Literary Devices Used In The Nun's Priest Tale

Literary Devices used in The Nun’s Priest Tale

“The Nun’s Priest Tale”shows lots of examples using literary devices and how the author uses them very well and effectively. The author uses many literary devices in the tale. Literary devices such as dramatic irony, foreshadowing, and characterization. The main character Chanticleer could be tricked with flattery, which he was tricked by the foxes charm. Unfortunately, the next time the fox tries to trick Chanticleer he learned his lesson, dramatic irony is used to make a moral of the story and the readers knew what was gonna happen before it actually happened. The author successfully uses dramatic irony, allusions, foreshadowing, and personification in “The Nun’s Priest Tale” and some devices support the moral of the story. …show more content…
In “The Nun’s Priest Tale”, Chanticleer talks to his wife about the dreams he’s been having and she doesn’t believe the dream will come true and thinks he should man up and stop being afraid. After chanticleer and his wife finished bickering, he tells his wife past stories of other characters having horrible dreams that came true and how it affected them. He believes his dream will come true in the future and that’s a prime example of allusion. The way the author uses the literary device was a perfect lining for allusion and outlined the moral of story.
Personification is another literary device used in the story and is used to support the characters in “The Nun’s Priest Tale”. “The Nun’s Priest Tale” talks about how Chanticleer and his wife Pertelote would sing in the sweetest tunes to which the other animals enjoyed hearing, but it said they would sing in sweetest of tunes, for in those days animals could talk: It tells how animals are showing human characteristics in a nonhuman form. The author worded it perfectly, which supported the story for the use of the literary device