Switching over to Chaucer, his representation of class division was pretty similar to Shakespeare but used different methods to display it. Back in the medivial times certain words stood as descriptors. One of the main adjectives he uses to classify the class system is, degree. Based off what someone’s degree is represents what class they’re put into. Similar to a “rank” a degree is comes from the low to higher class rank scale. Referring to what Brewer said in his “Class Distinction Speculum”, Chaucer uses the class division as a part of the literary crticism, and states there are 3 productive classes. Going back to the tales in “Canterbury Tales” there are plenty of solid examples of when Chaucer would emphasis the characters class placements.
