Jamie Milliser English 1-4 Oct. 8, 2002 "The Prioress' Tale" is a miracle tale in which she discusses the beauty of God. "The Prioress' Tale" is a miracle tale in which she discusses the beauty of God through the eyes of a seven-year old boy who is martyred for singing a prayer to the Virgin Mary. In the Prioress' prologue, she talks about the power of God and calls on the Virgin Mary to help her tell …
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…from a psychological standpoint. In the general prologue Chaucer tells us that she is "Pleasant and friendly in her ways, and straining to counterfeit grace..." which tells the reader that this is not how she acts all the time but the story she tells reveals that this how she feels most of the time in her heart and that she really is a good person that is just ignorant of her place in the world.