cock blindly and foolishly accepts the request Closing his eyes he is grasped by the fox when he starts crowing nbsp Calamity Comes from Overconfidence Overconfidence is a state of mind when someone shows too much confidence in a particular matter In The Nun's Priest's Tale the arrogant cock is overconfident He considers himself as the King of his territory This arrogance and pride finally cause Chanticleer's collapse in his ability to avoid danger Chanticleer's downfall alerts us against the dangers of overvaluing oneself A quotation is to follow to know his boastful nature nbsp For he that wynketh whan he sholde see Al wilfully God lat him nevere thee nbsp The Frivolity of Believing Flattery Creatures having human quality become pleased hearing false praises Chanticleer is no exception Pertelote's encouragement befools him When he expresses his dream to Pertelote she chides him Besides she encourages him to disregard his prophetic dreams which finally brings him downfall It is a cautionary story against the damaging effects of flattery and blind trust nbsp Have ye no mannes herte and han a berd Allas And konne ye been agast of swevenys nbsp In these lines Pertelote tells Chanticleer that he is a coward and heartless husband He has no courage Even he is scared of false dreams Chanticleer becomes agitated and changes his mind nbsp Fortune is Unpredictable What will happen tomorrow None can say today Though Chanticleer is manipulated by his wife to disbelieve his dream he adheres to the principles regarding the significance of the dream He attempts to avoid his predicted fate but ultimately falls victim to the fox's cunning This incident highlights the unpredictable nature of fate nbsp Value of Wisdom and Experience At the beginning of the Tale we see a woman of advanced age She keeps a flock of birds Among them her noble possession is the cock Chanticleer Chanticleer is the king with another seven hens The woman nourishes them cordially This story helps us to understand that keeping possession is not a matter of age Through the widow's character Chaucer implies that wisdom and experience often surpass youth and physical strength nbsp Sensually Pleasing Words Destroy Dignity Mulier es hominus confusio is a Latin phrase meaning Woman is the ruin of man But Chanticleer defines this as woman is man's joy and all his bliss to please his wife His wife had chided him earlier for his fear of bad dreams So he falsely interprets the quotation to get relief from her rebukes Besides he is pleased with the fox s false praises and starts singing closing his eyes and is captured nbsp In conclusion Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale involves multifaceted moral learning This story suggests not to be flattered We can learn the value of wisdom and experience from the poem Chaucer skillfully incorporates these moral lessons in this poem through a captivating narrative