An example of irony in The Squires Tale would be when we first encountered the knight. It was usually custom during that time period for knights to challenge the king for the crown. The knight would want all the power and glory the king possesses. When reading the tale we believed that the knight was coming to challenge the king. However we later learned that the knight came bearing magical gifts from his lord.
The significance of the tale relates to how humans tend to rationalize things we can not comprehend. Things that possess magical qualities, such as the gifts the knight had brought. Because the general population didn't believe in the relics the knight brought they originally bashed the knight. We rationalize the unique things by pushing people away and belittling them. This relates uncannily to todays world because the population is quick to judge. For example magicians and religious people are quick to get bashed.
The significance of the tale relates to how humans tend to rationalize things we can not comprehend. Things that possess magical qualities, such as the gifts the knight had brought. Because the general population didn't believe in the relics the knight brought they originally bashed the knight. We rationalize the unique things by pushing people away and belittling them. This relates uncannily to todays world because the population is quick to judge. For example magicians and religious people are quick to get bashed.