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Scarica la prioressa di chaucer e più Slide in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! The Canterbury Tales The Prioress Introduction, Reading and Analysis WL27 The Prioress Summary and analysis of the text Chaucer describes the Prioress as a charming and elegant woman. Her name is Eglantyne She has a broad forehead, perfect nose, grey eyes and a small mouth. Her smile is simple and shy. She only swears by “Saint Loy” which sounds ironical because St Eloy was the protector of goldsmiths. She can sing the divine service very well with a pleasant nasal intonation and can speak French elegantly. She is obviously a lady who has not forgotten her aristocratic past. She tries to imitate courtly manners. Her tender heart makes her crying at the sight of dead or bleeding mice caught into a trap. She is fond of animals and feeds her dogs with roasted meat and expensive fine bread. Chaucer criticises the Prioress by prising her very faults ironically. He insists on outward behaviour because he wants to emphasise the gap expected of a nun and the Prioress’s behaviour. As a nun she should strictly follow the rules of simplicity and poverty. However, she wears jewellery as she has a red- coral rosary and an elegant gold broch with the motto Amor vincit omnia. The inscription should be have been Amor Dei concerning divine love instead of worldly profane love.