Throughout the “General Prologue” Chaucer presents a vast majority of characters in the mid 1400’s to represent human's instinct of dishonesty and corruption. throughout all of chaucer's characters that he portrays as the twenty nine pilgrims, three in particular stand out to me because of their interaction with charity. out of these three characters only one exemplifies the true meaning of charity that chaucer is trying to convey, the Parson. during this time period of the mid 1400’s the idea of charity was seen as a good religious and human trait. Out of the three characters dealing with charity, the Prioress and the Friar satirize this idea of charity and kind heartedness, by being maniacal and using charity for their own good.
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