Chaucer's "THe Canterbury Tales" Prologue

Krista Perry
Chaucer’s Prologue

Chaucer presents a very positive picture of the pilgrims in the ruling class. Chaucer only shows respect to one religious figure and looks down upon the other five. Chaucer includes good qualities in knights and squires that he describes.
Qualities Chaucer includes in his Knights are honor, loyalty, respect, chivalry, generosity and courtesy. One page 2, Chaucer says: “There was among us a brave Knight, who had loved chivalry, truth, and honor, generosity and courtesy from the time of his first horse back rides.” Qualities in the squire were that of love, lust, strength, and happiness. Chaucer explains: “All day he sang or played the flute; in fact, he was a...