Critical Analysis on the Character of Chaunticleer

             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, and is described as a very elegant .

             looking Rooster. He has every characteristic of a person belonging to .

             the upper class. Chaucer's hidden meanings and ideas make us think .

             that the story is about roosters and farm animals, but in reality he .

             is making the Aristocracy of his time period the subject of his .

             mockery by making the reader realize how clueless the Aristocracy can .

             be to the way things are in the real World.

             Chaucer describes Chaunticleer in many different ways. One of them .

             is his language. Chaunticleer's language is that of a scholar. He .

             quotes many different scriptures in a conversation with Pertelote, .

             such as, Saint Kenelm, Daniel and Joseph (from the bible), and .

             Croesus. 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 win the argument with his spouse and not because he .

             actually believes what they say. Chaucer is using the idea that the .

             Aristocracy has schooling throughout their childhood, but it is only .

             done to have seemingly important but empty conversations.

             His physical appearance is also described with such beautiful passion .

             that it makes us think Chaunticleer is heaven on earth. "His comb was .

             redder than fine coral, and crenellated like a castle wall; his bill .

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