... and edged like the battlements of the a castle, his claws are whiter than the lily, and his overall colouring is like burnished gold. He is above all a '"'gentil'"', meaning noble cock and so are his wives. They are not just hens but his '"'paramours'"', meaning lovers, and his favourite is a '"'faire damoysele Pertelope'"', who is particularly '"'Courteous.... discreet and debonaire ... '"'. You see all of them in two ways -familiar farmyard animals and -figures from court romance. The cock is presented as a king figure, and Pertelope appears as his queen. This incongruity produces the s...

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... tries to avoid being criticized for his anti-feminism. Claiming that women are responsible for the fall of humanity, Nun's Priest excuses himself that the argument is not his but cock's: "Thise been the cokkes wordes and nat mine" (445). Yet given that anti-feminism had been widely accepted especially in the circles of church where the notion of Eve as ... truth to find except for the mocking and storytelling. Despite the grandiose descriptions of Chauntecleer and Pertelote as if they are hero and heroine, they turn out to be mere cock and hen (352-63). Told by the nun's priest, who was...

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