I need help with the Canterbury Tales for my english class. I hardly understood the thing... 9. Which excerpt from “The Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales best indicates that the Nun is a compassionate person? (1 point) • “Her veil was gathered in a seemly way,/Her nose was elegant…” • “And well she sang a service, with a fine/Intoning through her nose…” • “She used to weep if she but saw a mouse/Caught in a trap, if it were dead…” • “But she could carry a morsel up and keep/The smallest drop from falling… ”
“She used to weep if she but saw a mouse/Caught in a trap, if it were dead…” She is compassionate toward animals, weeping when she sees a mouse being caught/trapped and killed.
“She used to weep if she but saw a mouse/Caught in a trap, if it were dead…” I think this is it
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