Geoffrey Chaucer a unique way of showing human nature in The Canterbury Tales. He explains each character’s physical appearance and their morals in the General Prologue. In the General Prologue, Chaucer shows people that have good judgement, people with poor or bad judgement and how they conduct themselves around many people. Chaucer shows in the General Prologue that humans have different judgements on everyday life. A few characters that show good judgement include the Knight, the Squire, the Merchant, the Parson, and the Plowman. The Knight shows good judgement by following the code of chivalry, the rules of knighthood (45). He is also truthful, honorable, generous and courtesy (46). The Knight was a true, a perfect gentle-knight (74). He chose to do this pilgrimage to render thanks (80). The Squire also shows good judgement by being courteous and serviceable (101). He could make songs and poems and recite, knew how to joust and dance, to draw and write (96-97). The Merchant told of
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These characters include the Friar, the Wife of Bath, the Monk, the Miller and the Doctor. The Friar shows poor judgement by finding husbands and dowries for women he seduced (216). He is the most corrupt clergyman on the pilgrimage because he always said what people wanted to hear just to get his money and run with it (225). He knew the taverns well in every town (244). The Wife of Bath, herself shows this by having five husbands (470). She knew the remedies for love’s mischances (485). The Monk also shows poor judgement by loving to hunt and is dressed in expensive clothing (182/198). He took the modern world’s more spacious ways rather than a strict lifestyle of a monk (180). The Miller was a master-hand at stealing grain (576). The Doctor prescribes medicines so that his friends could make money
These characters include the Friar, the Wife of Bath, the Monk, the Miller and the Doctor. The Friar shows poor judgement by finding husbands and dowries for women he seduced (216). He is the most corrupt clergyman on the pilgrimage because he always said what people wanted to hear just to get his money and run with it (225). He knew the taverns well in every town (244). The Wife of Bath, herself shows this by having five husbands (470). She knew the remedies for love’s mischances (485). The Monk also shows poor judgement by loving to hunt and is dressed in expensive clothing (182/198). He took the modern world’s more spacious ways rather than a strict lifestyle of a monk (180). The Miller was a master-hand at stealing grain (576). The Doctor prescribes medicines so that his friends could make money