Canterbury Tales (I)

The first thing that struck me with Canterbury Tales is the irony of each of the characters. Each character had something about them that was a little off or unexpected. Examples of these include the materialistic nun and the sinning priest. I was a little confused at why everyone’s nature seemed so contradictory until we went over it in class. I now see that the purpose of highlighting these flaws was to show that the upper society job holders had the same flaws as commoners. I predict that Chaucer will go much more in depth about each character and their “story”. The character I want to hear more about the most is the clerk because he is kind of on the “inside” when it comes to higher social classes.