2. (a) List three characteristics of the Nun. (b) Deduce: What details

does Chaucer include in his description of the Nun to make gentle

fun of her? Explain.

Chaucer describes The Nun as a woman who is more concerned about being an elegant lady than about charity. For her the most important are the appearances.

For this reason she is called the counterfeir nun, because she is not real, everything about her is false. For instance her real name is Madame Eglantine.

She has bad behaviors, something completely different from a real nun, she is hypocritical and almost everything about her is false.

Chaucer uses some expressions to emphasize how fake she is, for example the name the counterfeir nun.

Besides, he gives some clues to show who she really is, like in this line, "only oath was to Saint Loy," with this phrase he wants to show that she such as Saint Loy did not take the oaths.

Other clue about her real identity is how he calls her Madam instead of Sister.