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Essay Galaxy - Irony in "The Pardoners Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's Tale" Irony in "The Pardoners Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's Tale"

Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting,or amusing contradictions. 1 Two stories that serve as excellent demonstrations of irony are “The Pardoners Tale” and “ The Nun's Priest's Tale,” both from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Although these two stories are very different, they both use irony to teach a lesson. Of the stories, “The Pardoners Tale” displays the most irony. First and foremost, the entire telling of the story is ironic, considering just who is the teller. The Pardoner uses this story to speak out against many social problems, all of which he himself is guilty of. He preaches about drunkenness, while he is drunk, blasphemy, as he attempts to sell fake religious re....

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