mundane story.

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Answer 2

The narrator in "The Nun’s Priest’s Tale" decides to tell a humorous fable about farm animals. He chooses the lofty style of epic narration to relate his commonplace story of a rooster and a fox. This style adds a comic element to the story. The nun’s priest compares the rooster Chanticleer to epic Greek heroes such as Hector and Achilles. Chanticleer’s boasts are like those of epic characters. Pertelote’s screams are likened to the loud shrieks of Hasdrubal’s wife on learning of his death in Carthage. The epic style is used to entertain readers and hold their interest in an otherwise mundane story.

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