Canterbury Tales: Chaunticleer; Behind The Rooster
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In the book Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, gives us a stunning tale
about a rooster named Chaunticleer. Chaunticleer, who is the King of his domain
in his farmland kingdom. Like a King, he quotes passages from intellectuals,
dreams vivid dreams, has a libido that runs like a bat out of hell, ....
Middle of paper
.... From each author he tells a
story about an individual who had a vision in a dream and the dream came true.
He may have been making all the stories up in order to win the argument with
Pertelote, but, this seems unlikely because he does not take heed to his own
advice and stay away from the fox that encounters him later. He is educated
enough to know these supposed quotations but not intelligent enough to
understand the real meaning of them. It is if he simply brings because they help
him ....
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