In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer shows us a vivid glimpse into the medieval society. Through his work we have been able to determine how people of each social class and profession have been stereotyped. These stereotypes could possibly have been true for many individuals, giving us more of an insight to these olden times. In the beginning of the novel, Chaucer gives a descriptive prologue to each of the twenty-nine characters. Through these descriptions we are shown who is admired by the author and who is disliked. Though this is done very discreetly, it is still very prevalent. These prologues describe each and every character in extreme detail. Chaucer goes on to describe their character and appearance as well as what each does for a living and their social class. While describing the characters he admires, he paints them as being very good looking and having noble personalities. On the other hand, the ones he hates the most are shown in a very negative light on both appearance and personality alike. The reason he dislikes the people he does is due to their social standing. …show more content…
Instead of doing their jobs for the church in order to help people, they go astray and let their own greed control them. An example of this is how the Prioress is supposed to be a nun who has given herself to the church, but instead she is rich and seeks for love. Another example would be how the Monk, who is supposed to fast and meditate all the time is doing the complete opposite of that. He is described as a rather large man, proof that he is not fasting. He also tends to leave his cloister, which makes sense since he is on this