The Canterbury Tales is a poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1478. The poem consist of multiple tales put into one actual story. Chaucer begins with an extensive prologue giving a comprehensive description of each character, then explains why the characters are brought together. The pilgrims are brought together to go visit Saint Thomas Becket in the Canterbury Cathedral. After that the host has each character tell a tale to make time go faster. All of the characters decide to tell their best tale to try and win a free meal paid by the rest of the characters. Throughout the entire poem Geoffrey Chaucer uses satire to describe his pilgrim’s inner nature and also give the reader an understanding of the church’s issues that him and
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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