Yes, for sure, The Canterbury tales are definitely a satire mocking society. The further I read into the tales, the more I associate them with real life. First, I’d like to point out that Chaucer was very clever to name the tale The Wife Of Baths, for what is this woman? Simply a wife, wife to one and all. I was surprised that Chaucer leads you further and further away from the original, the first, Knights tale. The one I would suppose would set the tone for the novel, but I was evidently wrong. I think the reason for Chaucer to set it as the first tale makes the reader juxtapose all latter tales to the noble, fairytale-like one.
To complement my previous blog, I further emphasize the satirical position of the collection. The real, basic woman empowerment before voting rights and revolutions: seduction, is Chaucer’s most recent way (or at least most recent for me) of portraying love in society. How women manipulate and place false expectations to their emotional partners. This was their way of having a voice, apparently a tip passed from generations as explained by the wife. “I bar hym on honde he hadde enchanted me -- My dame taughte me that soutiltee –“ (575-576) And thus we understand more Alisoun, from the Miller’s tale (friend of the wife).
So what is chaucher trying to say of society as a whole?
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