1. Examine the Presentation of the Ecclesiastical Characters in Chaucer's General Prologue
... in those respects, as he loves the luxuries to be had in life. He rejects the monastic ways, of silence and prayer, as being out-dated, where he says "Thilke text heeld he nat worth an oystre", and that he is for the "newe world". It is the "olde thinges" that embody the principles on the monastic order, and he argues heatedly against the restrictions of his cloistered. He has "eyen ... ), which shows that he was not really a bad person. Continuing on the theme of misplaced interests, the Prioress is described, without supposedly realising the importance, as a lady obsessed not with her ...
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