"Canterbury Tales", by Geoffrey Chaucer.

THE CANTERBURY TALES: ADMIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS In the Canterbury Tales prologue, Chaucer also finds characteristics in the pilgrims which he truly admires. This is in contrast with the pervious paragraph which explained Geoffrey Chaucer use satire when pointing out character flaws. Firstly, Chaucer finds the knight's characteristics admirable. The knight follows a code of conduct, described as chivalry. These fundamentals aware respected in medieval Times. The author describes the knight as a "most distinguished man...who …showed first 75 words of 459 total…

…showed last 75 words of 459 total…before he taught it" . He also illuminated that Parson is a righteous and moral man. Chaucer achieves his goal of relaying this message in the description of the parson in the prologue, " I think there was never a better priest". (p ___) . In conclusion, the author of the Canterbury tales find likable qualities in his characters. Chaucer finely communicated these attributes. The mode in which Chaucer writes reflects the admirable and detested of the Medieval Times.