Croesus and Chauntecleer: The Royal Road of Dreams

Description: In his tale, the Monk selectively edits the legend of Croesus from Jean de Meun's "Roman de la Rose" to "lessen the dreamer's responsibility for his fate" and thus to "fit Croesus into his gallery of tragic figures."; The Nun's Priest in his tale, on the other hand, "stresses his dreamer's responsibility for his own fate, largely through a hermeneutic debate...omitted by the Monk, and ironically mentions Croesus. Chauntecleer, with his royal demeanor and his easily allayed fears of foretold mishap, is a comic Croesus, while Pertelote, with her misapplied dream lore, is an inversion of Phania," the daughter of Croesus.