Physics in modern literature While in respect to greed these tales may agree, that greed is universal among humans contrasts with the widow of the "Nun's Priest's Tale." She is described as poor and aged, and is "living a simple life on her small landholding" (Whittock 230). She is not caught up in the race for wealth; she is not influenced by greed, but instead lives "an idealization of honest and contented poverty" (Fehrenbacher 138). Chaucer shows that it is not just in human nature to be greedy in this tale. Human nature as depicted in "The Nun's Priest's Tale" contrasts not only with the greed in some of the tales but also with what is depicted in "The Cleric's Tale." In the former tale, Chanticleer, a rooster, is arguing with his wife Pertelote over the meaning of dreams, and in this argument one sees the all-to-real battle of the sexes. “kogucik”...
