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    Canterbury Tales - ChaunticleerIn the book Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer tells us an amazing story about a rooster named Chaunticleer. Chaunticleer, who is the king of his domain in his agricultural kingdom. Like a king, he quotes passages from intellectuals, has vivid dreams, has a libido that shoots out like a bat from hell and is described as a very elegant-looking rooster. He has all the characteristics of an upper class person. Chaucer's hidden meanings and ideas make us think that the story is about roosters and farm animals, but in reality he makes the aristocracy of his time the subject of his mockery by making the reader understand how the aristocracy can be ignorant of the way things happen. are in the real world. Chaucer describes Chaunticleer in different ways. One of them is its language. Chaunticleer's language is that of a scholar. He cites many different scriptures in conversation with Pertelote, such as Saint Kenelm, Daniel and Joseph (from the Bible), and Croesus. From each author, it tells the story of an individual who had a vision in a dream and whose dream came true. He may have made up all the stories in order to win the argument with Pertelote, but this seems unlikely as he disregards his own advice and does not stay away from the fox who meets him later. He is educated enough to know these so-called quotes but not intelligent enough to understand their true meaning. That's if he just brings them because they help him win the argument with his wife and not because he actually believes what they say. Chaucer uses the idea that the aristocracy has schooling throughout their childhood, but this 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 that Chaunticleer is heaven on earth. “Its crest was redder than fine coral and crenellated like a castle wall; its beak was black and shone like jet; his paws and toes were like azure; her nails whiter than lilies; and its color like burnished gold. » Chaucer describes Chaunticleer as the quintessential rooster, so perfect that his description is no longer credible when we realize he is describing a rooster. Chaucer prepares Chaunticleer to be as regal and grand as a king.