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Irony In "The Pardoners Tale" And "The Nun's Priest's Tale"
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Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve
surprising, interesting,or amusing contradictions. 1 Two stories that
serve as excellent demonstrations of irony are “The Pardoners Tale” and “
The Nun's Priest's Tale,” both from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
Although these tw ....
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....e most ironic action in the whole story, the
murderers, to congratulate themselves, drink from the poisoned cup and die.
“The Nun's Priest's Tale” is also laden with irony, the most
obvious of which is the characters themselves. The story begins by
telling of an old woman who owns several farm animals, but while the woman
is described as “a poor old widow,” who “led a patient, simple life,” (1
&6) while the animals are described as royalty. For example, the animals
had regal names and title.... |
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