A Prioress is supposed to only help the poor and not have too much to her name but Chaucer’s use of intense explanation about her eating habits allude to the fact she is more concerned about filling herself up than ensuring the poor and needy are well taken care of. Also, being the head of the nuns means that you are used to sharing and you know that everything that not all about the individual, but when Chaucer uses the line, “No crumb or morsel from her lips would fall,” this shows that she would eat every last piece of her food, which is awful gluttonous for a woman who has dedicated her life to following the 10 commandments. The line, “The way she took her food was most refined,” shows that although she is gluttonous and doesn’t follow
