Rather than taking care of the poor like most nuns she wants the finer things in life. She should be feeding the hungry, but is instead feeding herself generously to the point that she is over weightl. Chaucer writes,”Graciously she reached for food to dine. And certainly delighting in a good sport.” (Chaucer Lines 136-137) Also, instead of feeding the needy “roasted flesh, milk, and white bread” (Chaucer Line 147) she feeds her little dogs the plentiful foods. Using satire in his poem Chaucer humorously makes fun of the church’s community because the Prioress goes against a lot of their teachings of being simple and generous. Another character who Chaucer uses satire to make fun of the church is the Monk. The Monk is a character who is similar to the Prioress, he does not follow the church’s teachings. He is worried more about filling his own desires instead of the churches. In the poem Chaucer writes,” Monk there was, one of the finest sort, An outrider; hunting was his sport;” (Chaucer Lines 165-166) most monks of that time and even in modern times are simple. They don’t believe in materialistic items and definitely do not hunt as a
Rather than taking care of the poor like most nuns she wants the finer things in life. She should be feeding the hungry, but is instead feeding herself generously to the point that she is over weightl. Chaucer writes,”Graciously she reached for food to dine. And certainly delighting in a good sport.” (Chaucer Lines 136-137) Also, instead of feeding the needy “roasted flesh, milk, and white bread” (Chaucer Line 147) she feeds her little dogs the plentiful foods. Using satire in his poem Chaucer humorously makes fun of the church’s community because the Prioress goes against a lot of their teachings of being simple and generous. Another character who Chaucer uses satire to make fun of the church is the Monk. The Monk is a character who is similar to the Prioress, he does not follow the church’s teachings. He is worried more about filling his own desires instead of the churches. In the poem Chaucer writes,” Monk there was, one of the finest sort, An outrider; hunting was his sport;” (Chaucer Lines 165-166) most monks of that time and even in modern times are simple. They don’t believe in materialistic items and definitely do not hunt as a