Chaucer's Outlook on Human Nature Based on observations in "The Canterbury Tales".

Geoffrey Chaucer introduces readers of The Canterbury Tales to an assortment of characters, each with their own unique and notable features. Aside from the obvious differences, like their profession and their raiment, the characters described in the general Prologue have their own personalities, many of which are tainted in some way or another. Chaucer lived through a lot. After escaping the Black Death, he became a page for Prince Lionel, one of the sons of …showed first 75 words of 690 total…

…showed last 75 words of 690 total…and pecuniary objects. The Summoner, a religious official, is corrupt and is not fit to carry out the duties of the Church. The Nun is a whore in the way that she thinks of love when she should be more oriented towards Church matters. Chaucer doesn't think much of human nature; he thinks there's always another side to a person, a darker one. From the greedy doctor to the slutty nun, Chaucer's pessimism is there.