Out of all the intriguing aspects about the Second Nun's Tale, the one issue that I still am struggling to understand is why the placement of the tale is close to the end of the Canterbury Journey. It is interesting that we are presented with a Saint's tale, but I've tried to analyze the morality of the tale to perhaps get a better grip on the entire tale's purpose.
Although the tale has a focus on faith and religion, like numerous tales before it, this tale explicitly preaches one lesson: don't worship false idols. I hate to latch on to the most obvious moral of the story, but I can't help thinking it has something to do with the fact that our pilgrims have almost reached their destination.
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