... was holy and without a doubt moral. In The Canterbury Tales, a story about the flaws of Medieval English society, Chaucer proves otherwise. He writes about how the social status of an individual can be deceiving; consequently, he describes certain members of the clergy as being corrupt and immoral. The way the author describes the characters suggests that he is unsatisfied with the two-facedness ... individual's rank and who they are in reality. Chaucer satirizes the hypocrisy, falsehood, and failings of Medieval English society and its institutions by poking fun at the flaws of his cha...

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• Grade Level: High School