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Imagery and the Nun's Priest's Tale

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/Megusta327/foxtree.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/Megusta327/renards.jpg

I thought these two images worked nicely as they help us visualize a key scene within the tale. The first image is more or less self-explanatory. Here (this is a cropped and zommed in section of the second image) we see the rooster, or for our purposes Chanticleer, looking down upon the fox from the safety of a tree. However the second image, which shows us the piece of art in its entirety, is more provocative. The violence that is occuring in the rest of the image is somewhat unexpected in comparison to the relative calm of the fox gazing up at Chanticleer in the tree. The image as a whole effectively portrays both the terror of Chanticleer's dream coming to life and the inescapability of these dreams.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/Megusta327/foxtree.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/Megusta327/renards.jpg

I thought these two images worked nicely as they help us visualize a key scene within the tale. The first image is more or less self-explanatory. Here (this is a cropped and zommed in section of the second image) we see the rooster, or for our purposes Chanticleer, looking down upon the fox from the safety of a tree. However the second image, which shows us the piece of art in its entirety, is more provocative. The violence that is occuring in the rest of the image is somewhat unexpected in comparison to the relative calm of the fox gazing up at Chanticleer in the tree. The image as a whole effectively portrays both the terror of Chanticleer's dream coming to life and the inescapability of these dreams. Chanticleer is literally and figuratively haunted by them, as depicted in this image.

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